Verifying NFS access from a UNIX administration host

After you configure NFS access to storage virtual machine (SVM), you should verify the configuration by logging in to an NFS administration host and reading data from and writing data to the SVM.

1. Log in as the root user to the client system.
2. Enter cd /mnt/ to change the directory to the mount folder.
3. Create and mount a new folder using the IP address of the SVM:
   1. Enter mkdir /mnt/folder to create a new folder.
   2. Enter mount -t nfs -o nfsvers=3,hard IPAddress:/volume_name /mnt/folder to mount the volume at this new directory.
   3. Enter cd folder to change the directory to the new folder.

   Example

   The following commands create a folder named test1, mount the vol1 volume at the 192.0.2.130 IP address on the test1 mount folder, and change to the new test1 directory:

   host# mkdir /mnt/test1
   host# mount -t nfs -o nfsvers=3,hard 192.0.2.130:/vol1 /mnt/test1
   host# cd /mnt/test1
   
4. Create a new file, verify that it exists, and write text to it:
   1. Enter touch filename to create a test file.
   2. Enter ls -l filename to verify that the file exists.
   3. Enter cat >filename , type some text, and then press Ctrl+D to write text to the test file.
   4. Enter cat filename to display the content of the test file.
   5. Enter rm filename to remove the test file.
   6. Enter cd .. to return to the parent directory.

   Example

   host# touch myfile1
   host# ls -l myfile1
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 18 15:58 myfile1 
   host# cat >myfile1
   This text inside the first file 
   host# cat myfile1
   This text inside the first file 
   host# rm -r myfile1
   host# cd ..