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Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs

You can use Storage Manager to configure CIFS and NFS protocols on a storage virtual machine (SVM) to provide file-level data access for NAS clients. To enable the CIFS protocol, you must create data LIFs and the CIFS server. To enable the NFS protocol, you can specify the NIS details and the data LIFs.

Before you begin

  • The protocols that you want to configure or enable on the SVM must be licensed.

    If the protocol that you want to configure is not enabled on the SVM, you can use the Edit Storage Virtual Machine window to enable the protocol for the SVM.

  • You must have the Active Directory, organizational unit, and administrative account credentials for configuring the CIFS protocol or a URI keytab file.

About this task

SnapLock aggregates are not considered for automatically creating volumes.

  1. Click Storage > Storage VMs.
  2. Click +Add.
  3. Specify Storage VM Name and choose either CIFS or NFS protocol that the SVM will support.
  4. When prompted, provide an account to add the system to a domain or workgroup.
  5. Provide the password, System name, and Active Directory domain to add the new SVM into.
  6. Specify the DNS domain name and name servers to use.
  7. Configure the LIFs that will be used to service the CIFS data.
  8. Click Save.

Result

The CIFS server and NIS domain are configured with the specified configuration, and the data LIFs are created. By default, the data LIFs have management access. You can view the configuration details on the Summary page.