Iomega DataSafe Network Device User Manual

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DataSafe NAS User’s Manual

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the NFS server. The Open Network Computing External
Data Representation (ONC-XDR) protocol ensures
portable data transmission between NFS clients and
the NFS server.
You can use the

NFS Service

to manage

NFS

Client Groups, NFS Locking,

and

NFS User

and Group mappings

. NFS Shares, however, are

created from the

Folders and Shares

section of the

Web UI. See the following topics for more information:

n

“NFS Client Groups” on page 64

n

“NFS Locks” on page 67

n

“User and Group Mappings” on page 69

n

“Folders and Shares” on page 106

Section topics:

This section contains the following topics:

n

“Network Protocol Overview: NFS” on page 63

n

“NFS Client Groups” on page 64

n

“NFS Locks” on page 67

n

“User and Group Mappings” on page 69

Network Protocol Overview: NFS

With the

NFS Service

, a DataSafe NAS can act as a

Network File System (NFS) server. Users can then
share files in a mixed environment of computers,
operating systems, and networks.
Users on computers running NFS client software can
gain access to files (called shares) on the DataSafe
NAS by connecting (mounting) those files to their
computers. From the viewpoint of the user on a client
computer, the mounted files are indistinguishable
from local files.
The

NFS Service

uses the Open Network Computing

remote procedure call (ONC RPC) protocol to
implement the NFS protocol. The

NFS Service

also

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