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7-4 LAN Interface Supplement
Using the Network File System (NFS)
Introduction to NFS
NFS Protocols
Current implementations of NFS use transmission control protocol
(TCP) as the transport protocol
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over the network. TCP is a reliable
protocol designed to provide guaranteed data delivery. Your analyzer
uses TCP/IP over the LAN.
NFS also uses remote procedure call (RPC) protocol. RPC is a
client/server protocol providing remote services to a local application
(program). The local application can request and execute a procedure on
a remote machine, pass data to the remote procedure, and retrieve data
from the remote procedure. RPC is a key component of the NFS.
1. The transport protocol governs how data is transmitted over a net-
work.