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ADDING A SHARE ON AN IOMEGA STORCENTER NAS DEVICE
When using NFS storage, you need to add a share on a StorCenter ix4-200r. Appropriate access permissions must be
set for the VMkernel port on the ESX Server to mount an NFS share. These access permissions are:
w Host access – provide the VMkernel port mount access to the share.
w Read/write access – provide the VMkernel port read/write access to the share.
w Root access – provide the VMkernel port root access to the share.
NFS exports directories with root_squash turned on. This means that root on the client machine will be mapped to the
anonymous UID, which is commonly nobody. The result is that root on the client machine will not be able to access
anything in the exported entry. The no_root_squash option prevents this behavior. Therefore, if you want to secure the
share to be used by ESX, you must enable root account access on your Lifeline. If you choose to leave the share non-
secured, then nothing special needs to be done.
1. From Settings > Network Services > check Enable NFS Service on StorCenter ix4-200r. Also, check “Allow
Root Account Access” if you intend to secure the NFS share so that the ESX server can access it using the default root
account.
Figure 7 Enable NFS service on the StorCenter ix4-200r
STORCENTER IX4-200r NAS WITH VMWARE ESX SERVER 3.5