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DataSafe NAS User’s Manual 63
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