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na_nfs - Network File System (NFS) Protocol
The filer supports versions 2, 3, and 4 of the NFS protocol,
which are documented in RFC's 1094, 1813, and 3530
respectively.
NFS is a widely used file sharing protocol supported on a
broad range of platforms. The protocol is designed to be
stateless, allowing easy recovery in the event of server
failure. Associated with the NFS protocol are two ancillary
protocols, the MOUNT protocol and the NLM protocol.
The MOUNT protocol provides a means of translating an initial
pathname on a server to an NFS filehandle which provides
the initial reference for subsequent NFS protocol
opertions. The NLM protocol provides file locking services,
which are stateful by nature, outside of the stateless
NFS protocol.
NFS is supported on both TCP and UDP transports. Support
for TCP and UDP is enabled by default. Either one can be
disabled by setting the nfs.tcp.enable or nfs.udp.enable
options using the options command.
na_exportfs(1), na_options(1), na_nfs(1), na_nfsstat(1),
na_exports(5),
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