NFS protocol

Use this table to access IBM Spectrum Scale™ NFS documentation.

Note: The list of topics for IBM Spectrum Scale NFS documentation in the following table is not exhaustive.

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An overview of NFS support with IBM Spectrum Scale	Protocols support overview: Integration of protocol access methods with GPFS NFS support overview
Planning for deploying NFS on IBM Spectrum Scale File system considerations for the NFS protocol Considerations for NFS clients	Planning for NFS File system considerations for the NFS protocol Considerations for NFS clients
Installing and deploying IBM Spectrum Scale NFS protocol with the installation toolkit Deploying NFS with IBM Spectrum Scale with the installation toolkit	Using the installation toolkit to perform installation tasks: Explanations and examples Deploying protocols
Configuring and enabling the NFS protocol services	Configuring and enabling SMB and NFS protocol services
Upgrading the IBM Spectrum Scale NFS component with the installation toolkit	Upgrading IBM Spectrum Scale components with the installation toolkit
Manually upgrading the IBM Spectrum Scale NFS component	Migrating to IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.y from IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.x
Uninstalling the IBM Spectrum ScaleNFS protocol	Steps to permanently uninstall GPFS and/or Protocols
Deploying IBM Spectrum Scale for NFS packages on existing nodes Configuring and enabling the NFS protocol service if it was not done during installation Disabling the NFS protocol service Requirements for NFS support with Cluster Export Services (CES) Migrating CNFS clusters to CES clusters	Deploying Cluster Export Services packages on existing IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1 and later nodes Configuring and enabling SMB and NFS protocol services Disabling protocol services CES NFS support Migration of CNFS clusters to CES clusters
Setting up authentication servers to configure file user access Integrating with the AD server Integrating with the LDAP server Configuring authentication and ID mapping for file access Deleting authentication and ID mapping configuration Verifying authentication services configured in the system Modifying authentication method Authentication limitations for file access	Setting up authentication servers to configure protocol user access Integrating with AD server Integrating with LDAP server Configuring authentication and ID mapping for file access Deleting the authentication and the ID mapping configuration Verifying the authentication services configured in the system Modifying the authentication method Authentication limitations
Implementing a clustered NFS environment on Linux	Implementing a clustered NFS environment on Linux NFS monitoring NFS failover NFS locking and load balancing CNFS network setup CNFS setup CNFS administration
Tuning for IBM Spectrum Scale NFS back-end on AFM and AFM Disaster Recovery Tuning the NFS client on the gateway node Tuning the both the NFS client (home cluster ) and the NFS server on the gateway node Tuning the NFS server on the home cluster or on the NFS server	Tuning for Kernel NFS backend on AFM and AFM DR Tuning the gateway node on the NFS client Tuning on both the NFS client (gateway) and the NFS server (the home/secondary cluster) Tuning the NFS server on the home/secondary cluster or the NFS server
Securing data security for the NFS protocol Firewall recommendations for NFS access	Securing protocol data Firewall recommendations for protocol access
NFS data required for protocols DR Failover steps for the NFS protocol Failback or restore steps for the NFS protocol	NFS data required for protocols cluster DR Failover steps for the NFS protocol Failback or restore steps for the NFS protocol
NFS problem determination NFS protocol related logs NFS issues and proposed workarounds	NFS logs NFS issues
NFS limitations General NFSv4 Linux exceptions and limitations GPFS exceptions and limitations to NFSv4 ACLs	General CES NFS Linux exceptions and limitations GPFS exceptions and limitations to NFS V4 ACLs
Command line interface for IBM Spectrum Scale for NFS	mmnfs command