Hi All,

After some more efforts,

i have done..

1 . Created a mount pOint

2 . Mounted a file system on the mount point

3. exported share as cifs, now how can i access this ??

below is the command i have used to export the share

server_export VDM2 -name testShare -ignore -option ro,umask=777,maxusr=10 -comment exporting /testMountPoint1112

Now could you please tell me how to access this share ??

If your CIFS server is working just map
\testShare
%3cCIFS_server_name%3e\testShare>

Are you by any chance using a standalone CIFS server?

If yes you need to change the initial password through Windows before you can use it – see the CIFS manual

Are you by any chance using a standalone CIFS server?

---> i am not sure what is a standalone CIFS server, i have only one physical data mover that is server_2 ?

If yes you need to change the initial password through Windows before you can use it – see the CIFS manual

---> i will be thankful if you could throw some more light on it ? i have the manual but did not get anything, i have the below manual

EMC® VNX™ Series

Release 7.0

Command Line Interface Reference for File

P/N 300-011-841

REV A03

In order to access a CIFS share you need to have created a CIFS server

What does “server_cifs ALL” say ?

The manual you listed is just the command reference guide – please look at the VNX CIFS manual

I suggest to get the complete VNX file (NAS) documentation set from here https://download.emc.com/downloads/DL42143_VNX_Series_Documentation_7.1.zip

Login to Powerlink or support.emc.com first to get the authentication

Rainer

The videos may help:

VNX Video - CIFS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v8euG5Y85I

VNX Video - NFS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWqevhFs3o

-Mike

el30 and el31 - internal (redundant) interfaces on datamover, nothing that you need to mess with.

When you export file system, you specify the IP/DNS/subnet mask/negroup of the system that need to have access to this file system.

http://corpusweb130.emc.com/upd_prod_VNX/UPDFinalPDF/jp/NFS.pdf

Hi Mike,

In these videos i saw in the network->Interface

el30 and el31 interfaces, are these the ip address on the data movers in the VNX ?

More when we create filesystem in the VNX and later on we mount that on some mount point, that mount point we create on server_2 or that is the ip address of the unix server ?

my understanding is creating the fs in the VNX

creating a mount point on the server (server_2) and export thatthe file system on that mount point created on the server(server_2). Also the the ip address to export the fs is the ipaddress of the above discussed el30 or el31 which are the interfaces to access the provisioned file system and has an ipaddress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWqevhFs3o

as per the above video it says

it is also asking to create a interface on the datmover however you suggested nothing to do with the interface ?

its too confusing ..

The IP address of the interface is used to connect to the Datamover.

NFS/Linux: When mounting the export of the datamover, you need this IP address on the Linux-client

CIFS: When accessing a share of the datamover, this IP (or the compname connected to this IP) is used

"A standalone CIFS server does not require any Windows domain infrastructure. A standalone server has local user accounts on the Data Mover"

A "normal" CIFS server does need a Windows domain infrastructure.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your resp

[nasadmin@VNX-File ~]$ /nas/bin/server_export server_2 -Protocol nfs -ignore -option access=192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0,root=192.168.0.12 -comment 'etetetete' /testFSMP

server_2 : done

-------------After this do i need to add an interface because that ip of that interface is required on the linux host(192.168.0.12) to mount the FS.

Am i going correctly ??