Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Add an NFS Export

Create an NFS export to share a directory in a NAS volume using the NFS protocol. When an NFS export is added, default values are applied for some settings. To change the defaults, you must modify the NFS export.

1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, select NFS Exports.
4. Click Create NFS export. The Create NFS export dialog box appears.
5. Select a NAS volume on which to create an NFS export and click OK. The Create NFS export dialog box appears.
6. In the Folder Path field, specify the directory that you want to share:
   NOTE:A folder name must be less than 100 characters long and cannot contain the following characters: >, ", \, |, ?, and *.

   • To share the root of the NAS volume, leave the Folder Path field set to the default value of /.
   • To use an existing directory to share, type the path to the directory in the Folder Path field.
   • To browse to an existing directory to share:

     Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box appears and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Locate the folder to share, select the folder, and click OK.

     • To drill down to a particular folder and view the subfolders, double-click the folder name.
     • To view the parent folders of a particular folder, click Up.
   • To view a new directory to share, type the path to the directory to create in the Folder Path field and select the Create Folder If It Does Not Exist check box.
   • To browse existing directories and create a new directory to share:

     Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box appears and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Navigate into the folder in which to create the new folder and click Create Folder. The Create Folder dialog box appears. In the Folder Name field, type a name for the folder, then click OK to close the Create Folder dialog box. Select the new folder and click OK.

     • To drill down to a particular folder and view the subfolders, double-click the folder name.
     • To view the parent folders of a particular folder, click Up.
7. (Optional) Configure the remaining NFS export attributes as needed. These options are described in the online help.
   • Type descriptive text for the benefit of administrators in the Notes field. This text is not displayed to NFS clients.
   • To change the client access settings for the NFS export, use the Add, Remove, and Edit buttons.
8. Click OK.