Installation manual

Adding an External Filer
Ignoring a Directory
CLI Storage-Management Guide 6-3
bstnA6k(gbl-ext-filer[nas1])# ip address 192.168.25.61 secondary
bstnA6k(gbl-ext-filer[nas1])# ip address 192.168.25.62 secondary
bstnA6k(gbl-ext-filer[nas1])# ...
Removing a Secondary Address
Use the no form of the command to remove a secondary IP address from the list:
no ip address ip-address secondary
where ip-address is the secondary address to remove.
For example:
bstnA6k(gbl)# external-filer nas1
bstnA6k(gbl-ext-filer[nas1])# no ip address 192.168.25.65 secondary
bstnA6k(gbl-ext-filer[nas1])# ...
Ignoring a Directory
Some filer shares include read-only directories that should not be aggregated into a
namespace, such as backup and snapshot directories. The .snapshot directory, used for
backups on some NAS devices, is ignored by default. To exclude another directory,
use the
ignore-directory command from gbl-ext-filer mode:
ignore-directory directory
where directory (1-256 characters) is the directory to ignore. Do not use any slash
(/) characters in this directory name (for example, “dir” is valid, but “dir/subdir”
is not).
If the directory name starts with a “.” and is at least three characters long, you can
use an asterisk (*) at the end as a wildcard. These wildcards only apply to the root
of the share: “.ckpt*” ignores /.ckpt2, but does not ignore /docs/.ckpt7.
The CLI prompts for confirmation if you use a wildcard. Enter yes to continue.
You can ignore up to eight directories per external filer. These are common directories
to ignore for three filer vendors:
• EMC: .etc, lost+found, .ckpt*