Open System Services NFS Management and Operations Guide

4 Installing and Configuring OSS NFS
This chapter presents information about planning, installing, and configuring an OSS NFS subsystem.
Planning the Configuration
Running OSS NFS requires the NonStop TCP/IP subsystem (either conventional NonStop TCP/IP,
Parallel Library TCP/IP, or NonStop TCP/IPv6), an appropriate hardware access method subsystem
(such as TLAM or SLSA), and the appropriate LAN hardware. OSS NFS also depends on the Open
System Services (OSS), the QIO subsystem, and the RPC subsystem.
Follow these guidelines when planning the configuration:
1. Choose a controller for NonStop TCP/IP access:
• On systems running D-series RVUs, use a 3615 (or later version) LAN controller.
• on other NonStop systems, use an Ethernet controller.
2. Configure the subsystems needed for communications access by following the procedures
under “Providing Communications Access” (page 36).
3. Decide on the initial configuration of your OSS NFS servers:
a. There must be one and only one active root fileset in an OSS NFS file system. Therefore,
you must design the OSS NFS file system starting with the root. OSS files available through
OSS NFS must reside in filesets established for that purpose. If necessary, create an OSS
fileset for the needed files and set the fileset’s attributes. Follow the procedure under
“Configuring OSS” (page 38).
b. For each OSS fileset to be offered to clients (exported), you must add a server as shown
under “Starting OSS NFS” (page 52).
4. Allocate a dedicated configuration subvolume for each OSS NFS subsystem. The default
subvolume used by the OSS NFS SETUP program is $SYSTEM.NFSCONF.
For the map of the fileset you configure following the procedures in this chapter, see Figure 4
(page 36).
Figure 4 An OSS NFS Fileset Map
Providing Communications Access
1. Configure the access method subsystem appropriate for your system by following the procedure
under either “Configuring the TLAM Subsystem (D-Series RVUs)” (page 37) or “Configuring
the SLSA Subsystem” (page 37).
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