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To view the shares available for NFS mounting
1. From a Linux console, type: showmount [appliance IP address] –-exports
<Enter>
For example, if the appliance’s IP address is 192.168.0.230, you would type:
showmount 192.168.0.230 –-exports
And then press <Enter>
Decide which share path you want to mount from the list displayed on the screen.
To mount an available share on the appliance to a local mount point
1. From a Linux console type: mount [appliance IP address]:/[path on appliance]
[local mount point] <Enter>
For example, if the appliance’s IP address is 192.168.0.230, the path on the
appliance is /drives/RaidVolume2/public, and the local mount point is /testdir,
you would type:
mount 192.168.0.230:/drives/RaidVolume2/public /testdir
And then press <Enter>
Type: ls [directory name] <Enter>
The contents of the directory -- now containing files on the appliance, are
displayed. This directory can now be used as if it were a local directory on the
client.
To disconnect a share mounted on the Linux client
1. Type: umount [directory name] <Enter>
For example, if path on the local Linux client is /testdir, you would type:
umount /testdir
And then press <Enter>.
Type: ls [directory name] <Enter>
The contents of the directory display; it is empty.