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NS0-157 · Question #356

Which versions of NFS are supported with clustered ONTAP 8.2 Vservers with FlexVol volumes?

The correct answer is E. NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1 and pNFS. Clustered ONTAP 8.2 supports NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, and pNFS on FlexVol volumes, but NFSv2 is not supported because it was removed from the clustered ONTAP implementation.

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Question

Which versions of NFS are supported with clustered ONTAP 8.2 Vservers with FlexVol volumes?

Options

  • ANFSv3 only
  • BNFSv2, NFSv3 and NFSv4
  • CNFSv3, NFSv4 and NFSv4.1
  • DNFSv2, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1 and pNFS
  • ENFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1 and pNFS

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • E
    91% (30)

Why each option

Clustered ONTAP 8.2 supports NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, and pNFS on FlexVol volumes, but NFSv2 is not supported because it was removed from the clustered ONTAP implementation.

ANFSv3 only

NFSv3 only is incorrect - ONTAP 8.2 also supports NFSv4, NFSv4.1, and pNFS in addition to NFSv3.

BNFSv2, NFSv3 and NFSv4

NFSv2 is not supported in clustered ONTAP 8.2 and was removed from the clustered implementation, making this choice wrong even though it correctly includes NFSv3 and NFSv4.

CNFSv3, NFSv4 and NFSv4.1

This list is incomplete because it omits pNFS, which is supported as an extension of NFSv4.1 in clustered ONTAP 8.2.

DNFSv2, NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1 and pNFS

NFSv2 is not supported in clustered ONTAP 8.2, making this choice incorrect despite otherwise accurately listing NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, and pNFS.

ENFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1 and pNFSCorrect

Clustered ONTAP 8.2 supports NFSv3, NFSv4, NFSv4.1, and pNFS (parallel NFS, which is an extension of NFSv4.1 enabling striped access across multiple servers). NFSv2 is explicitly not supported in clustered Data ONTAP 8.x because it was deprecated and removed from the clustered implementation due to its age and lack of security features. This makes option E the only complete and accurate list of supported NFS versions.

Concept tested: NFS protocol version support in clustered ONTAP 8.2 FlexVol

Source: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/nfs-admin/supported-versions-clients-reference.html

Topics

#NFS versions#FlexVol#pNFS#NFSv4.1

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