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Application Notes

April 2016

Configuring Linux NFS Storage with QNAP

ES (Enterprise Storage) NAS


Table of Contents

Overview .......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Infrastructure Components....................................................................................................................... 4

System Network Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 5

Shared Folder Configuration ................................................................................................................................. 5

Linux Server Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 5

Setup the NFS and Permission .................................................................................................................. 6

Configuring Hosts ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Create NFS shared folder ........................................................................................................................................ 8

Modify NFS permission ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Configuring NFS Client on Linux server ............................................................................................. 12

Mounting NFS shared folder............................................................................................................................... 12

Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 13


Notices

This user manual details instructions for using the QNAP Enterprise Storage NAS. Please read

the instructions carefully, and enjoy the powerful functions of the QNAP Enterprise Storage NAS.

The QNAP Enterprise Storage NAS is hereafter referred to as the ES NAS or the NAS.

The product you purchased may not support certain functions dedicated to specific models.

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Overview

This document will guide you through configuring NFS storage on a Linux server

Infrastructure Components

Switch-A Dell Networking N4032

(24x RJ45 10GBase-T LAN ports)

Linux ServerSuperMicro 6028U-TR4T+


SCB eth2SCB eth1

StorageQNAP ES1640DC


SCA eth1 SCA eth2

Switch-BDell Networking N4032


eth1 eth2


System Network Configuration

Shared Folder Configuration

Name / Alias : linux_nfs

Thin Provision : Yes

Storage Pool : pool1 (SCA)

NFS Path : 10.10.10.51:/share/linux_nfs

10.10.20.51:/share/linux_nfs

Linux Server Configuration

OS : CentOS 7 x86_64

nfs-utils Packages : 1:1.3.0-0.21.el7_2

Storage Network Settings

Role IP Description

SCA Management 192.168.1.10 Management IP in SCB

SCA Ethernet 1 10.10.10.51 10GBase-T Lan port 1 in SCA

SCA Ethernet 2 10.10.20.51 10GBase-T Lan port 2 in SCA

SCB Management 192.168.1.11 Management IP in SCB

SCB Ethernet 1 10.10.10.52 10GBase-T Lan port 1 in SCB

SCB Ethernet 2 10.10.20.52 10GBase-T Lan port 2 in SCB

Linux Server Network Settings

Role IP Description

Ethernet 1 10.10.10.21 10GBase-T Lan port 1

Ethernet 2 10.10.20.21 10GBase-T Lan port 2

Note:

Once the Controller of Storage Pool SCA been selected, only SCA Ethernet 1 and Ethernet 2

will be used as Shared Path.


Setup the NFS and Permission

Configuring Hosts

Step 1: Go to Storage Manager

Step 2: Click the Create Host button on the Hosts tab


Step 3: Enter a Host Alias Name (in this example we use Linux Server) and an IP address that can

access the ES NAS

Step 4: The Host profile is created


Create an NFS shared folder

Step 1: Click Create New a Shared Folder on the Storage Space tab

Step 2: To create an NFS Shared Folder, provide a Folder Name, and check the NFS service option


Modify NFS permission

Step 1: Click the shared folder name

Step 2: Click the Permissions button


Step 3: Switch to NFS host access with the select permission type dropdown

Step 4: Select No limit from the Access right dropdown, and check Host Alias Linux Server option to

grant Read/Write permission to the Linux server. Click the Apply button to apply the changes.


Note:

Check All hosts can access the shared folder to allow any host to access the NFS shared

folder removing the need to create individual Hosts.


Configuring NFS Client on Linux server

Mounting an NFS shared folder

Step 1: Check the export folder list shared by the ES NAS

# showmount -e 10.10.10.51

Export list for 10.10.10.51:

/share/linux_nfs 10.10.20.21,10.10.10.21

Step 2: Mount the NFS folder to a local folder

# mount 10.10.10.51:/share/linux_nfs /qnap_nfs/

Step 3: Check the NFS folder usage

# df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/sda3 42G 1.5G 40G 4% /

devtmpfs 910M 0 910M 0% /dev

tmpfs 919M 0 919M 0% /dev/shm

tmpfs 919M 18M 902M 2% /run

tmpfs 919M 0 919M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/sda5 21G 33M 21G 1% /home

/dev/sda1 497M 198M 300M 40% /boot

tmpfs 184M 0 184M 0% /run/user/0

10.10.10.51:/share/linux_nfs 5.2T 128K 5.2T 1% /qnap_nfs


Conclusion

After configuring the NFS shared folder and the NFS permission settings, users can quickly

access to the NFS shared folder via the Linux server.

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