HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-10 - Network Services

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 13 (of 26)
Chapter 10 Network Services
October 29, 2013
made in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf:
NFS_CLIENT=1
The service may be started and stopped using
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.client start or
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
Enter file systems in /etc/fstab to make them available via NFS automatically upon reboot.
Temporary ones may be made available using the automount daemon.
The file /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf contains additional options to customize the system:
Options to start automountd and a value for the number of biods (do not change it, if no
problems are visible)
NUM_NFSIOD=4
AUTOFS=1
What can be configured on the NFS Server?
On the server side is more work to do. We need the following processes:
rpcbind the portmapper
rpc.mountd the mount daemon
nfsd the UDP protocol need more of these processes. Rule of thumb: 4 nfsds per
CPU and at least 32 in total
nfsktcpd it handles the TCP-based NFS communication; it will start up to 10 kernel
threads per client, if this is required to speed up performance
Additional functionality requires additional daemons.
rpc.statd for file locking
rpc.lockd for file locking
rpc.pcnfsd to handle PCNFSD protocol requests
The line
NFS_SERVER=1
in the file /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf allows us to start and stop the daemons processes using
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.server start
# /sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop
It also ensures that the NFS server gets started during the system boot procedure.
Please check /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf for additional options to customize the system