HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 2.1

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14.4.1 Understanding the Mounting Instructions
The syntax of the fstab en try for remote mou nti ng using NFS is as follows:
exphost: expfs mountpoin t fstype options
exphost
Specifies the external server that is exporting the file system.
The exporting host can be expressed as an IP address or as a fully
qualified domain name.
expfs
Specifies the file system that is exported by the exporting host and
mounted by the moun tin g host.
mountpoint
Specifies wh ere the file system should be mounted on the mounting
host.
fstype
Specifies the file system type. T he file system type is nfs.
options
Specifies a comma-separated list of options, as defined in the
mount
(8) manpage.
The use of the _netdev option is recommended. It informs the
system startup scripts that this file system should not be m ounted
until the network is up.
An example entry is as follow s:
14-8 Mounting File Systems