HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 3.1

Figure 17-2 Mounting a Remote File System
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17.4.1 Understanding the Mounting Instructions
The syntax of the fstab entry for remote mounting using NFS is as follows:
exphost:expfs mountpoint 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
mounting host.
mountpoint
Specifies where you mount the file system on the mounting host.
fstype Specifies the file system type. The file system type is nfs.
options
Specifies a comma-separated list of options, as defined in mount(8).
The use of the _netdev option is recommended. It informs the system startup scripts
not to mount this file system until the network is up.
An example entry is as follows:
xeno:/extra /workarea nfs rw,_netdev
This means that the node with this fstab file entry mounts the file system named /extra, which is
exported from the system named xeno, and mounts it at /workarea. The file system can be read from
and written to. The _netdev option means that the file system is not mounted until the network is up.
17.4.2 Mounting a Remote File System
Use the following procedure to mount a remote file system to one or more nodes in an HP XC system:
208 Mounting File Systems