How can NFS and SMB be enabled concurrently on the same SVM?

How can NFS and SMB be enabled concurrently on the same SVM?

• A. Use only NFS
• B. Separate SVMs for each protocol
• C. Disable one protocol to enable the other
• D. Enable both protocols on the same SVM with separate export/share definitions

Answer: (D)

Both NFS and SMB can run concurrently on a single SVM by enabling both protocols and giving each protocol its own set of access controls. On the same SVM you configure NFS with its export policies, volumes, and paths, while you configure SMB with Windows-style shares and ACLs. Keeping separate export/share definitions ensures each protocol’s access rules, naming, and semantics are applied correctly without interference. This allows clients using NFS to mount the volumes while Windows clients access the same data via SMB, all from the same SVM. Enabling only one protocol, or using separate SVMs for each protocol, is simply a different deployment choice, but it isn’t necessary when the goal is concurrent access on one SVM. Disabling one protocol to enable the other defeats the purpose of multi-protocol access.

Both NFS and SMB can run concurrently on a single SVM by enabling both protocols and giving each protocol its own set of access controls. On the same SVM you configure NFS with its export policies, volumes, and paths, while you configure SMB with Windows-style shares and ACLs. Keeping separate export/share definitions ensures each protocol’s access rules, naming, and semantics are applied correctly without interference. This allows clients using NFS to mount the volumes while Windows clients access the same data via SMB, all from the same SVM.

Enabling only one protocol, or using separate SVMs for each protocol, is simply a different deployment choice, but it isn’t necessary when the goal is concurrent access on one SVM. Disabling one protocol to enable the other defeats the purpose of multi-protocol access.