RE: Mounting NFS file share

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not safe to assume that - you don't need NetServer at all to use NFS 
- they have absolutely nothing to do with each other. As Scott said, 
NetServer enables Windows machines to see shares on an iSeries - QNTC 
is the reverse - enables an iSeries to see shares on Windows 
machines. Both use Samba.

NFS does not use Samba - has nothing to do with Windows as such - it 
can also be used to connect to a Unix or Linux box. So it is more 
versatile, and is also a much better performer.

So you should completely forget about NetServer and QNTC - 
concentrated on NFS. We have a couple knowledge base articles on 
connecting to an NFS service on Windows if you are interested. 
Contact me at vern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - no sales pitch, I promise!!

At 07:46 AM 12/13/2006, you wrote:

> Thanks everyone.
> I guess I wasn't entirely sure about the differences of the two. I
> understand now. I did know I would need NFS running on the other server
> in order to use to mount a *NFS file share. I didn't know the server
> running Windows 2003 that I was trying to share with didn't have NFS
> support.
> Am I safe to assume that regardless of the differences I need NetServer
> configured correctly in order to use either?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:13 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Mounting NFS file share
>
> Clarification noted - my point was that NFS has nothing to do with
> Windows networking, which is implemented in NetServer and QNTC on
> iSeries.
>
> Reason I made the point is that the original poster seemed to be
> putting NFS and QNTC together.
>
> At 12:12 AM 12/13/2006, you wrote:
>
>
> > > Just to be clear - NetServer - which uses /QNTC - is not related to
> NFS,
> > > except by accident of some similar names.
> >
> >Just to be clear about being clear :)   NetServer is the program that
> lets
> >Windows and Samba clients access the IFS on your System i.  NetServer
> >makes your System i appear in "Network Neighborhood".  In other words,
> >NetServer is the Windows Networking server for the System i.
> >
> >/QNTC is not NetServer.  It's "iSeries NetClient" (though they've
> probably
> >changed the name to "i5 NetClient" nowadays).
> >
> >/QNTC is the client-side that lets i5/OS access Windows and Samba
> servers.
> >NetServer is the server-side that lets Windows and Samba clients access
> an
> >i5/OS server.
> >
> >They are related, but they're opposites.  Just as Firefox is
> >the opposite of an Apache server.
> >
> >/QNTC on the iSeries does read and use some of the configuration
> settings
> >that are configured in NetServer, and that might create the illusion
> that
> >they're the same thing, but they're not :)
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