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How is the NIS server selected if we have multiple NIS servers configured on storage

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NIS

Answer

  • If we configure multiple NIS servers, the first one will be always used(It is not in round robin fashion)
  • If that is not available, request will be sent to the next server in the list. 

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