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Is it supported to mount NAS exports from clients behind a NAT

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)

Answer

Best practice is to avoid using NAT with NFS if possible as it can create issues with replay cache, idle session and/or Network Lock Manager (NLM) lock reclamation

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