topic Re: NFS over fiber? in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2398#M240 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you. I had assumed this was the answer but there was some insistance from my superior that this was something new from netapp that allowed this. I'm going with this answer. Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:52:11 GMT aprodriguez 2008-07-25T11:52:11Z NFS over fiber? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2389#M238 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN>Is there a way to run NFS over our exsisting fiber? </SPAN><SPAN>We run VMWare to vmfs datastores on our NetApp. Someone among my team went to TechEd and heard that NFS might be a better way to go vs. vmfs. Would we have to switch our infrastructure back to IP or can we run NFS over our fiber to our NerApp?</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN>Thank you all in advance.</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:34:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2389#M238 aprodriguez 2025-06-05T07:34:18Z Re: NFS over fiber? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2394#M239 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>NFS is by definition an IP based protocol, so yes, if you want to use NFS you need Gigabit ethernet.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:43:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2394#M239 karl_pottie 2008-07-25T11:43:18Z Re: NFS over fiber? https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2398#M240 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you. I had assumed this was the answer but there was some insistance from my superior that this was something new from netapp that allowed this. I'm going with this answer. Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:52:11 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-over-fiber/m-p/2398#M240 aprodriguez 2008-07-25T11:52:11Z