Hello Tod,
I believe the -a parameter refers to the filesystem extension
most Linux use ext, ext2, ext3, ext4
You could try mounting it in the fstab file
Create the /svm1 directory to serve as a mounting point for the NFS volume you will be mounting.
[root@rhel1 ~]# mkdir /svm1
Add an entry for the NFS mount to the fstab file.
[root@rhel1 ~]# echo "svm1:/ /svm1 nfs rw,defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
Verify the fstab file contains the new entry you just created.
[root@rhel1 ~]# grep svm1 /etc/fstab
svm1:/ /svm1 nfs rw,defaults 0 0
Mount all the file systems listed in the fstab file.
[root@rhel1 ~]# mount -a
View a list of the mounted file systems.
[root@rhel1 ~]# df
Navigate into the /svm1 directory.
[root@rhel1 ~]# cd /svm1
Notice that you should see the volume that you previously junctioned into the SVM's namespace.
[root@rhel1 svm1]# ls /svm1