How do you expose an ONTAP volume for NFS and SMB access simultaneously?

• A. By using a single volume with an export policy for NFS and creating CIFS/SMB shares for the same volume (multi-protocol access allowed).
• B. By creating separate volumes for NFS and SMB.
• C. By enabling iSCSI access for Windows clients.
• D. By using a single LIF for both NFS and SMB traffic.

Answer: (A)

Allow multi-protocol access on a single volume. You expose NFS by configuring an NFS export policy for that volume and you expose Windows clients by creating SMB (CIFS) shares on the same volume. Both protocols share the same underlying data, so NFS clients and SMB clients can access the same files concurrently without duplicating data. This setup keeps management centralized and uses one volume for both access methods.

Using separate volumes adds unnecessary complexity and duplication. iSCSI is for block storage, not file shares, so it doesn’t provide NFS/SMB access. Merely having a single LIF doesn’t guarantee both protocols are available—you still need to enable and configure the NFS exports and SMB shares on the volume.