Which approach enables multi-protocol access to the same NetApp volume?

• A. Use separate volumes for NFS and SMB.
• B. Enable iSCSI for SMB clients.
• C. Create a CIFS/SMB share on a volume with no export policy.
• D. Use a single volume with an export policy for NFS and create CIFS/SMB shares for the same volume.

Answer: (D)

Multi-protocol access on NetApp is achieved by exposing the same volume to both NFS and CIFS/SMB clients. In ONTAP, you enable NFS by setting an export policy on the volume and you enable Windows clients by creating CIFS/SMB shares for that same volume. This allows Linux/UNIX and Windows users to access the identical data through their respective protocols without moving data to separate volumes. Using separate volumes would not provide access to the same underlying data via both protocols. iSCSI is a block protocol and isn’t used for SMB/NFS file sharing. A volume with no export policy would block NFS access, even if SMB shares exist. So the right approach is a single volume with an NFS export policy and SMB shares for that volume.