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Index: C

cabling

Ethernet: 1.2. Physical and data link layers
networks: 17.1.1. Local network interface

cache consistency checks: 7.4.1. File attribute caching

caching: 3.3.7. Map structure

7.4. Caching
attributes: 18.6. Attribute caching
benchmarking and: 16.3. Benchmarking
buffer cache: 7.3.2. Client I/O system
client data: 7.4.2. Client data caching
directory content (debugging case study): 15.4. Incorrect directory content caching
disk array: 16.5.4.2. Disk array caching and Prestoserve
DNLC: 7.4.3. Server-side caching
file attributes: 7.4.1. File attribute caching
file cache: 7.3.2. Client I/O system
inode cache: 7.4.3. Server-side caching
server-side: 7.4.3. Server-side caching

canonical form: 1.5.2. External data representation

byte ordering and: 1.5.2. External data representation

capture filters: 13.5.3. Capture filters

carrier sense, networks: 17.1.2. Collisions and network saturation

centralized management: 5.4. Centralized versus distributed management

chmod( ) system call, virtual filesystem and: 7.2. NFS protocol and implementation

chown( ) system call, vnode interface and: 7.1. Virtual filesystems and virtual nodes

CIFS (Common Internet File System): 10.2.1. NFS versus SMB (CIFS)

classes of network numbers: 1.3.3. IPv4 address classes

classless IP addressing: 1.3.4. Classless IP addressing

client binding, NIS tools: 13.4.2. Displaying and analyzing client bindings

client only NIS: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

client-server model

presentation layer: 1.5.1. The client-server model
session layer and: 1.5.1. The client-server model

client-server NIS: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

client-side failover: 6.5. Replication

client-side performance tuning: 18. Client-Side Performance Tuning

client-to-client relationships, trusted hosts and users: 12.1.1. Trusted hosts and trusted users

client-to-server relationships, trusted hosts and users: 12.1.1. Trusted hosts and trusted users

ClientName field, NFS log record: 14.6. NFS server logging

clients: 3.2.3. Installing NIS slave servers

data caching: 7.4.2. Client data caching

dataless: 8.7. Configuration options

diskless (see diskless clients)

DNS: 5.2.3. Run DNS on NIS clients and servers

filehandles and: 7.2.5. Pathnames and filehandles

hosts file, bypassing: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

I/O system: 7.3.2. Client I/O system

lock recovery: 7.5.2. Client lock recovery

lookups: 3.3.9. The ypserv daemon

maps and: 3.1. Masters, slaves, and clients

names, AdminSuite: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

network interface, bottlenecks: 16.4.1. Problem areas

NFS, troubleshooting: B.2. NFS client problems

NIS

client binding: 13.4.4. Setting initial client bindings

enabling: 3.2. Basics of NIS management

3.2.4. Enabling NIS on client hosts

NLM, crashes: 11.2.2.2. Client crash

rebotting after restore: 7.2.5. Pathnames and filehandles

servers as: 3.3.11. NIS server as an NIS client

shutdown, unmounting filesystems: 14.1. NFS administration tools

client/server distribution: 8.9. Client/server ratios

client/server rations, diskless clients: 8.9. Client/server ratios

clnt_idle_timeout parameter: C. Tunable Parameters

clnt_max_conns parameter: C. Tunable Parameters

close( ) system call, releasing data blocks: 7.2.4. Preserving Unix filesystem semantics

collision rate: 17.1.2. Collisions and network saturation

collisions: 17.1.2. Collisions and network saturation

input errors: 17.1.1. Local network interface
machine addition and: 17.1.2. Collisions and network saturation
network saturation and: 17.1.2. Collisions and network saturation

command-line, automounter master map: 9.2.2. Command-line options

commands

admhostadd: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

cp: 3.3.5. Map files

domainname: 3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server

3.2.2. Installing the NIS master server
3.3.8. NIS domains
3.3.8. NIS domains

mount: 6.3.2. Using mount

Solaris: 6.3.3. Mount options

mount(1M): 6.3. Mounting filesystems

mv: 3.3.5. Map files

nfsstat: 6.5. Replication

rsh, remote execution: 12.1. User-oriented network security

share: 6.2. Exporting filesystems

exporting filesystems: 6.2.2. Exporting options

showmount: 14.1. NFS administration tools

solstice: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

whoami: 12.3.3. Unknown password entries

ypmatch: 13.4.1. Key lookup

ypwhich: 13.4.2. Displaying and analyzing client bindings

compilers, data representation and: 1.5.2. External data representation

comp.protocols.nfs newsgroup, PC/NFS and: 10.1. PC/NFS today

computing environments: 0. Preface

configuration

bottlenecks and: 16.4.1. Problem areas

diskless: 8.8. Brief introduction to JumpStart administration

diskless clients: 8.7. Configuration options

information, NFS: 1. Networking Fundamentals

interface (ifconfig): 13.2.1. ifconfig: interface configuration

JumpStart: 8.8. Brief introduction to JumpStart administration

kernel, server performance tuning: 16.5.5. Kernel configuration

netinstall clients: 8.2. Setting up a diskless client

nfslogd daemon behavior: 14.6.8. Other configuration parameters

PC/NFS: 10.3. Configuring PC/NFS

10.3. Configuring PC/NFS

server logging: 14.6.3. NFS server logging configuration

servers, diskless clients: 8. Diskless Clients

configuration files

NIS: 0. Preface

copies: 3. Network Information Service Operation
database: 1. Networking Fundamentals

congested networks: 17.1. Network congestion and network interfaces

connected machines, IP addresses: 1.3.2. IP host addresses

connection-oriented services: 1.5.3. Internet and RPC server configuration

connectionless services: 1.5.3. Internet and RPC server configuration

connectivity, pinging and: 13.2.4. Using ping to check network connectivity

context switching, nfsd threads: 16.5.2.1. Context switching overhead

conventions used in book: 0.4. Conventions used in this book

copying maps: 3.3.5. Map files

cp command: 3.3.5. Map files

CPU loading

server: 16.4.1. Problem areas
server performance tuning: 16.5.1. CPU loading
utilities: 16.5.1. CPU loading

crashes, NFS protocol: 7.2.2. Statelessness and crash recovery

CRC checksums: 17.1.1. Local network interface

cron, viruses and: 12.6. Viruses

cross-mounting filesystems: 16.5.6. Cross-mounting filesystems

cryptography: 12.5.2. Brief introduction to cryptography

asymmetric key encryption: 12.5.2.2. Asymmetric key encryption
MAC: 12.5.2.4. One-way hash functions and MACs
one-way hash functions: 12.5.2.4. One-way hash functions and MACs
public key exchange: 12.5.2.3. Public key exchange
symmetric key encryption: 12.5.2.1. Symmetric key encryption

CYCLE_FREQUENCY parameter, nfslogd daemon: 14.6.8. Other configuration parameters

cycling logs: 14.6.6. NFS log cycling

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