NFS Version 4.1 Protocol

Oracle Solaris 11.4 supports the NFS Version 4.1. You can control the upper and lower protocol version levels negotiated by the NFS client and server. For more information, see Version Negotiation in NFS.

NFS Version 4.1 provides more accurate results after a network partition or a server outage. For more information, see Exactly-Once Semantics.

With NFS Version 4.1, clients can shorten the grace period after a server outage. For more information, see Planned Graceless Recovery.

For a complete list of the features in NFS Version 4.1, see Features in NFS Version 4.1. For information about setting up the NFS services, see Setting Up the NFS Service.

Note:

References to NFS Version 4 apply to both NFS Version 4.0 as well as NFS Version 4.1. Statements specific to either version will indicate that they apply to Version 4.0 or Version 4.1.