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In Oracle 21c, the standard Oracle ODM static library ($ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/libnfsodm.a) manages Oracle I/O and its file management infrastructure. If the dynamic ODM library containing the embedded Oracle NFS client ($ORACLE_HOME/lib/libnfsodm.so) is enabled, a copy of the dynamic ODM library will exist in directory $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/odm/. The dynamic library allows the use of NFS devices without using the native Linux NFS kernel (kNFS).
Note: In versions prior to Oracle 21c, the version number of Oracle is part of the ODM library and Oracle NFS client file names. For example, in Oracle 19c, the respective ODM library and Oracle NFS client names are: $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libodm19.a
$ORACLE_HOME/lib/libodm19.so
$ORACLE_HOME/lib/libodmd19.so
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib/odm/libnfsodm19.so