In an SAP HANA scale-out implementation, install the SAP HANA database binaries on a shared file system that is exposed to all hosts of a system under the /hana/shared mount point. A NAS server can provide access to the shared HANA file systems.

To create a NAS server:

1. Select Storage > File on the left side. The File page appears.

2. To create a NAS server, first click the NAS Servers link and then click the plus sign in the upper left corner. The Create a NAS Server screen appears.
3. Enter a server name and select a pool. Click Next. The Configure NAS Server Address page appears, as shown in Figure 20.

Figure 20.     Configure NAS Server Address

4. Enter the following information for the NAS server:

• Ethernet Port
• IP address
• Subnet Mask/Prefix Length10
• Gateway
• VLAN ID

Click Next. The Configure Sharing Protocols screen appears, as shown
in Figure 21.

Figure 21.     Configure Sharing Protocols page

5. Select the Linux/Unix shares (NFS) checkbox and enable NFSv4. Click Next.
6. (Optional) On the Unix Directory Service page, configure NIS as the UDS
   for the NAS server. Click Next.
7. (Optional) On the DNS page, configure the DNS for the server. Click Next.
   The Review Your Selections page shown in Figure 22 appears.

Figure 22.     Review Your Selections page

8. If you are satisfied that the information is correct, click Finish to create the NAS Server.