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Before you can use NFS in your network, you need to know which NFS versions and clients ONTAP supports.
This table notes when major and minor NFS protocol versions are supported by default in ONTAP. Support by default does not indicate that this is the earliest version of ONTAP supporting that NFS protocol.
BEST PRACTICE: NFSv4.1 or NFSv4.2 should be used instead of NFSv4.0. NFSv4.0 is an older version of the NFS protocol and is no longer actively developed by the NFS community.
| Version | Supported | Introduced |
|---|---|---|
NFSv3 |
Yes |
All ONTAP releases |
NFSv4.0 |
Yes |
ONTAP 8 |
NFSv4.1 |
Yes |
ONTAP 8.1 |
NFSv4.2 |
Yes |
ONTAP 9.8 |
pNFS |
Yes |
ONTAP 8.1 |
For the latest information about which NFS clients ONTAP supports, see the Interoperability Matrix.