Topic #1
1) On the server, the port mapper starts (usually by the server upon boot).
2) On the server, the mountd (sometimes known as rpc.mountd) starts and open one ephemeral TCP port and one UDP port. It registers these newly opened ports to the port mapper.
3) On the client, the mount command issues an RPC call to the port mapper on the server to obtain the port number for the mountd daemon.
4) The server replies back with the port number.
5) On the client, the mount command issues an RPC call to the mount daemon to mount a filesystem on the server. This is where validation happens.
6) On the server, the mount daemon replies with the file handle for the given filesystem.
7) On the client, the mount command issues the mount system call to associate the file handle to the mount point on the client.
- The NFS server privides 15 procedures in the form of procedure calls.
- TCP or UDP capability