Things to consider when binding NIS servers to storage systems

Keep the following in mind before performing the binding procedure:

Using the NIS broadcast feature can incur security risks.
You can specify NIS servers by IP address or host name. If host names are used, ensure that each host name and its IP address are listed in the /etc/hosts file of your storage system. Otherwise, the binding with the host name fails.
You can only specify IPv4 addresses or server names that resolve to IPv4 addresses using the /etc/hosts file on your storage system.

Parent topic: Specifying NIS servers to bind to your storage system