Cisco Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software Configuration Guide, Release 26.2 and Later

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Cisco Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software Configuration Guide, Release 26.2 and Later

Storage access

Updated: June 29, 2026

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Describes the methods and protocols used to access and retrieve data from various storage systems, including local drives, network-attached storage, and cloud-based storage solutions within Cisco environments.

Configure network file system support

Configure Network File System (NFS) to enable file access on remote devices using Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) to route requests between users and servers.

Network File System (NFS) is an application where you can view, store, and update the files on a remote device. NFS allows you to mount all or a part of a file system on a server. NFS uses Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) to route requests between the users and servers.

Procedure

1.

Mount NFS storage on the system.

Example:


configure terminal
system storage nfs_storage
nfs
100
10.29.173.131
/export/vm/amol
commit

To unmount NFS use the no system storage nfs_storage command.
2.

Register images on NFS.

Images in tar.gz, ISO and qcow2 formats, remote images and images on mounted NFS can be registered on NFS.

To register tar.gz images on NFS:

Example:


configure terminal
vm_lifecycle images image myas10 src file:///data/mount/nfs_storage/repository/asav961.tar.gz
properties property placement value nfs_storage
commit

Similar configuration can be used for the various images formats.

To unregister an image from NFS use no vm_lifecycle images command.
3.

Deploy a VM on NFS.

To deploy a VM on NFS, under deployment VM group, use the placement type zone_host host nfs_storage command.

NFS is configured and ready for file operations, image registration, and VM deployment on the mounted storage.