NetApp’s Simulate ONTAP™ is now shipping for the equivalent of Data ONTAP™ 8.1RC2 – the take away here is that you can now test drive pNFS in a simulator.
It requires a NOW account and it can be downloaded here:
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/simulator/ontap/8.0/
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Disclaimer – I work for NetApp.