Administrator Guide

Using Your NAS System 27
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Using Your NAS System
Creating Server Message Block Shares
Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is an access control for Microsoft
Windows -based file systems and is implemented by granting permissions to
individual users and groups.
To create an SMB share using Server Manager:
1
Click Start  Programs  Administrative Tools  Share and Storage
Management
or, go to Server Manager  Roles  File Services  Share
and Storage Management.
2 On the right pane, select Provision Share .
3 Browse and select the volume that you want to enable as an SMB share and
run the wizard.
4 Select SMB as the share protocol.
The folder name is displayed as share name followed by the share path.
5 Specify the SMB settings and SMB permissions in the subsequent screens.
Review Settings and Create Share allows you to revise the share settings
before you actually create it.
6 After reviewing the share settings, click Create to create the share.
7 Close the confirmation screen.
To modify the properties of an existing share:
1
Select the share from the middle pane of Share and Storage Management .
2 Right-click and select Properties .
3 Select different tabs to change the properties.
The newly-created SMB shared folder can be accessed from a
Windows-based client.
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