HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator 3.0.4 deployment guide (AG421-96001, March 2007)

100 9 - PROXY FILE SERVICE DEPLOYMENTS
Before you enable Domain mode in PFS make sure you:
 configure the HP EFS WAN Accelerator to use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to
synchronize the time. For detailed information about setting the date and time in
the HP EFS WAN Accelerator, see the HP Enterprise File Services WAN
Accelerator Management Console User Guide.
 configure the DNS server correctly. The configured DNS server must be the same
DNS server to which all the Windows client machines point.
 have a fully-qualified domain name for which PFS will be configured. This
domain name must be the domain name for which all the Windows desktop
machines are configured.
 configure the HP EFS WAN Accelerator as a member server in the Windows
2000 domain so that the HP EFS WAN Accelerator can access the domain
controller to authenticate the users accessing its file shares. In order to perform
this operation, a Windows domain account is required with the privileges to
perform a join domain operation.
 you must make sure that the owner of the remote path is a domain account and
not a local account.
 PFS does not support non-domain accounts other than Administrator accounts. If
you create Local mode shares on a non-administrator account, your security
permissions for the share will not be preserved on the origin server.
Local
Workgroup
Mode
In Local Workgroup mode you define a workgroup and add individual users that will
have access to the PFS shares on the HP EFS WAN Accelerator.
Use local workgroup mode in environments where you do not want the HP EFS WAN
Accelerator to be a part of a Windows domain. Creating a workgroup eliminates the
need to join a Windows domain and vastly simplifies the PFS configuration process.
NOTE: If you use local workgroup mode you must manage the accounts and permissions for
the branch office on the HP EFS WAN Accelerator. The local workgroup account permissions
might not match the permissions on the origin file server.
Before you enable local workgroup mode in PFS, make sure you configure the HP EFS
WAN Accelerator to use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize the time. For
detailed information about setting the date and time in the HP EFS WAN Accelerator,
see the HP Enterprise File Services WAN Accelerator Management Console User
Guide.
When to Use
PFS
PFS can be configured with any number of file shares in different modes. Shares are
configured into different operating modes based on the use of your data:
 Broadcast Mode. For environments seeking to broadcast a set of read-only files
to many users at different sites. Broadcast Mode quickly transmits a read-only
copy of the files from the origin server to your remote offices.