Administrator Guide

Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 5
iSCSI deployment................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................................................. 5
Preinstalled roles and services configurations on your system................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Configuring your NAS system...................................................................................... 8
Initial configuration of your NAS system....................................................................................................................... 8
Server Manager roles, role services, and features...................................................................................................... 9
Starting and exiting Server Manager........................................................................................................................ 9
Installing or uninstalling Server Manager roles, role services, and features..........................................................9
Accessing administrative tools for your NAS systems............................................................................................... 9
Accessing computer management.................................................................................................................................. 9
Work folders........................................................................................................................................................................10
Installing work folders................................................................................................................................................. 10
Creating sync share for work folders.......................................................................................................................11
Creating a new DFS namespace..................................................................................................................................... 11
Creating new DFS replication group.............................................................................................................................. 11
Adding DFS namespaces to display............................................................................................................................... 12
Adding replication groups to display..............................................................................................................................12
File Server Resource Manager .......................................................................................................................................12
Multipath I/O...................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Adding devices on MPIO............................................................................................................................................ 13
Chapter 3: Managing your NAS system........................................................................................ 14
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator....................................................................................................................... 14
Remote Desktop for Administration.............................................................................................................................. 14
Activating remote desktop connection...................................................................................................................15
Creating and saving remote desktop connection.................................................................................................15
Reinstalling NAS operating system using a DVD........................................................................................................ 15
Recovering an OS partition........................................................................................................................................16
Deploying the OS using Dell Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................. 17
Dell EMC Rapid Appliance Self Recovery.....................................................................................................................17
Creating RASR USB recovery drive.........................................................................................................................18
Recovering the Operating System using RASR USB Recovery Drive.............................................................18
Chapter 4: Using your NAS system.............................................................................................. 20
Creating server message block share.......................................................................................................................... 20
Modifying message block shares....................................................................................................................................21
NFS share............................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Windows domain controller as identity mapping source.......................................................................................... 21
User name mapping server as identity mapping source.......................................................................................... 22
AD LDS as identity mapping source..............................................................................................................................23
Configuring AD LDS for services for NFS................................................................................................................... 23
Installing AD LDS server role.......................................................................................................................................... 23
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