Administrator Guide

About SMB Shares
SMB shares provide an eective way to share les located on a FluidFS cluster, such as the FS76x0, by using the Server Message
Block (SMB) protocol. FluidFS v4 supports SMB protocol versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. The default SMB protocol version is SMB 3.0.
You can set the default to an earlier version using the CLI command nas-cluster select cluster_name smb-protocol. Refer to the Dell
EqualLogic Group Manager CLI Reference Guide
for more information about this command.
An SMB share is an access point to les and folders stored on a NAS container. An SMB share points to a folder on a NAS container
(/NASFolder) or to the root of the NAS container (/…). Keep the following considerations in mind about SMB shares:
• You can create a share for one user or for multiple users.
• You determine a user’s access to shares by specifying permissions in the Windows Explorer security settings.
• You can congure SMB shares in the Group Manager GUI or CLI.
Access SMB Shares in Windows
To access an SMB share, you must have a valid user name and password. Authentication can be either local or remote.
Before you can write to the SMB share:
• The group administrator must set the SMB administrator password.
• An administrator must log in to the SMB administrator account on the share and assign you write permission to the SMB share
through the Windows operating system.
If the NAS cluster is part of an Active Directory domain, you can perform the operation through the domain administrator
account.
Access Shares
NOTE: Depending on your Windows version, these steps might vary slightly.
1. Click Start → Run.
2. In the Open eld, specify the NAS cluster IP address (or the DNS name associated with the NAS cluster IP address) and click
OK.
3. Right-click the share and select Map Network Drive.
4. In the Map network drive dialog box:
a. Enter \\service_ip_address\share_name or \\service_dns_name\share_name.
b. Click Connect using a dierent user name.
5. Click Finish.
6. In the Connect as dialog box, enter a valid user name and password and click OK.
You can enter SMBstorage\administrator for a user name and the associated SMB administrator password. The SMB
administrator has write permission on all SMB shares by default.
If you have joined the NAS cluster to an Active Directory domain, you can also enter domain_name\administrator for a user
name and the domain password. The domain administrator has write permission on all SMB shares.
Mount a NAS SMB Share from UNIX
To mount an SMB share from a UNIX operating system, use one of the following commands:
smbmount //service_ip_address/share_name /local_directory -o user_name=user_name
mount -t smbfs -o user_name=user_name,password=password //service_ip_address/share_name /
local_directory
Create an SMB Share
To create an SMB share:
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