Administrator Guide

3. Click the Protocols tab.
4. Click Edit SMB Security Settings in the SMB Protocol section. A dialog box appears.
5. To enable required message signing, select the Force SMB Clients Signing check box.
6. To disable required message signing, clear the Force SMB Clients Signing check box.
7. Click OK.
Enable or Disable SMB Message Encryption
SMBv3 adds the capability to make data transfers secure by encrypting data in-ight, to protect against tampering and
eavesdropping attacks.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, select Authentication.
3. Click the Protocols tab.
4. Click Edit SMB Security Settings in the SMB Protocol section. A dialog box appears.
5. To enable message encryption, select the Force Encryption check box.
6. To disable message encryption, clear the Force Encryption check box.
7. Click OK.
Viewing and Disconnecting SMB Connections
You can view active and idle SMB client connections and disconnect individual SMB connections.
Display SMB Connections
To display active and idle SMB connections:
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, select Client Activity.
3. In the right pane, click the Sessions tab. Under the Session Display Filter, use the protocol drop-down All Protocols. The SMB
and NFS connections are displayed.
4. To limit the display to SMB connections, select SMB from the drop-down list in the Protocol lter, and click Apply Filter/
Refresh.
5. To limit the display to active SMB connections, select None from the drop-down list in the Session idle more than lter, and click
Apply Filter/Refresh.
6. To limit the display to idle SMB connections, select a value from the drop-down list in the Session idle more than lter, and click
Apply Filter/Refresh.
Disconnect an SMB Connection
To disconnect a particular SMB connection:
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab, select Client Activity.
3. In the right pane, click the Sessions tab. Under Sessions Display Filter, select the drop-down for protocol SMB. The SMB
connections will display.
4. Right-click on a connection and click Disconnect. The Disconnect dialog box appears.
5. Click OK.
Using SMB Home Shares
The FluidFS cluster enables you to create a share for a user that is limited to that user. For example, when a user "jsmith" connects
to the FluidFS cluster, jsmith will be presented with any available general shares, as well as a share labeled "jsmith" that is visible only
to jsmith.
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