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Configuring SMB Shares
View, add, modify, and delete SMB shares.
View All SMB Shares on the FluidFS Cluster
View all current SMB shares for the FluidFS cluster.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select SMB Shares.
The SMB Shares panel displays the current shares.
View SMB Shares on a NAS Volume
View the current SMB shares for a NAS volume.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, expand NAS Volumes , and select a NAS volume.
4. Click the SMB Shares tab.
The SMB Shares panel displays the current shares.
Create an SMB Share
Create an SMB share to share a directory in a NAS volume using the SMB protocol. When an SMB share is created, default
values are applied for some settings. To change the defaults, you must modify the SMB share.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select SMB Shares.
4. In the SMB Shares panel, click Create SMB share.
The Select NAS Volume dialog box opens.
5. Select a NAS volume on which to create an SMB share and click OK.
The Create SMB Share dialog box opens.
6. In the Share Name field, type a name for the SMB share.
7. In the Path field, specify the directory that you want to share:
NOTE:
A share path must be less than 512 characters long. Fewer characters are accepted if the name is entered in
Unicode, because Unicode characters take up a variable amount of bytes, depending on the specific character.
● To share the root of the NAS volume, leave the Path field set to the default value of /.
● To specify an existing directory to share, type the path to the directory in the Path field.
● To browse to an existing directory to share:
Click Select Folder. The Select Folder dialog box opens and displays the top-level folders for the NAS volume. Locate
the folder to share, select the folder, and click OK.
○ To drill down to a particular folder and view the subfolders, double-click the folder name.
○ To view the parent folders of a particular folder, click Up.
● To specify a new directory to share, type the path to the directory to create in the Path field and select the Create
Folder If It Does Not Exist checkbox.
● To browse existing directories and create a new directory to share:
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