5.5.4 HP X9000 Series Release Notes (TA768-96054, September 2011)

Managing CIFS shares with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). To manage CIFS shares, open
an MMC with the Shared Folders snap-in. (Instructions for creating and saving an MMC with the
snap-in begin on page 62 of the HP X9000 File Serving Software File System User Guide.) The user
guide incorrectly states, on page 64, that you can access the MMC from the Start menu by selecting
Computer, right-clicking, and selecting Manage.
Creating FTP shares. The HP X9000 File Serving Software File System User Guide states on page 80
that you can create multiple shares having the same physical path, but with different sets of properties,
and then assign users to the appropriate share. The documentation should also note that you need to
use a different IP address or port number for each share.
Creating directories for HTTP. If a user uploads a file to an HTTP share and specifies a subdirectory
that does not already exist, the subdirectory will be created. For example, you could have a share
mapped to the directory /ifs/http/ and using the URL http_url. A user could upload a file into
the share:
curl -T file http://<ip>:<port>/http_url/new_dir/file
If the directory new_dir does not exist under http_url, the http service automatically creates the
directory /ifs/http/new_dir/ and sets the permissions to 777. If the anonymous user performed
the upload, the new_dir directory is owned by daemon:daemon. If a non-anonymous user performed
the upload, the new_dir directory is owned by user:group.
Creating directories for FTP. If a user uploads a file to an FTP share and specifies a subdirectory that
does not already exist, the subdirectory will not be created automatically. Instead, the user must
explicitly use the mkdir ftp command to create the subdirectory. The permissions on the new directory
are set to 777. If the anonymous user created the directory, it is owned by ftp:ftp. If a
non-anonymous user created the directory, the directory is owned by user:group.
User access for HTTP and FTP shares. The administrator must ensure that all users who are given read
or write access to HTTP or FTP shares have sufficient access permissions at the file system level for the
directories exposed as shares.
Accessing FTP shares. The HP X9000 File Serving Software File System User Guide incorrectly states
on page 83 that when a file is uploaded into an FTP share, the file is owned by ftp:ftp and not by
the user who uploaded to the share. In 5.5.257 and later releases, files uploaded to an FTP share are
owned by the user doing the upload.
Accessing HTTP shares. The HP X9000 File Serving Software User Guide incorrectly states on page
92 that when a file is uploaded into an HTTP share, the file is owned by daemon:daemon and not
by the user who uploaded to the share. In 5.5.257 and later releases, files uploaded to an HTTP share
are owned by the user doing the upload.
Flex-10 networks on X9720 systems. The HP X9720 Network Storage System Administrator Guide
states on page 182 that the X9720 system uses balance-ALB mode for bond1. This is incorrect. The
X9720 system uses mode 1 (active/backup) for network bonds.
For future use
Although the following features are available on the Management Console GUI or CLI, they are
intended for future use and are not currently supported.
• X9000 snapshots on HP P4000 storage systems
• The Cloning and Async Cloning options listed in the GUI Navigator under Filesystems > Tasks
Installation instructions
New installations
HP X9000 File Serving Software is preinstalled on supported devices. If you need to reinstall the
software, see the administrator guide for your storage system.
16 Installation instructions