Dfs Protocol Settings; Deploying Dfs; File Sharing Protocols Page - HP ProLiant 300 Series Administration Manual

To access and enter protocol parameter settings:
1. From the WebUI, click the Shares tab.
2. Click Sharing Protocols.
Figure 57 File Sharing Protocols page
3. Protocols and their statuses are listed. The following options are available:
• Enabling a protocol
• Disabling a protocol
• Modifying Protocol Settings
Because enabling and disabling a protocol are self explanatory, only modifying protocol specific
settings is described in this section.

DFS protocol settings

Using Distributed File System (DFS), system administrators can make it easy for users to access and
manage files that are physically distributed across a network. Users do not need to know and specify the
actual physical location of files in order to access them.
For example, if documents are scattered across multiple servers in a domain, DFS can make it appear as
though the documents all resides on a single server. This eliminates the need for users to go to multiple
locations on the network to find the information.
Each DFS namespace requires a root. A DFS root is a starting point of the DFS namespace. The root is
often used to refer to the namespace as a whole. A root maps to one or more root targets, each of which
corresponds to a shared folder on a server. A root is implemented as a shared folder on the DFS server.

Deploying DFS

A distributed file system can be implemented as a stand-alone root distributed file system or as a domain
root distributed file system. The type of a distributed file system determines which client computers can
access the distributed file system.
A stand-alone DFS root:
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