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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide
Server Appliance Name
The server appliance name is the name of the MaxAttach NAS 6000 on a network. The
server appliance name must be unique and must meet certain requirements. The new
server appliance name cannot be the same as another computer or the name of a Microsoft
Windows domain.
Server names recommendations are:
It is recommended that you use names that are 15 characters or fewer.
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The server appliance name can be a maximum of 63 characters but should only contain
n
the numbers 0–9, the uppercase letters A–Z, the lowercase letters a–z, or hyphens.
You may use other characters, but doing so may prevent other users from finding your
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computer on the network. If your network is using the Microsoft DNS server, you can
use any characters except periods.
If other networking protocols are installed without TCP/IP, the server appliance name
n
is limited to 15 characters.
If you specify a server appliance name longer than 15 characters and you want longer
n
names to be recognized by the Microsoft Active Directory domain, the domain
administrator must enable registration of DNS names that are 16 characters or longer
Domain
Your server appliance can be in a workgroup, active directory environment, or Windows
NT 4 domain. In Microsoft Windows NT 4 and Microsoft Active Directory
environments, a domain is a collection of computers defined by the administrator of a
network that share a common directory database.
Utilized for Windows user and group information, Windows domains have a unique name
and provide access to the centralized user accounts and group accounts maintained by the
domain administrator. Each domain has its own security policies and security relationships
with other domains, and each domain represents a single security boundary of a Windows
computer network. Active Directory is made up of one or more domains, each of which
can span more than one physical location.
For DNS, a domain is any tree or subtree within the DNS name space. Although the
names for DNS domains often correspond to Active Directory domains, DNS domains
should not be confused with Microsoft Windows and Active Directory networking
domains.
By default a domain user must enter domain\username when logging into a Web server
appliance or a NAS with a Netscape browser.
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