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To resolve IP addresses. If your server appliance is a member of Windows NT 4
domain, a Microsoft Active Directory, or a workgroup, the DNS suffix is dependent
upon the domain environment.
Including hyphens and periods, a DNS suffix may contain up to 155 characters.
The MaxAttach NAS 6000 supports automatic DNS entry into an ADS domain. If you are
using a Windows NT 4.0 DNS server, you will need to manually enter the MaxAttach
NAS 6000 into the DNS database.
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\user name when logging into a Web server
appliance or a MaxAttach NAS 6000 with a browser.
Workgroup
A workgroup is a simple grouping of computers, intended only to help users find such
things as printers and shared folders within that group. Your server appliance can be in a
workgroup, active directory environment, or Windows NT 4 domain. Workgroups in
Microsoft Windows 2000 do not offer the centralized user accounts and authentication
offered by domains.
A workgroup name must not duplicate the computer name. A workgroup name can have
as many as 15 characters, but cannot contain any of the following characters: ; : " < > + =
\ | ? , .
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