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Configure SMB. See
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Configure access control, ACL entries, and ACL inheritance on shares.
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SMB and NFSv3 do not use the same access control model. For best results, configure the
ACL on the root directory from a SMB client as the SMB access control model is a more
verbose model. For information on inheritable trivial ACL entries, see
Filesystems" on page
415.
SMB DFS Namespaces
The Distributed File System (DFS) is a virtualization technology delivered over the SMB and
MSRPC protocols. DFS allows administrators to group shared folders located on different
servers by transparently connecting them to one or more DFS namespaces. A DFS namespace
is a virtual view of shared folders in an organization. An administrator can select which shared
folders to present in the namespace, design the hierarchy in which those folders appear and
determine the names that the shared folders show in the namespace. When a user views the
namespace, the folders appear to reside in a single, high-capacity file system. Users can
navigate the folders in the namespace without needing to know the server names or shared
folders hosting the data.
Only one share per system may be provisioned as a standalone DFS namespace. Domain-based
DFS namespaces are not supported. Note that one DFS namespace may be provisioned per
cluster, even if each cluster node has a separate storage pool. To provision a SMB share as a
DFS namespace, use the DFS Management MMC Snap-in to create a standalone namespace.
When the appliance is not joined to an Active Directory domain, additional configuration is
necessary to allow Workgroup users to modify DFS namespaces. To enable an SMB local user
to create or delete a DFS namespace, that user must have a separate local account created on
the server. For information about steps to let the SMB local user dfsadmin manipulate DFS
namespaces, see
"Adding DFS Namespaces to a Local SMB Group" on page
SMB Microsoft Stand-alone DFS Namespace Management
Tools Support Matrix
The following table lists operations (subcommands/options) of the Microsoft DFS tools on
various Windows operating system versions. It identifies which of these are supported by the
DFS service on the appliance for managing a standalone DFS namespace on the appliance.
y - supported
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n - not supported
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"SMB Configuration" on page
Sharing a Filesystem Over NFS
243.
"Access Control Lists for
249.
Appliance Services
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