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LaCie 12big Rack Network Technical Brief

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Technical Brief: Shared Folders

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1. Administrator ............................................................................................................... 3
2. Shared Folders ............................................................................................................. 4
2.1. Creating SMB and NFS Shares . ......................................................................................................... 4
2.2. Creating AFP Shares ...................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.1. Migrate an Existing SMB Shared Folder .................................................................................. 14
2.2.2. Creating a new AFP Share in ExtremeZ-IP Administrator . .......................................................... 16
2.2.3. Spotlight Support on AFP Shares . ........................................................................................... 17
2.2.4. Time Machine® Support on AFP Shared Folders . .................................................................... 19
3. Contacting Customer Support ..................................................................................... 21
3.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts ................................................................................................... 21
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    LaCie Professional Server Table of Contents Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 1 Table of Contents 1. Administrator ....................... 3 2. Shared Folders ......................4 2.1. Creating SMB and NFS Shares ......................4 2.2. Creating AFP Shares ........................14 2.2.1. Migrate an Existing SMB Shared Folder .................. 14 2.2.2. Creating a new AFP Share in ExtremeZ-IP Administrator ............16 2.2.3. Spotlight Support on AFP Shares .
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  • Page 3: Administrator

    LaCie Professional Server Introduction Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 3 1. Administrator In order to review, confirm, or redefine the software settings on your LaCie professional server, you must have Administrative rights to the device. Quick Links Click a topic: Creating SMB and NFS Shares ✦ Creating AFP Shares ✦...

  • Page 4: Shared Folders

    LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 4 2. Shared Folders Create Shared Folders on your LaCie professional server so that us- ers and groups on the network may access data. It is easy to config- ure SMB (Windows) and NFS (Linux) shares using Windows Storage Server 2008 Server Manager while the ExtremeZ-IP Administrator can set AFP (Mac) shares. You may remotely set protocols, permissions, and quotas for each Shared Folder. However, permissions that are based on active di- rectory accounts must be set from the same network and domain as your server. TECHNICAL NOTE: Certain Windows Storage Server services must be installed in order to set Shared Folders;...
  • Page 5 New Folder. Once the Shared Folder has been selected, click OK to return to the Provision a Shared Folder Wizard. Fig. 01 6. Click Next> to move to NTFS Permissions. If you do not want to make changes to NTFS permissions, skip the next step. IMPORTANT INFO: LaCie highly recommends that customers choose to manage their Shared Folders using either Share Protocols or NTFS. Since they are essentially independent, changes to one setting does not affect the other, which may cause confusion when managing shared resources. For example, the most restrictive of the two will be applied to all files in the volume. 7. To edit the NTFS permissions of a Shared Folder, select Yes, change NTFS permissions and Edit Permissions...
  • Page 6 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 6 9. In Share Protocols you choose the protocol(s) that will be used and the share name(s) (Fig. 02). Check the box or boxes that correspond to the desired protocol(s) (SMB and/or NFS). For each protocol, choose a Share name. When selecting both pro- tocols, create different share names to avoid resolution issues. Fig. 02 10. Click Next> to move to SMB Settings. 11. SMB Settings allow you to add a description to a SMB Shared Folder. To adjust the number of simultaneous users accessing the Shared Folder or to change the availability settings of offline folders, click Advanced... Fig. 03 12. Once finished with SMB Settings, click Next> for SMB Permis- sions. continued on the next page>>...
  • Page 7 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 7 13. With SMB Permissions, you can manage the permissions for the SMB Shared Folder (Fig. 04) such as read/write access for users and groups. To assign custom permissions, choose Users and groups have custom share permissions and click Permis- sions... Fig. 04 14. Click Next> to move to NFS Permissions. (Skip the next step if you did not select NFS in Share Protocols.) continued on the next page>>...
  • Page 8 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 8 15. Manage share permissions for the NFS share in NFS Permis- sions. You can add specific Linux workstations by DNS name (Fig. 05). Fig. 05 TECHNICAL NOTE: Additional settings are available for advanced NFS configurations. Go to Server Manager>Roles>File Services and right-click on Share and Storage Management. Select Edit...
  • Page 9 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 9 16. With Quota Policy, you can limit the capacity of a Shared Folder (Fig. 06). The quotas may be: ✦ Hard - Users and groups will not be able to write data once the Shared Folder limit has been reached. The user will be notified that the limit has been reached. ✦ Soft - Users and groups can still write data if the quota is reached. For example, you can choose an “Extended Limit” or...
  • Page 10 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 10 18. File Screen Policy can restrict and/or monitor files by their type (Fig. 07). For example, media files such as .avi or .mp3 can be blocked from a Shared Folder that is meant for text documents only. TECHNICAL NOTE: Similar to Quota Policy, there are predefined quota templates in File Screen Policy. As well, custom file policy tem- plates may be created in File Server Resource Manager that can fur- ther limit the file types on a Shared Folder. To set your custom file pol- icy template, go to Server Manager>Roles>File Services>Share and Storage Management. Right-click File Server Resource Man- ager and select Configure Options... Please note that you cannot access File Server Resource Manager while running the Provision a Shared Folder Wizard. Fig. 07 19. Click Next> to move to DFS Namespace Publishing.
  • Page 11 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 11 20. DFS Namespace Publishing enables you to publish the Shared Folder in a DFS Namespace (Fig. 08) (see Technical Brief: DFS Namespace). The DFS Namespace may exist on your LaCie professional server or another server on the network. Fig. 08 21. Click Next> to move to Review Settings and Create Share. continued on the next page>>...
  • Page 12 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 12 22. Before creating the Shared Folder, use Review Settings and Cre- ate Share to make certain that the settings are correct (Fig. 09). To make adjustments, choose <Previous. To execute the set- tings, click Create. Fig. 09 You will see a Confirmation once the Shared Folder is created (Fig. 10). Click Close to exit the Provision a Shared Folder Wizard. Fig. 10 continued on the next page>>...
  • Page 13 LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 13 23. To view Shared Folders, go to Server Manager>Roles>File Services and click once on Share and Storage Management (Fig. 11). Fig. 11 To edit the parameters of a Shared Folder, double-click on its name. You will find tabs and options for adjustments as well as the path for access from a client workstation (Fig. 12). Fig. 12...

  • Page 14: Creating Afp Shares

    LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 14 2.2. Creating AFP Shares With ExtremeZ-IP Administrator, you can create a new AFP Share or migrate an existing SMB Shared Folder. 2.2.1. Migrate an Existing SMB Shared Folder This is the most convenient method of sharing data via AFP when a Shared Folder must include the SMB protocol. An existing SMB Shared Folder must be available to perform the following steps. 1. Log in to your LaCie professional server as an administrator. 2. Launch ExtremeZ-IP Administrator, Start>ExtremeZ-IP Ad-...
  • Page 15 LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 15 The Volumes window displays a list of AFP Shared Folders (Fig. 14). When first opened, the only item is ExtremeZ-IP Print Sup- port. Click Migrate SMB Shares... Fig. 14 Click Yes to the Volumes window prompt (Fig. 15). Fig. 15 6. Another Volumes window will appear, warning that permissions set for the SMB shares do not apply to AFP shares (Fig. 16). In general, you will manage AFP share permissions as you would set folder, or NTFS permissions. (See the user manual for Extre- meZ-IP Administrator for further information on managing AFP share permissions). Click OK to continue. Fig. 16 continued on the next page>>...

  • Page 16: Creating A New Afp Share In Extremez-Ip Administrator

    LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 16 The SMB Shared Folder has been migrated to AFP (Fig. 17). You can access the Shared Folder settings or change its properties by clicking Modify... Fig. 17 8. To access or modify the properties of the Shared Folder, select it and click Modify... 2.2.2. Creating a new AFP Share in ExtremeZ-IP Administrator 1. Log in to your LaCie professional server as an administrator. 2. Launch ExtremeZ-IP Administrator, Start>ExtremeZ-IP Ad- ministrator. 3. Click Volumes.

  • Page 17: Spotlight Support On Afp Shares

    LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 17 2.2.3. Spotlight Support on AFP Shares Spotlight may be turned on or off on each AFP Shared Folder or enabled as a default for all AFP shares. Spotlight must be enabled using ExtremeZ-IP Administrator. 1. Log in to your LaCie professional server as an administrator. 2. Launch ExtremeZ-IP Administrator, Start>ExtremeZ-IP Ad- ministrator.
  • Page 18 LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 18 7. To enable Spotlight on an individual AFP volume, return to the ExtremeZ-IP Administrator main page. Click once on Volumes. 8. Select the AFP volume and click Modify... 9. Check the box next to Support Spotlight Searching. By de- fault, it is not checked (Fig. 20). Fig. 20 10. Spotlight searches are now supported on the AFP Shared Folder.

  • Page 19: Time Machine® Support On Afp Shared Folders

    LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 19 2.2.4. Time Machine® Support on AFP Shared Folders Time Machine may be enabled on any AFP Shared Folder. How- TECHNICAL NOTE: Time Machine backups are only available on ever, Time Machine support disables additional features, such as Mac computers.
  • Page 20 LaCie Professional Server AFP Shares Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 20 5. Note that all other options will turn grey, indicating that they are no longer available (Fig. 22). Fig. 22 6. You may also set general capacity quotas for the Time Machine Shared Folder by checking the box next to Limit users without custom quotas to (Fig. 22). To set precise quotas by Mac com- puter, click Custom Quotas...

  • Page 21: Contacting Customer Support

    LaCie Professional Server Contacting Customer Support Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 21 3. Contacting Customer Support 3.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts LaCie Asia LaCie Australia http://www.lacie.com/cn/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium LaCie Brazil http://www.lacie.com/us/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ (Dutch) http://www.lacie.com/befr/contact/ (French) LaCie Canada LaCie Denmark http://www.lacie.com/dk/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/ca/contact/ (English) http://www.lacie.com/cafr/contact/ (French) LaCie Finland LaCie France http://www.lacie.com/fi/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/fr/contact/ LaCie Germany LaCie Ireland http://www.lacie.com/de/contact/...

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