Using Your Nas System; Creating Server Message Block Shares - Dell PowerVault NX3100 Administrator's Manual

Using Your NAS System

Creating Server Message Block Shares

Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is an access control for Microsoft
Windows -based file systems and is implemented by granting permissions to
individual users and groups.
To create an SMB share using Server Manager:
1 Click StartProgramsAdministrative Tools Share and Storage
Management or, go to Server Manager Roles File Services Share
and Storage Management.
2 On the right pane, select Provision Share.
3 Browse and select the volume that you want to enable as an SMB share and
run the wizard.
4 Select SMB as the share protocol.
The folder name is displayed as share name followed by the share path.
5 Specify the SMB settings and SMB permissions in the subsequent screens.
Review Settings and Create Share allows you to revise the share settings
before you actually create it.
6 After reviewing the share settings, click Create to create the share.
7 Close the confirmation screen.
To modify the properties of an existing share:
1 Select the share from the middle pane of Share and Storage Management.
2 Right-click and select Properties.
3 Select different tabs to change the properties.
The newly-created SMB shared folder can be accessed from a
Windows- based client.
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