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Setting up an SMB server in an Active Directory domain

Setting up an SMB server as a member in an Active Directory (AD) domain consists of preparing the cluster by configuring time services, and then creating the SMB server in the SVM.

  • Configuring time services
    Before creating an SMB server in an Active Domain controller, you must ensure that the cluster time and the time on the domain controllers of the domain to which the SMB server will belong matches to within five minutes.
  • Creating an SMB server in an Active Directory domain
    You can use the vserver cifs create command to create an SMB server on the SVM and specify the Active Directory (AD) domain to which it belongs.