Setting up CIFS
You can use Storage Manager to enable and configure CIFS servers to allow CIFS clients to access the files on the cluster.
Before you begin
The CIFS license must be installed on your storage system.
While configuring CIFS in the Active Directory domain, the following requirements must be met:
DNS must be enabled and configured correctly.
The storage system must be able to communicate with the domain controller by using the fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
The time difference (clock skew) between the cluster and the domain controller must not be more than five minutes.
- If CIFS is the only protocol that is configured on the storage virtual machine (SVM), the following requirements must be met:
The root volume security style must be NTFS.
By default, Storage Manager sets the security style as UNIX.
Superuser access must be set to Any for the CIFS protocol.
- Click .
- Click +Add.
- Specify the name of the new SVM to create.
- Click Enable SMB/CIFS.
- Specify the following information:
- Specify the administrator name and password to add the system to either a domain or workgroup.
- Specify the server name to create in the domain or workgroup.
- Specify the domain or workgroup to add the system to.
- Ensure that the DNS domain is correct and that the name server is valid.
- Specify the LIF interface for each controller to use for the new CIFS SVM.
- Click Save.
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