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Kerberos realm services

You can use Storage Manager to create and manage Kerberos realm services.

  • Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
    If you want to use Kerberos authentication for client access, you must configure the storage virtual machine (SVM) to use an existing Kerberos realm. You can use Storage Manager to create a Kerberos realm configuration, which enables SVMs to use Kerberos security services for NFS.
  • Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
    You can use Storage Manager to edit a Kerberos realm configuration at the storage virtual machine (SVM) level.
  • Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
    You can use Storage Manager to delete a Kerberos realm configuration.
  • Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
    You can use Kerberos to provide strong authentication between SVMs and NFS clients to provide secure NFS communication. Configuring NFS with Kerberos increases the integrity and security of NFS client communications with the storage system.
  • Kerberos authentication for CIFS
    With Kerberos authentication, upon connection to your CIFS server, the client negotiates the highest possible security level. However, if the client cannot use Kerberos authentication, Microsoft NTLM or NTLM V2 is used to authenticate with the CIFS server.
  • Kerberos Realm window
    You can use the Kerberos Realm window to provide authentication between storage virtual machines (SVMs) and NFS clients to ensure secure NFS communication.
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