Dell NX3500 Managing CIFS Shares

Using Volumes, Shares, and Quotas 99
Managing CIFS Shares
CIFS shares provide an effective way of sharing files and data across a
Windows network.
Viewing the Properties and Status of CIFS Shares
To view information on the existing CIFS shares:
1
Click User Access  Shares  CIFS Shares .
2 Select a specific NAS volume or all NAS volumes from the Show CIFS
Shares for NAS Volumes
list.
Adding a CIFS Share
To add a CIFS share:
1
Click User Access  Shares  CIFS Shares .
2 On the CIFS Share page, click Add .
3 Click General to define general CIFS share parameters.
4 Click Advanced to define advanced CIFS share parameters.
5 In the General tab, if you have selected the option Files should be
checked for viruses
, click Antivirus , and define the antivirus policy.
6 Click Save Changes to save the share parameters.
NOTE: Click Revert to restore default parameters.
NOTE: Do not attempt to create a CIFS share using the Microsoft
Management Console (MMC). Use MMC only to set share level permissions
(SLPs). See "Setting Access Control Lists and Share Level Permissions on
FluidFS" on page100.
Modifying a CIFS Share
Once you determine whether a CIFS share is a general access directory or
user-based directory, you cannot change this setting. However, you can change
the parameters of the general access or user-based directory settings.
To modify the parameters of a specific CIFS share:
1
Click on the CIFS share that you want to edit.
2 In the Edit CIFS Share page, click General to modify general CIFS share
parameters.