Tandberg Data Viking FS-1600, Viking FS-1500 manual Environment scenarios, Workgroup, Domain

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1.5.Environment scenarios

The NAS appliance is deployed in one of two security modes:

•Workgroup

•Domain (Windows NT® Domain or Active Directory Domain)

The NAS appliance uses standard Windows user and group administration methods in each of these environments. For procedural instructions on managing users and groups, see Chapter 5 of this Manual.

Regardless of the deployment, the NAS appliance integrates easily into multi-protocol environments, supporting a wide variety of clients. The following protocols are supported:

•Distributed File System (DFS)

•Network File System (NFS)

•Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

•File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

•Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB)

1.5.1.Workgroup

In a workgroup environment, users and groups are stored and managed separately, on each member server of the workgroup. Workgroups are typical for very small deployments where little or no computing environment planning is required.

1.5.2.Domain

When operating in a Windows NT or Active Directory domain environment, the NAS appliance is a member of the domain and the domain controller is the repository of all account information. Client machines are also members of the domain and users log on to the domain through their Windows based client machines. The domain controller also administers user accounts and appropriate access levels to resources that are a part of the domain. Additional information about planning for domain environments can be found at Microsoft web site.

The NAS appliance obtains user account information from the domain controller when deployed in a domain environment. The NAS server itself cannot act as a domain controller, backup domain controller, or the root of an Active Directory tree as these functions are disabled in the operating system.

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