Cifs

1. In a CIFS environment, the storage system authenticates users in one of four ways:

1. Active Directory authentication
2. Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 domain authentication 
3. Windows workgroup authentication
4. Authentication for non-Windows workgroups

2. we can manage the cifs in Three Methods:

1. command line 
2. filer view
3. computer management port 

3. Preparing for CIFS

To prepare a storage system to support Windows client users, complete the following steps:

1. License CIFS.

> License add <license>

> license (To check the license status)

2. Perform the initial CIFS configuration by running the cifs setup & cifs terminate program.

> cifs setup (command to on cifs  services)
> cifs terminate (command to off cifs services)

4. Volume share

> cifs shares -add share_name vol1

5. Qtree share

> cifs shares -add share_name /vol/vol_name/qtree_name.

go windows server now:

start -> run
Type //netapp ipaddress or //filer name

Then you can able to views the share folder.





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