Adding a share – Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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CIFS — The Common Internet File System protocol is used by clients running a Windows operating system.

NFS — The Network File System protocol is used by clients running UNIX.

FTP — The File Transfer Protocol is an alternative way of accessing a file share from any operating system.

HTTP — The Hyptertext Transfer Protocol is the protocol for accessing a file share from Web browsers.

AppleTalk — The Appletalk protocol is used by clients running a Macintosh operating system.

NCP (Novell NetWare) — The NCP protocol is used by NetWare clients.

NOTE:

The Appletalk and NCP protocols are disabled by default on the NAS system. See "

Advanced Features

"

for information about enabling these protocols.

Adding a Share

To create a share, you must supply a share name that is different from all other shares on the system. This is the name

that the client system uses to access the share. Some protocols also support the inclusion of a comment or brief

description of the share. Additionally, you must enable at least one of the available protocols.

NOTICE:

Create your data shares on the data drives to make the shares more fault-tolerant.

To add a share, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the NAS Manager.

See "

Logging in to the NAS Manager

."

2. Click Shares.

3. On the Shares page, click Shares.

4. In the Tasks list on the Shared Folders page, click New.

5. Type the share name and share path.

NOTE:

Do not share the root directory of your system. Share only folders in the root directory. For example,

do not share d:\; instead, share d:\foldername, where foldername is the name of the folder in the root

directory.

6. If you entered a nonexistent folder for in the Share path, click Create folder if it does not already exist.

NOTE:

The Comment field is ignored for NFS, FTP, and HTTP shares.

7. Check the appropriate box(es) to specify the types of protocols to enable. The available options are Microsoft

Windows (CIFS), UNIX (NFS), FTP, Web HTTP, Novell NetWare, and Apple Macintosh.

If you want to use a protocol that is grayed out, you must first enable it on the NAS system. See "

Advanced

Features

" for information about enabling the Appletalk and NCP protocols.

8. Use the protocol tabs to configure the specific properties of each type of share.

NOTE:

Services for NetWare (SFN) are compatible with Novell NetWare Bindery service for authentication and

file access using the internetwork packet exchange/sequenced packet exchange (IPX/SPX) network protocol.

You must perform a NetWare logon to the NAS system using a NetWare client before you can connect to the

NetWare shares.

9. Click OK.

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