Adding apple macintosh shares – Dell PowerVault 735N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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While a single user interface is provided to create a share for all protocols, in actuality,
a separate share is created for each protocol. You can remove a share for one protocol
without removing the share for the others, but this must be done carefully.

To add a CIFS, NFS, FTP or HTTP share, perform the following steps:

1.

On the NAS Manager menu bar, click Folders and Shares.

2.

Click Shares.

3.

On the Shared Folders on Server Appliance page, in the Tasks list, click New.

4.

On the General tab, enter the Share Name, Share Path, and an optional brief
description of the share in the Comment field.

5.

Click the check boxes for the types of protocols to enable.

6.

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

NOTE: The operating system drive (C:) is used to store snapshot log file information
and other system specific information. Do not use the C: drive to store any user data.

Adding Apple Macintosh Shares

Apple Macintosh shares are created using the Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) on the Terminal Services desktop. Use Shared Folders to create a share.

To create Apple Macintosh shares, perform.the following steps:

1.

On the NAS Manager menu bar, click Maintenance.

2.

Click Terminal Services Advanced Client.

3.

Log into the Terminal Services session.

4.

From the Advanced Administration Menu, click Shared Folders under Admin-
istration Tools
.

5.

Right-click Shares and click New File Share.

The Create Shared Folder window displays.

6.

Enter the name and path of the new share.

7.

Click the checkbox for Apple Macintosh under Accessible from the following
clients
.

8.

Click Next.

9.

Click Finish to give all users full control of the share or specify desired
permissions.

To allow users to access Apple Macintosh shares, perform the following steps on an
Apple Macintosh system:

1.

Open Network Browser.

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