The Common Internet File System (CIFS), also known as the Server Message Block (SMB), is a network file sharing protocol that is widely used on Microsoft and other operating systems. Veritas Access supports the SMB3 protocol.
You can specify either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address.
Veritas Access supports the following clustering modes:
Normal
Clustered Trivial Database (CTDB) - a cluster implementation of the TDB (Trivial database) based on the Berkeley database API
You can configure Active Directory by navigating to Settings > User Management > Active Directory Management.
Veritas Access supports the following CIFS security modes:
User
ADS
Each clustering mode supports both of the CIFS security modes. The ctdb clustering mode is a different clustered implementation of Veritas Access CIFS, which supports almost all of the features supported by normal clustering mode as well as some additional features.
Additional features supported in ctdb clustering mode:
Directory-level share support and also supported in normal clustering mode
Multi-instance share export of a file system/directory
Simultaneous access of a share from multiple nodes and therefore better load balancing
Veritas Access can be integrated into a network that consists of machines running Microsoft Windows. You can control and manage the network resources by using Active Directory (AD) domain controllers.
Before you use Veritas Access with CIFS, you must have administrator-level knowledge of the Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft services, and Microsoft protocols (including AD and NT services and protocols).
When serving the CIFS clients, Veritas Access can be configured to operate in one of the operating mode environments described in Table: CIFS operating mode environments.
Table: CIFS operating mode environments
Mode
Definition
Standalone
Information about the user and group accounts is stored locally on Veritas Access. Veritas Access also authenticates users locally using the Linux password and group files. This mode of operation is provided for Veritas Access testing and may be appropriate in other cases, for example, when Veritas Access is used in a small network and is not a member of a Windows security domain. In this mode of operation, you must create the local users and groups; they can access the shared resources subject to authorization control.
Active Directory (AD)
Veritas Access becomes a member of an AD security domain and is configured to use the services of the AD domain controller, such as DNS, LDAP, and NTP. Kerberos, NTLMv2, or NTLM authenticate users.
When Veritas Access operates in the AD domain mode, it acts as a domain member server and not as the domain controller.
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