Section 3: Microsoft & IBM Networks (SMB)
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Network Settings
You do not need to specify any specific settings before you can use the
StorPoint NAS in the Windows (SMB) environment. However, you
might want to change some of the default settings, e.g. the SMB server
name. You can use the Administration Web pages to configure the
StorPoint NAS.
SMB Server Name
The default SMB server name is AXIS<nnnnnn>, where <nnnnnn> are
the last six digits of the StorPoint NAS serial number. This is the name
that will be presented to the Windows clients on the network. You can
change that name by editing the SMB Server Name
parameter. It can
be useful to choose a more descriptive name, e.g. in order to indicate
where the unit is located.
Recommendation!
Choose a more descriptive name for your server. For example HD
Server.
Access Control
Access control is used for restricting access to the shared resources. In
the Windows (SMB) environment, you can select whether you want to
use user-level or share-level access control.
User-level
Access Control
User-level access control enables you to define a list of users and groups
with specific access rights to each shared resource. The StorPoint NAS
will act as a “member server” in the Windows NT or OS/2 domains. It
will thus verify the user’s identity and group memberships against a
domain controller on the network.
The advantages with this method are:
•
The user will not be prompted to supply passwords every time
he/she needs to access a protected resource.
•
The Network Administrator can administer the access rights using
Windows NT’s standard administration tools, i.e. Server Manager
and Windows Explorer.
•
The Network Administrator can use the native user groups in the
domain to set basic security.
