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Virtual CIFS Server: This field contains the IP address of the Virtual CIFS

Server that you selected.

Share Name: Type a name for the Virtual File Share.

NOTE: You can use the same share name for Virtual File Shares assigned

to different Virtual CIFS Servers. However, if the Virtual CIFS

Servers are configured on any of the same nodes, the Virtual File

Shares must be configured identically. (In effect, you are assigning

the same Virtual File Share to multiple CIFS File Servers, as

described in the configuration scenario “Load Balancing for a

Virtual File Share” on page 19.)

If two Virtual File Shares have the same name but are configured

differently (for example, they point to different paths), share name

collisions can occur in failover situations. This can cause CIFS

clients to connect to the wrong Virtual File Share and can cause

alerts to appear on the PolyServe Management Console.

This situation also applies to Matrix File Shares. If a Virtual File

Share and a Matrix File Share have the same name and are using

any of the same nodes, they must be configured identically.