3.6.1 HP PolyServe Software for Windows File Serving Administration Guide (T5392-96019, July 2008)

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Chapter3:ConfigureMatrixFileShares 10

specifyanewapplicationname,selectanexistingapplicationname,or

leavethisfieldblank.However,ifyoudonotassignaname,Matrix

ServerwillusethenameoftheMatrixFileShareastheapplicationname.

ShareName:TypeanamefortheMatrixFileShare.

NOTE: YoucanusethesamenameforaMatrixFileShareandaVirtual

FileShare.However,iftheMatrixFileShareand theVirtualCIFS

ServersassociatedwiththeVirtualFileShareareconfiguredon

anyofthesamenodes,theMatrixFileShareandtheVirtualFile

Sharemust

beconfiguredidentically.

IfaMatrixFileShareandaVirtualFileShare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fileshareandcan

causealertstoappearonthePolyServeManagementConsole.

Path:TypethelocationoftheMatrixFileShare(suchasy:\).Thisis

typicallythedriveletterorpathassignedtothePSFSfilesyst emthatwill

beaccessedviathisshare.

Sharesubdirectories:Checkthisboxtoshareallsubdirectoriesthatare



onelevelunderthespecifiedpath.CIFSclientscanthenattachdirectlyto

thesubdirectories.(Subdirectories thataretwoormorelevelsbelowthe

pathwillnotbeshared.)

Comment:Ifdesired,enteradescriptionoftheMatrixFileShare.

UserLimit:Thisvaluespecifiesthenumberofusersthatwill

beallowed

toaccesstheMatrixFileSharesimultaneously.Maximumisthesystem

maximum,whichislimitedbytheavailablememory.Tospecifya

differentnumberofusers,selectAllowandthentypethenumberofusers

tobegivenaccess.

Access:CheckthisboxtoenabletheAccess‐basedEnumeration

feature

providedwithWindows2003ServicePack1.Thisfeatureallowsusersto

seeonlythefilesandfolderstowhichtheyhaveaccessonafileshare.

Caching:Offlinecachingallowsuserstocachefilesandprogramsfrom

thesharetotheirlocalmachines.Therearethreeoptions: