User manual

protocol control

Control and Setting

1. From the NAS tab, click the Protocol Control menu item.

2. In the Protocol Control list, move your pointer over the protocol

option you want and click the Enable/Disable button to turn the

feature ON/OFF. The protocols include:

• Windows (CIFS) • FTP Sharing

• UNIX/Linu • Mac AFP

• Printer Server • WebDAV

• DFS

3. To change the protocol settings, move your pointer over the

protocol option and click the Settings button to conﬁgure the

advanced settings.

windowS CiFS

The Common Internet File System (CIFS) Protocol is a dialect of

the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol known as Microsoft SMB

Protocol in Windows. CIFS is enabled by default. To disable CIFS, click

the Cancel button. Disabling the CIFS does not change the saved

conﬁguration settings.

To conﬁgure Windows CIFS:

1. From the NAS tab, click the Protocol Control menu item.

2. Move your pointer to expand the Windows CIFS row of the

Protocol Control list and click on Settings.

3. Click Enable Services (enabled by default) to enable CIFS as

conﬁgured in this menu.

4. Enter the Computer Name and Computer Description used for the

DataGuard Appliance. (The default name and description used are

the name are conﬁgured in the Network settings menu.)

5. Choose the type of membership for the DataGuard Appliance.

6. If the DataGuard Appliance is conﬁgured as a member of a

Windows Workgroup, enter a Workgroup name in the entry ﬁeld

provided (default = WORKGROUP).

a. If the DataGuard Appliance is conﬁgured as a member of an

AD Domain (Active Directory Domain), enter the Domain

Controller, Administrator Account, and Administrator Password

in the entry ﬁelds displayed and choose the read/write

permission setting.

7. Click the Save button to apply and save the settings.