LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 Reference guide

LaCie Professional Server Table of Contents
Technical Brief: Shared Folders page 1
Table of Contents
1. Administrator ............................................................................................................... 3
2. Shared Folders ............................................................................................................. 4
2.1. Creating SMB and NFS Shares .......................................................................................................... 4
2.2. Creating AFP Shares ...................................................................................................................... 14
2.2.1. Migrate an Existing SMB Shared Folder .................................................................................. 14
2.2.2. Creating a new AFP Share in ExtremeZ-IP Administrator ........................................................... 16
2.2.3. Spotlight Support on AFP Shares ............................................................................................ 17
2.2.4. Time Machine® Support on AFP Shared Folders ..................................................................... 19
3. Contacting Customer Support ..................................................................................... 21
3.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts ................................................................................................... 21

LaCie Professional Server Foreword
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LaCie Professional Server Introduction
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1. Administrator
In order to review, confirm, or redefine the software settings on your
LaCie professional server, you must have Administrative rights to the
device.
Click a topic:
✦Creating SMB and NFS Shares
✦Creating AFP Shares
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LaCie Professional Server SMB & NFS Shares
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2. Shared Folders
Create Shared Folders on your LaCie professional server so that us-
ers and groups on the network may access data. It is easy to config-
ure SMB (Windows) and NFS (Linux) shares using Windows Storage
Server 2008 Server Manager while the ExtremeZ-IP Administrator
can set AFP (Mac) shares.
You may remotely set protocols, permissions, and quotas for each
Shared Folder. However, permissions that are based on active di-
rectory accounts must be set from the same network and domain as
your server.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Certain Windows Storage Server services must
be installed in order to set Shared Folders; File Services for SMB
shares and Services for Network File System for NFS shares. Both
services are installed on your LaCie professional server as a default.
SMB and NFS Shared Folders must also be created on a volume with
an assigned drive letter.
2.1. Creating SMB and NFS Shares
1. Log in to your LaCie professional server as an administrator.
2. Launch Server Manager using the desktop shortcut or
Start>Server Manager.
3. On the left of the Server Manager window, go to Roles>File
Services>Share and Storage Management. Click on the +
symbol to expand each section.
4. Right-click on Share and Storage Management and choose
Provision Share… This will launch the Provision a Shared
Folder Wizard.
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5. From the Provision a Shared Folder Wizard, click the Browse...
button to launch the Browse For Folder window (Fig. 01). Click
on the + symbol to open one of the volumes if you are search-
ing for a specific Shared Folder. You can create a new Shared
Folder by clicking on one of the volumes and choosing Make
New Folder. Once the Shared Folder has been selected, click
OK to return to the Provision a Shared Folder Wizard.
6. Click Next> to move to NTFS Permissions. If you do not want to
make changes to NTFS permissions, skip the next step.
IMPORTANT INFO: LaCie highly recommends that customers
choose to manage their Shared Folders using either Share Protocols
or NTFS. Since they are essentially independent, changes to one
setting does not affect the other, which may cause confusion when
managing shared resources. For example, the most restrictive of the
two will be applied to all files in the volume.
7. To edit the NTFS permissions of a Shared Folder, select Yes,
change NTFS permissions and Edit Permissions... After the
changes have been made in the Permission for Shared Folder
window, click OK.
8. Click Next> to move to Share Protocols.
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Fig. 01

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9. In Share Protocols you choose the protocol(s) that will be used
and the share name(s) (Fig. 02). Check the box or boxes that
correspond to the desired protocol(s) (SMB and/or NFS). For
each protocol, choose a Share name. When selecting both pro-
tocols, create different share names to avoid resolution issues.
10. Click Next> to move to SMB Settings.
11. SMB Settings allow you to add a description to a SMB Shared
Folder. To adjust the number of simultaneous users accessing
the Shared Folder or to change the availability settings of offline
folders, click Advanced...
12. Once finished with SMB Settings, click Next> for SMB Permis-
sions.
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Fig. 02
Fig. 03

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13. With SMB Permissions, you can manage the permissions for the
SMB Shared Folder (Fig. 04) such as read/write access for users
and groups. To assign custom permissions, choose Users and
groups have custom share permissions and click Permis-
sions...
14. Click Next> to move to NFS Permissions. (Skip the next step if
you did not select NFS in Share Protocols.)
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Fig. 04

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15. Manage share permissions for the NFS share in NFS Permis-
sions. You can add specific Linux workstations by DNS name
(Fig. 05).
TECHNICAL NOTE: Additional settings are available for advanced
NFS configurations. Go to Server Manager>Roles>File Services
and right-click on Share and Storage Management. Select Edit
NFS configuration... for more NFS Shared Folder options.
Click Next> to move to Quota Policy.
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Fig. 05

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16. With Quota Policy, you can limit the capacity of a Shared Folder
(Fig. 06). The quotas may be:
✦Hard - Users and groups will not be able to write data once
the Shared Folder limit has been reached. The user will be
notified that the limit has been reached.
✦Soft - Users and groups can still write data if the quota is
reached. For example, you can choose an “Extended Limit” or
a small “Extension” of the Shared Folder size.
TECHNICAL NOTE: There are predefined quota templates in
Quota Policy. However, to create custom quota templates or to en-
ter an email address for Shared Folder alerts, go to File Server Re-
source Manager. To set your custom quota template, go to Server
Manager>Roles>File Services>Share and Storage Manage-
ment. Right-click File Server Resource Manager and select Con-
figure Options... Please note that you cannot access File Server Re-
source Manager while running the Provision a Shared Folder Wizard.
17. Click Next> to move to File Screen Policy.
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Fig. 06

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18. File Screen Policy can restrict and/or monitor files by their type
(Fig. 07). For example, media files such as .avi or .mp3 can be
blocked from a Shared Folder that is meant for text documents
only.
TECHNICAL NOTE: Similar to Quota Policy, there are predefined
quota templates in File Screen Policy. As well, custom file policy tem-
plates may be created in File Server Resource Manager that can fur-
ther limit the file types on a Shared Folder. To set your custom file pol-
icy template, go to Server Manager>Roles>File Services>Share
and Storage Management. Right-click File Server Resource Man-
ager and select Configure Options... Please note that you cannot
access File Server Resource Manager while running the Provision a
Shared Folder Wizard.
19. Click Next> to move to DFS Namespace Publishing.
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Fig. 07