Users Guide

Create NAS servers
This chapter includes the following information.
Topics:
• Overview of configuring NAS servers
• Create NAS server for SMB (Windows-only) file systems
• Change NAS server settings
Overview of configuring NAS servers
Before you can provision file storage on the PowerStore T model appliance, a NAS server must be running on the system. A NAS
server is a file server that supports the SMB protocol, NFS protocol, or both to share data with host clients. It also catalogs,
organizes, and optimizes read and write operations to the associated file systems.
This document describes how to configure a NAS server with SMB protocol, on which file systems with SMB shares can be
created.
Create NAS server for SMB (Windows-only) file
systems
You create a NAS server before creating file systems.
Prerequisites
Obtain the following information:
● Network port, IP Address, Subnet Mask/Prefix Length, Gateway information for the NAS Server.
NOTE: IP Address and Subnet Mask/Prefix Length are mandatory.
● VLAN identifier, if the switch port supports VLAN tagging.
NOTE: You cannot reuse VLANs that are being used for the management and storage networks.
● If you are configuring a stand-alone NAS server, obtain the workgroup and NetBIOS name. Then define what to use for the
stand-alone local administrator of the SMB server account.
● If you are joining the NAS server to the Active Directory (AD), ensure that NTP is configured on your storage system. Then
obtain the SMB computer name (used to access SMB shares), Windows domain name, and the username and password of a
domain administrator or domain user who has a sufficient domain access level to join the AD.
Steps
1. Select Storage > NAS Servers.
2. Select Create.
3. Continue to work through the Create NAS Server wizard.
Wizard
Screen
Description
Details Enter a NAS server name, description, and network details.
Sharing
Protocol
Select Sharing Protocol
Select SMB.
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