WINDOWS OS

Setting up CIFS shares and joining the Active Directory

To locate resources on a network, a mechanism must exist whereby the resources can easily be found. A directory service, in the case of this paper, Active Directory, keeps track of all known resources and responds to requests with a list of currently available devices and services. But before you can be trusted to query for resources, you must be granted membership in the domain. Joining a domain accomplishes two tasks. First, for an N series storage system, it grants the required rights to query Active Directory, should it need to find other resources. Second, it provides a single management interface through MMC for administration of security and users' access levels to the N series storage system.
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