Enabling CIFS access to a namespace

The CIFS panel has three sections for enabling and configuring the CIFS protocol.

Settings section

To enable the CIFS protocol, in the Settings section:

1.Select the Enable CIFS option.

2.To specify CIFS authentication requirements, select either the Authenticated access only option or the Anonymous and authenticated access option. For information on these options, see User authentication options.

3.Click on the Update Settings button in the Settings section.

Allow/Deny section

Optionally, in the Allow/Deny section, specify IP addresses to be allowed or denied access to the namespace through CIFS. For instructions on doing this, see Adding and removing entries in Allow and Deny lists.

For information on how HCP handles IP addresses that appear in both or neither of the Allow and Deny lists, see Allow and Deny list handling.

Case Sensitivity section

To change CIFS case sensitivity:

1.Click on Case Sensitivity.

2.In the Case Sensitivity section:

oTo make the CIFS protocol case insensitive, deselect the Make CIFS case sensitive option.

Note: Disabling CIFS case sensitivity has a significant negative impact on performance.

oTo make the CIFS protocol case forcing, select Make CIFS case forcing. Then select either Lowercase or Uppercase to force object names to be lowercase or uppercase, respectively.

3.Click on the Update Settings button in the Case Sensitivity section.

For more information on making the CIFS protocol case insensitive or case forcing, see CIFS case sensitivity.

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