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 Enable CIFS.
2.To specify CIFS authentication requirements, select either Authenticated access only or Anonymous and authenticated access. For information about these options, see User authentication options.
3.Click Update Settings 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 about 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 Case Sensitivity.
2.In the Case Sensitivity section:
oTo make the CIFS protocol case insensitive, deselect Make CIFS case sensitive.
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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 Update Settings in the Case Sensitivity section.
For more information about making the CIFS protocol case insensitive or case forcing, see CIFS case sensitivity.
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