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Configuring SMB protocol for a Network Storage node

Using Control Center, you can use SMB protocol with a Lumen® Network Storage node so you can share Windows file systems volumes among your Windows clients (including those that are part of a domain). Before you configure the SMB protocol, be sure to configure SMB on a local server first. You'll then add that information to Control Center to configure the connection.

To configure SMB protocol for a Network Storage node:

  1. Click Services.

    Control Center shows the Services console. Use the console to access an inventory of your services, check the status of orders, and manage your services.
Services console
  1. In the Edge Services box, click Network Storage.

    Control Center shows a list of storage nodes for your organization (if any) with the name, location status, and total provisioned storage for each node.
Network Storage (showing Adaptive Storage tab and Storage Nodes subtab)
  1. Select the Network Storage node you want to work with by doing one of the following:

    • Click the link in the Node Name column.

    • On the row for the node, click (in the Actions column), then click Details.

Control Center shows details for the node: location, volumes on the node (with a status for each), and the interface pool for each volume.

Node Details (showing Volumes subtab)
  1. Click the SMB Configuration tab.
Adaptive Storage (showing SMB Configuration subtab)
  1. If you haven't already configured SMB on a local server, do so now. Otherwise, click NEXT to configure protocol on the Network Storage node.
Adaptive Storage (showing SMB Configuration subtab)
  1. Fill in the SMB protocol based on the local server you set up:

    1. Type the username and password for the user account you used to add this SMB server to the Active Directory.

    2. In the Windows Server Name of Storage Node field, type the directory name of the Active Directory (e.g., the name of your bare metal server or Windows server).

    3. In the Active Directory Domain field, type the fully qualified domain name of the windows Active Directory the SMB server belongs to.

    4. In the Organizational Unit field, type the organizational unit within the Active Directory domain to associate with the SMB server.

    5. In the DNS Domain 1 field, type the DNS domain.

    6. To add another DNS domain, click Add DNS Domain and repeat step e. (You can add up to six DNS domains.)

    7. In the Name Server 1 field, type a list of the IP addresses of the DNS domain in the DNS Domain 1 field.

    8. If you added additional DNS domains in step f, click Add Name Server to add corresponding fields for the IP addresses for the additional domains.
  1. When you're done, click CONFIGURE.

    Control Center adds the SMB configuration to the node. You can now create a volume for the node using the SMB configuration (including customizing volume access).