Dfs Administration Tool; Accessing The Dfs Namespace From Other Computers - HP 345646-001 - StorageWorks NAS 2000s External Storage Server Administration Manual

Figure 75: DFS Win32 GUI

DFS Administration Tool

The DFS Administration Tool provides extended functionality not found in the WebUI. These
functions include:
The NAS 2000s administration guide only provides instructions on the WebUI portion of the
product. The DFS Administration Tool is complete with online help. In addition, general
information on DFS may be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfs.mspx

Accessing the DFS Namespace from other Computers

In addition to the server-based DFS component of the Windows Server 2003 family, there is a
client-based DFS component. The DFS client caches a referral to a DFS root or a DFS link for
a specific length of time, defined by the administrator.
The DFS client component runs on a number of different Windows platforms. In the case of
older versions of Windows, the client software must be downloaded to run on that version of
Windows. Newer versions of Windows have client software built-in.
Non-Windows (such as Linux/UNIX) based clients can not access the DFS namespace as DFS
is dependent on a Windows component to function.
NAS 2000s Administration Guide
Management of multiple DFS Roots on multiple machines from a single interface
Domain based DFS management
Target and Link management
Status Checks of a DFS managed share link
Exporting of the DFS names space to a text file
Folder, Printer, and Share Management
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