Novell Storage Manager 3.1.1 for Active Directory also supports Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices as hosts for managed user or collaborative storage. NAS device support testing has been conducted exclusively on EMC Celerra and NetApp filer, which is also known as a NetApp fabric-attached storage (FAS) device. Although Novell Storage Manager 3.1.1 for Active Directory might be able to manage storage on other NAS devices, no other testing had been conducted at the time of this publication.
For a NetApp filer device, configuration is very simple because the device does not fully emulate a Windows Server at the operating system level. Use the NetApp filer administration utility to join the NAS device to a domain that is being managed by Novell Storage Manager 3.1.1 for Active Directory. Then grant the NSMProxyRights group membership in the NAS device's built-in Administrators group. When this is done, grant the NSMProxyRights group the folder share and NTFS permissions that are required to manage the storage. There are no LSA rights and privileges to grant on a NetApp filer NAS device.
For an EMC Celerra NAS device, configuration is similar to configuring a server in the domain to be managed by a proxy agent. Join the NAS device to a domain that is being managed by Novell Storage Manager 3.1.1 for Active Directory. Then grant the NSMProxyRights group membership in the NAS device's built-in Administrators group. When this is done, grant the NSMProxyRights group the folder share and NTFS permissions that are required to manage the storage. Finally, grant the LSA rights and privileges to the NSMProxyRights group, except the rights and privileges that don't exist on the EMC Celerra NAS device.
NOTE:If the EMC Celerra NAS device is set up to simultaneously support Windows clients via CIFS and UNIX or Linux clients via NFS, it is necessary for all Windows user accounts to have valid non-zero values configured in their UID and GID attributes within Active Directory. This UID/GID requirement becomes effective when the NAS device is configured to simultaneously use both CIFS and NFS.