Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Managing SMB Shares

Server Message Block (SMB) shares provide an effective way of sharing files across a Windows network with authorized clients. The FluidFS cluster supports SMB protocol versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, and 3.1.1.

When you first create an SMB share, access is limited as follows:

• The Administrator account has full access.
• If you are using Active Directory, the AD domain administrator has full access.

To assign other users access to an SMB share, you must log in to the SMB share using one of these administrator accounts and set access permissions and ownership of the SMB share.

Share-Level Permissions

The default share-level permissions (SLP) for a new share is full control for authenticated users. This control can be modified either:

• Using the MMC tool

• In the Dell Storage Manager Security tab of the Edit Settings panel