File Shares
File Shares are shared folders on a HPE StoreEasy Storage systems that hold files which users and groups
can access over a network. The same set of files and folders can be simultaneously accessed using both the
Network File Systems (NFS) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocols. The HPE StoreEasy Storage
product family provides SMB, NFS, and iSCSI target server capability that enables storage provisioning over
TCP/IP networks. This solution allows customers to connect SMB clients, NFS clients, and iSCSI initiators to
HPE StoreEasy Storage and deploy an end-to-end NAS solution.
To interact with a file share, a user must have the appropriate share permissions to be able to map or mount
the File Share (from an SMB or NFS client). In HPE StoreEasy management console, such permissions are
referred to as share permissions. These share permissions are used to allow discretionary access, including
access to the shared folder. Once the user has set the share-level permissions, the user has to set the folder
permission at the root of the share to be able to access the shared folder. These permissions are referred as
the folder permissions.
HPE StoreEasy management console allows administrators with Administrator and Operator roles to
provision SMB and NFS protocol file shares. Each one accessed using an appropriate network protocol. Each
network protocol enables the client to access the files or directories stored in File Shares for that protocol
typeover the network. File Shares properties include share type (which defines the access protocol), share
path, client filters list, and share-level permissions. File sharing protocols (except NFS) supply a user and
group context for all connections over the network. NFS supplies a machine-based context.
File Shares Overview
File Shares page in HPE StoreEasy management console provides the list of all available File Shares, local
path where the File Shares are created and the File Share protocols.
To view File Shares, select
File Shares
from the HPE StoreEasy management console left navigation pane.
File Shares screen components
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