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Storage Provision CIFS

Provision a new CIFS dataset.

Component

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Dataset Name

Specifies the name of the dataset.

Example: “mydataset-01”

Storage Size in MB

Specifies the size of storage to create in megabytes.

Example: “5000”

Storage Description

(Optional) Specifies a text description for the dataset.

Example: “This is my dataset.”

Storage Owner

(Optional) Specifies the owner of the dataset.

Example: “OwnerName”

Storage Provisioning Policy

Specifies the NetApp Policy to use during creation of the dataset.

Example: “NAS_policy”

Storage Resource Pool

Specifies the resource pool to use for the dataset.

Example: “lodnetapp10z”

Storage Resource ID

(Optional) Specifies the resource pool ID.

Example: “1234”

Storage Group

(Optional) Specifies a name used to group the provisioned storage.

Example: “group01”

Storage Container

(Optional) Specifies the name of the storage container to which to add the dataset.

Example: “stor_container01”

vFiler Name

(Optional) Specifies the name of the vFiler.

Example: “lodnetapp40”

vFiler IP Address

(Optional) Specifies the IP address of the vFiler.

Example: “123.456.7.89”

vFiler Network Mask

(Optional) Specifies the network mask of the vFiler.

Example: “23”

CIFS Domain

Specifies the name of the CIFS domain.

Example: “somedomain.com”

CIFS User

Specifies the CIFS user name.

Default: "everyone"

CIFS User Permissions

Specifies CIFS user permissions. Available values are:

0 – No Access

1 – Full Control

2 – Read

3 – Change

Default: “1”

Dry Run Mode

Specifies whether to perform a test of provisioning. Available values are:

0 – None (performs the provision without performing Dry Run)

1 – Dry Run Only (pseudo provisioning (failure prediction) that verifies the specified parameters)

2 – Provision with Dry Run (performs pseudo provisioning and provisioning)

Default: “0”

Time Zone

(Optional) Specifies a time zone for the dataset.

Example: “GMT-5”

Contact

(Optional) Specifies email addresses for contact information. Separate multiple email addresses with commas.

Example: user1@company.com, user2@company.com

NetApp Server Name

(Optional) Specifies the name of the NetApp DataFabric Manager.

Example: “host01.domain.com”

NetApp Server Username

(Optional) Specifies the name of the user authorized to connect to the NetApp DataFabric Manager.

Example: “user01”

NetApp Server User Password

(Optional) Specifies the password for the user authorized to connect to the NetApp DataFabric Manager.

Example: “password01”

NetApp Server Port

(Optional) Specifies the port number the NetApp DataFabric Manager uses.

Example: “8088”

NetApp Server Protocol

(Optional) Specifies the protocol used to access the NetApp DataFabric Manager. Available values are:

0 – HTTP

1 – HTTPS

Default: “0”

Storage Platform Type

Specifies the storage platform type. The only possible value is “1” (NetApp).

Default: “1”