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Hewlett-Packard Co.
HP CIFS Product Suite
The HP CIFS Client and Server suite provide a broad and flexible range of
Unix-Windows interoperability strategies for HP-UX. The Common Internet File
System (CIFS) is the native networking protocol in Microsoft Windows operating
systems. HP CIFS product suite integrates HP-UX with Microsoft Windows
environments by providing remote file sharing, printer access, and
authentication services between HP-UX and Windows systems.
HP CIFS includes both Client and Server bundles for HP-UX. The CIFS Client
allows HP-UX systems to mount file systems on Windows, the HP CIFS Server,
Samba, and other CIFS servers, and access them locally, in a manner similar to
NFS, but with greater security. The HP CIFS Server provides remote access to its
local file system to Windows, the HP CIFS Client, and other CIFS clients;
Windows clients can also access the HP CIFS Server's printers.
The CIFS products include HP's industry-leading CIFS Unix Extensions, which
allow connections between CIFS Clients and Servers to utilize Unix file system
attributes within the CIFS protocol. The CIFS Client bundle also includes a
Pluggable Authentication Module, PAM-NTLM, which allows HP-UX logins to be
authenticated on a CIFS domain.
Features and Benefits:
- Based on the open source server software Samba
- Full enterprise-level service and support from HP
- Integration with HP-UX Kerberos, Netscape Directory Server (J4258CA), and
Red Hat Directory Server (NSDirSvr7)
- Can serve as a Windows ADS Domain Member server or as a Samba Domain
Controller
- Support for CIFS Unix Extensions
- Administration of HP-UX POSIX Access Control Lists (ACL) from Windows
Clients
- High Availability (HA) CIFS server solution when used with HP Serviceguard
- Web-based configuration and management using the Samba Web Administration
Tool (SWAT)
- Improved performance with use mmap.
- HP-UX 11i v3 support for CIFS File System Module, promoting the integrity
of files during concurrent local, NFS, and CIFS client access by ensuring
mutual respect for file locks.
- Free product
What's New in A.02.04.01:
- HP CIFS Server A.02.04.01 is a fix release based on Samba 3.0.30 with
selected fixes from 3.0.31 to 3.0.34. HP CIFS Server A.02.04.01 supports the
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista operating systems.
- The Dynamic DNS update option is available in HP CIFS Server A.02.04.01
and later.
A.02.03.05 fix version for HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 is available for download.
For more information, see HP CIFS Server 3.0m Release Notes version A.02.03.05:
http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html
A.02.04a is an updated version of A.02.04 on HP-UX 11i v1. All the features
of A.02.04 on HP-UX 11i v1 are incorporated in A.02.04a. Also note that the
software requirements, product dependencies, and the administration steps of
A.02.04a on HP-UX 11i v1 are the same as that of A.02.04.
Availability:
HP CIFS product suite is provided free with HP-UX 11i Application Releases.
It is a standard component of HP-UX 11i Operating Environments. Both CIFS Server
and CIFS Client products are included.
Product Documentation and Support Information
For more information on HP CIFS Server, see the following documents:
- HP CIFS Server 3.0l Release Notes version A.02.04.01
- HP CIFS Server 3.0k Administrator's Guide version A.02.04
- HP CIFS Server 3.0m Release Notes version A.02.03.05
- HP CIFS Server 3.0i Administrator's Guide version A.02.03.03
- White papers
You can find the HP CIFS Server documentation on the I/O Cards and Networking
Software page of the HP Technical Documentation website, at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html
HP Support Information
HP's IT Resource
Center provides access to online
help, maintenance and
support features, forums, and more.
Samba Books (Available in Hard Copy and Online)
Using
Samba, Edition 2 by Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein, and David Collier-Brown
(O'Reilly, 2003), ISBN: 0-596-00256-4
The
official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide by John H. Terpstra and
Jelmer R. Vernooij Editors, ISBN: 0-13-145355-6
Samba-3 by
Example, Second Edition by John H. Terpstra ISBN: 0-13-188221-X
These Samba books are also provided with the HP CIFS Server product and
readily accessible through the CIFS SWAT utility.
Samba Team Lists and Links
The Samba Team provides
Samba
product, many of its documents and maintenances on
its own website.
Windows Documentation
Microsoft provides technical information on Windows and numerous CIFS
integration related subjects at their TechNet website.
Date: 11/05/2009
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