Hi Milazzo,
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Milazzo Giacomo G.Milazzo@sinergy.it wrote:
Hi,
this is a good question: must CIFS be licensed to use SnapDrive for Windows?
I am uncertain if it's a legal requirement, but technically it is not. You can set up CIFS in a 'limited mode', where the C$, ETC$ and RPC are available. RPC is what SnapDrive uses for interaction with the filer, in combination with the API, IIRC.
This way you can access the C$ and ETC$ share, however it is limited to reading/writing config files, firmware updates etc.
IIt's also true that there a limited CIFS that permit to access to the administrative share C$ but, as example, when I've tried to upgrade
Use the 'software install' or 'software upgrade' command to upgrade in this way, that way you won't get any errors about CIFS being limited, and the 'software upgrade' command adds in a package verification so that you know everything actually downloaded correctly before beginning the actual upgrade.
HTH & HAND,
Nils