Is NetApp support of that Novell solution in the Technical Reference (#3343) definitive? I was told by an engineer that it works but isn't a supported or recommended solution. Something to do with Microsoft and licensing when referring to a domain controller.

Aaron

-----Original Message----- From: Luke Howard [mailto:lukeh@padl.com] Sent: Monday, 11 July 2005 1:32 AM To: bormann@bbtel.de Cc: appinenv@yahoo-inc.com; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: CIFS/Samba Question

on the CeBIT 2005 I talked to an NetApp technican, who told me that the samba DC is not supported and playing with it is wasting time - so for me I stop playing.

That might be the official line, but don't forget that ONTAP supports NetWare domain controllers, and the Novell code is just SAMBA on top of eDirectory.

See:

http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3343.html

Alternatively, you can use our XAD identity server, which supports Data ONTAP as well as Active Directory clients. More information at:

http://www.padl.com/Products/XAD.html

cheers,

-- Luke

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