Enabling GPO support in your environment

Requirements for using GPOs with storage systems

To use GPOs with your storage system, the following requirements must be met:

CIFS is licensed and enabled on the storage system.
CIFS is configured using the cifs setup command, and the setup process included joining the storage system to a Windows domain version 2000 or later.
GPOs are configured on a Windows Active Directory server by associating the storage system with an Organizational Unit (OU).
GPO support is enabled on the storage system.

Associating the storage system with an OU

To associate your storage system with an OU on the Active Directory server, complete the following steps.

Note
If you have already associated the storage system with an OU during the cifs setup process, you do not have to do so again. However, the cifs setup process does not associate the storage system with an OU by default--you must explicitly configure the association. Therefore, you might want to verify that settings you configured during the setup process are still valid. For more information, see Configuring a storage system for CIFS.

Step	Action
1	On the Windows server, open the Active Directory Users and Computers tree.
2	Locate the storage system's Active Directory object.
3	Right-click the object and select Move.
4	Select the OU that you want to associate with the storage system. Result The storage system object is placed in the selected OU.

Enabling and disabling GPO support on a storage system

To enable or disable GPO support on a storage system, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: options cifs.gpo.enable on \| off

Enabling GPO support in your environment

Requirements for using GPOs with storage systems

Associating the storage system with an OU

Result

Enabling and disabling GPO support on a storage system