Precreating a Storage System Domain Account

Terminology

In this section, the following definitions apply:

storage system domain account is the Active Directory domain account created for the storage system.
storage system administrator account is the user account assigned to the storage system (the "Windows 2000 Administrator Name" you enter during cifs setup).
storage system container is the console tree object (such as an Organizational Unit) in Windows Active Directory for your storage system domain account.

Reasons for precreating the storage system domain account

When you use cifs setup to create the storage system domain account, you must assign certain permissions (listed later in this section) on the storage system container.

If you create the storage system domain account before you run cifs setup

You do not need to assign the permission to Create Computer Objects.
You can assign permissions specifically on the storage system domain account, instead of assigning them on the storage system container.

If your security structure does not allow the permissions cifs setup requires when it creates the storage system domain account, you can create the storage system domain account before you run cifs setup.

Precreating the NT4 domain account

When you run cifs setup, a Windows directory account is automatically created, unless you intend to use Windows NT4-style authentication. To use Windows NT4-style authentication, you must create a domain account using Windows tools before you run cifs setup. If you do not do this, cifs setup will terminate, prompting you to create the domain account.

Required permissions

Permissions for adding a storage system to an Active Directory domain are the same as permissions required to add any Windows server. The storage system administrator account must have those permissions for the Active Directory container in which you are installing your storage device.

How to manually precreate and configure a storage system domain account

To precreate and configure a domain account for the storage system, perform the following steps.

Note
The following procedure describes Windows 2000 Server tasks. Details of this procedure may vary on other Windows server versions.

Step	Action
1	In the Active Directory Users and Computers View menu, ensure that the Advanced Features menu item is checked.
2	In the Active Directory tree, locate the OU for your storage system, right-click, and choose New > Computer.
3	Enter the storage system (domain account) name. Note the storage system name to make sure you enter it precisely when you run `cifs setup` later.
4	Specify the name of the storage system administrator account to be allowed to "add this computer to the domain."
5	Right-click on computer account you just created and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.
6	Click the Security tab.
7	Select the user or group that will add the storage system to the domain.
8	In the Permissions list, ensure that the following check boxes are enabled: "Change Password" and "Write Public Information".
9	Run `cifs setup`. At the prompt "Please enter the new hostname," enter the storage system name you specified in Step 3.