Connecting to File Servers

To sort a list of file resources by name or domain, click the button to the right of the Name or Domain headers.

After this the settings list is sorted.

To filter file resources in the list:

1. Click the Add Filter button.

2. Select filtering option in the drop-down list:

• Name. Enter setting name or its part.

• Protocol. Select SMB/CIFS, NFS, or NFS4 protocol in the drop-down list.

NOTE. Multiple selection of protocols is available.

After executing the operations the file resources list is filtered according to the specified conditions.

To add a connection setting:

1. Click the Add Mounting button.

After this settings of connection to file server folder are displayed:

2. Set parameters:

• Name. Enter connection setting name. The name must consist of Latin letters, numbers, underscores or hyphen. The box is mandatory.

• Protocol. Select protocol type in the drop-down list:

• SMB/CIFS. The network access protocol for file systems that enables the user to execute operations with files via file server connection to a local computer file system. Access is given only to specific users.

NOTE. If the SMB/CIFS protocol is selected, also set authentication type.

• NFS3. The network access protocol for NFS3 file systems that enables the user to execute operations with files via file server connection to a local computer file system.

• NFS4. Improved version of NFS3 protocol due to reduced network burden, reduced delays on request and response transfer in network, improved security of stored data while supporting a number of file attributes.

The box is mandatory.

• Host. Specify IP address or DNS name of file server. To check connection, click the Check Availability button. If the answer is yes, the Response Received green button is displayed; if the answer is no, the Unavailable red button is displayed. If the host is unavailable, check internet connection or server connection settings by the specified host. The box is mandatory.

• Path. Specify path to a file server folder. The box is mandatory.

Additional parameters of SMB/CIFS protocol:

• Authentication Type. Select user authentication type in the drop-down list:

• Credentials. If the file server allows access only for specific users, enter the existing user name, domain, and password to appropriate boxes.

NOTE. The User Name and Password boxes are mandatory.

• Guest Login. If the file server allows access for all users, each user can execute operations with files without user name and password request.

• LDAP. If the file server allows access only for API users, login and password of authorized API user are used.

The box is mandatory.

3. Click the Check Mounting button to check specified connection parameters for file server folder. If the answer is yes, the Mounting is Set green button is displayed; if the answer is no, the Connection Error red button is displayed. If a connection error occurred, check internet connection or connection settings for a file server folder.

NOTE. If LDAP authentication is used, it is not available to check connection setting.

4. Click the Save button.

After this the connection setting for a file server folder is added to the settings list. The file server is ready to exchange requests with the mobile platform.

To edit connection setting to a file server folder:

1. Click the Change button next to the setting name.

After executing the operation the Edit Mounting dialog box opens:

2. Change parameters specified on adding a connection setting.

3. Click the Check Mounting button to check changed connection parameters to folder at file server. If the answer is yes, the Mounting is Set green button is displayed; if the answer is no, the Connection Error red button is displayed. If a connection error occurred, check internet connection or connection settings for a file server folder.

4. Click the Save button.

After this the connection settings to a file server folder are edited and refreshed in the settings list.

To delete connection setting for a file server folder, click the Delete button next to setting name.

After this it is asked to confirm deletion of connection setting. If the answer is yes, the setting is deleted from the list.