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OneFS Web Administration Guide
OneFS Event Reference Guide

OneFS Web Administration GuideThe OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor PowerScale clusters.
- About this guideThis guide describes how the PowerScale OneFS web administration interface provides access to cluster configuration, management, and monitoring functionality. For information about APEX File Storage Services, see the Dell Technologies APEX File Storage Services Administration Guide.
- Scale-out NAS overviewThe scale-out NAS storage platform combines modular hardware with unified software to harness unstructured data. The OneFS operating system powers the platform to deliver a scalable pool of storage with a global namespace.
- Where to get help
- PowerScale scale-out NASPowerScale OneFS combines the three layers of storage architecture—file system, volume manager, and data protection—into a scale-out NAS cluster.
- General cluster administration
- Access zones
- Authentication
- Administrative roles and privileges
- Identity management
- Home directoriesWhen you create a local user, OneFS automatically creates a home directory for the user.
  - Home directories overviewWhen you create a local user, OneFS automatically creates a home directory for the user. OneFS also supports dynamic home directory provisioning for users who access the cluster by connecting to an SMB share or by logging in through FTP or SSH.
  - Home directory permissionsYou can set up a user's home directory with a Windows ACL or with POSIX mode bits, which are then converted into a synthetic ACL. The method by which a home directory is created determines the initial permissions that are set on the home directory.
  - Authenticating SMB usersYou can authenticate SMB users from authentication providers that can handle NT hashes.
  - Home directory creation through SMBYou can create SMB shares by including expansion variables in the share path. Expansion variables give users to access their home directories by connecting to the share. You can also enable dynamic provisioning of home directories that do not exist at SMB connection time.
  - Home directory creation through SSH and FTPYou can configure home directory support for users who access the cluster through SSH or FTP by modifying authentication provider settings.
  - Home directory creation in a mixed environmentIf a user logs in through both SMB and SSH, it is recommended that you configure home directory settings so the path template is the same for the SMB share and each authentication provider against which the user is authenticating through SSH.
  - Interactions between ACLs and mode bitsHome directory setup is determined by several factors, including how users authenticate and the options that specify home directory creation.
  - Default home directory settings in authentication providersThe default settings that affect how home directories are set up differ, based on the authentication provider that the user authenticates against.
  - Supported expansion variablesYou can include expansion variables in an SMB share path or in an authentication provider's home directory template.
  - Domain variables in home directory provisioningYou can use domain variables to specify authentication providers when provisioning home directories.
- Data access controlOneFS supports two types of permissions data on files and directories that control who has access: Windows-style access control lists (ACLs) and POSIX mode bits (UNIX permissions).
- File sharingYou can access files and directories using SMB for Windows file sharing, NFS for Unix file sharing, secure shell (SSH), FTP, and HTTP.
- File filteringFile filtering enables you to allow or deny file writes based on file type.
- Auditing
- Snapshots
- Deduplication with SmartDedupe
- Data replication with SyncIQ
- Data layout with FlexProtect
- NDMP backup
- File retention with SmartLock
- Protection domains
- Data-at-rest encryption
- S3 Support
- SmartQuotas
- Storage pools
- Pool-based tree reporting in FSAnalyze (FSA)
- Job management
- Networking
- Partitioned Performance Monitoring
- Antivirus
- File system explorer
OneFS Event Reference Guide

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OneFS Web Administration GuideThe OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor PowerScale clusters.
Home directoriesWhen you create a local user, OneFS automatically creates a home directory for the user.

Home directories

When you create a local user, OneFS automatically creates a home directory for the user.

This section describes home directory management.