Connector Overview

A CIFS server is an EMC component that corresponds to a file server (\\cifs_server_name).

You can configure a CIFS server on a physical Data Mover or on a VDM. Typically, the CIFS servers are configured on a VDM.

Every CIFS server requires an Application definition in File Access Manager.

The CIFS connector enables crawling, permissions collection (without local users and local groups) and data classification but does not provide activity monitoring.

File Access Manager provides dedicated specified connectors for common application types. You should check for a specific connector, if we provide it, before trying to install a generic connector. See the section on Business Resource Structure in the File Access Manager Administrator Guide for a full list of supported application types.

Supported Versions

Any CIFS compliant file server.