IBM N Series Storage Systems in a Microsoft Windows Environment

Overview

This paper provides a high-level view of how N series Storage Systems integrate in Microsoft Windows environments. Specifically, this paper discusses the following topics - how N series Storage Systems can be integrated into mixed-mode or native-mode Active Directory environments, how Windows-based administrative tools, such as the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) of Active Directory users and computers, can help to perform Windows administration tasks on an N series Storage System and how Data ONTAP supports Windows client-side features that are typically used in most Windows environments.