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Manage SMB network shares

Server Message Block (SMB) network shares use the SMB (formerly known as CIFS) protocol to provide an access point for configured Windows hosts, or IP subnets, to access file system storage. SMB network shares are associated with a SMB file system.

Each SMB share is identified by an ID.

The following table lists the attributes for SMB network shares:

Table 1. SMB network share attributes
Attribute	Description
ID	ID of the share.
Name	Name of the share.
Description	Brief description of the share.
Local path	Name of the directory within the file system that the share provides access to.
Export path	Export path, used by hosts to connect to the share. NOTE: The export path is a combination of the network name or the IP address of the associated NAS server and the name of the share.
File system	ID of the parent file system associated with the SMB share.
Creation time	Creation time of the share.
Last modified time	Last modified time of the share.
Availability enabled	Continuous availability state.
Encryption enabled	SMB encryption state.
Umask	Indicates the default Unix umask for new files created on the share. If not specified, the umask defaults to 022.
ABE enabled	Indicates whether an Access-Based Enumeration (ABE) filter is enabled. Valid values include: yes — Filters the list of available files and folders on a share to include only those that the requesting user has access to. no (default)
DFS enabled	Indicates whether Distributed File System (DFS) is enabled. Valid values include: yes — Allows administrators to group shared folders located on different shares by transparently connecting them to one or more DFS namespaces. no (default)
BranchCache enabled	Indicates whether BranchCache is enabled. Valid values include: yes — Copies content from the main office or hosted cloud content servers and caches the content at branch office locations. This allows client computers at branch offices to access content locally rather than over the WAN. no (default)
Offline availability	Indicates whether Offline availability is enabled. When enabled, users can use this feature on their computers to work with shared folders stored on a server, even when they are not connected to the network. Valid values include: none — Prevents clients from storing documents and programs in offline cache. (default) documents — All files that clients open from the share will be available offline. programs — All programs and files that clients open from the share will be available offline. Programs and files will preferably open from offline cache, even when connected to the network. manual — Only specified files will be available offline.