In this article
- Who can request
- Rates, requirements, policies and features
- How to request
- Approval process
- Approved networked storage service share request
- View details, modify or delete
- Connect to the share
The Division of IT at the University of Maryland offers this service to the campus research, academic and administrative community to provide unstructured data storage at a competitive cost. The Networked Storage Service is a networked storage solution hosted by EMC's Isilon NAS storage arrays.
Who can request
This service is only available for university research, academic and administrative departments, and affiliates. Students and student groups will not be permitted use of the NSS without a departmental sponsor who can provide a technical and administrative contact and a Kuali Financial System (KFS) account for chargeback.
When requesting a CIFS/SMB Share on use on Windows or Mac OS systems, all users that need to map the share must have a University of Maryland Active Directory (ad.umd.edu) account.
How to request
Complete the Networked Storage Service Share Request form. Steps are outlined below to ensure successful submission.
- Contacts
The primary point-of-contact is the Primary Owner for this requested service item. Primary Owners will have the ability to view and manage their shares through the dashboard. Additional Owners will possess the same rights and responsibilities as the primary point-of-contact. - Security
This is the Data Classification Level. If you are unsure what classification the data should be, see University of Maryland Data Classification Standards.
- Enter a Share Name and select a Protocol. One or both protocols must be selected (you cannot leave this blank).
It is suggested to use a naming convention that makes the share easily identifiable for use cases. Lower-case alphanumeric and the ‘-‘ characters are allowed. - Share access control lists.
Access control lists permit network endpoints to map or mount the NSS share. For SMB, there is additional control to allow campus Active Directory users and groups to map the shares.
- NSS Share Network Access Control List for SMB Protocol enter an IP address, DNS name or CIDR block and click Add.
Host access control lists for the SMB protocol is not required for Level 1 and Level 2 data. It is required for Level 3. - AD User Permissions for SMB Access.
Enter a valid AD User name, select the permission (None, ReadOnly, Read/Write), click Add.
AD users specified here can map the drive to read or read/write data into the share. More granular NTFS permissions can be added from within the share. - AD Group Permissions.
Enter a valid AD Group name, select the permission (None, Read, Read/Write), click Add.
AD groups specified here can map the drive to read or read/write data into the share. More granular NTFS permissions can be added from within the share. - Quota (in GB).
Enter an integer for a hard-quota for the share in GB. This figure will be the ceiling on the costs for the share. Quotas can be adjusted as needed after share creation.
- NSS Share Network Access Control List for SMB Protocol enter an IP address, DNS name or CIDR block and click Add.
- Enter a Share Name and select a Protocol. One or both protocols must be selected (you cannot leave this blank).
- Financial Details.
Enter a KFS Account number, Brief Description for Financial Approvals. Review the SLA agreement, then check to acknowledge that you have read it. - Notification Preferences.
Add individual contacts, UMD Shared or Group account email addresses for email notifications. Click Submit when finished.
Approval process
After the request has been successfully submitted, it will be awaiting approval by the KFS account number’s Fiscal Officer. Once the KFS Fiscal Officer has approved the request, the share will be created by the Networked Storage group. Billing will begin after the KFS Fiscal officer approves the request.
Approved networked storage service share request
Once approved, the customer will receive an email regarding the approval.
Approved Networked Storage Service Share Requests will appear on the customer’s dashboard under Storage.
View details, modify or delete
- From the Dashboard for Storage, click the Share Name to view the details. You can also modify or delete the share from the details view.
- From the Details view, you can modify or delete the share.
A request to Modify an Isilon Share will allow you to make changes to your original request. Once the modification request has been successfully submitted, it will be awaiting approval by the customer’s Business Manager and Networked Storage group.
To modify, click Request to Modify the Islion Share. To delete, click Request to Delete Isilon Share:
Notification Preferences can be modified from the very bottom of Details view: