Applies to Storage Virtual Machine(SVM) Active Directory (AD) Common Internet File System Protocol (CIFS) ONTAP 9 Answer The CIFS server of an SVM configured in workgroup mode does not participate in ...Applies to Storage Virtual Machine(SVM) Active Directory (AD) Common Internet File System Protocol (CIFS) ONTAP 9 Answer The CIFS server of an SVM configured in workgroup mode does not participate in AD, so it cannot directly use AD's authentication function. Therefore, it is basically not possible to write data directly using AD user credentials. To access the SVM shares, create a local account on the SVM with the same username (and password) as the AD username. Additional Information
