Month: May 2012

You can use role-based administration to organize certification authority (CA) administrators into separate, predefined CA roles, each with its own set of tasks. Roles are assigned by using each user’s security settings. You assign a role to a user by assigning that user the specific security settings that are associated with the role. A user that has one type of permission, such as Manage CA permission, can perform specific CA tasks that a user with another type of permission, such as Issue and Manage Certificates permission, cannot perform. The following table describes the roles, users, and groups that can be […]

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2 Storage Manager for SANs helps you create and manage logical unit numbers (LUNs) on Fibre Channel and iSCSI disk drive subsystems that support Virtual Disk Service (VDS) in your storage area network (SAN). A LUN is a logical reference to a portion of a storage subsystem. A LUN can comprise a disk, a section of a disk, a whole disk array, or a section of a disk array in the subsystem. Using LUNs simplifies the management of storage resources in your SAN because they serve as logical identifiers through which you can assign access […]

Introducing Enhanced Storage Access Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 This product evaluation topic for the IT professional describes the Enhanced Storage Access settings that are new in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Enhanced Storage Access settings Enhanced Storage devices are devices that support the IEEE 1667 protocol to provide functions such as authentication at the hardware level of the storage device. These devices can be very small, such as USB flash drives, to provide a convenient way to store and carry data. At the same time, the small size makes it very easy for the […]