XigmaNAS, Active Directory and CIFS/SMB setup

Background:
XigmaNAS version 11.2.0.4 — Omnius (revision 6315)
Active Directory on Windows Server 2012
This article is written on 11-Jan-2019
Reference: www.xigmanas.com

Installation to disk:
I fell into a trap during installation by choosing option :
1) Install ‘Embedded’ OS/GPT on HDD/SSD/CF/USB (Preferred)
It turns out that this option (the first option to select) will allocate the entire disk just for Operating System (O/S) and will leave you with no more space for your storage space.
Hence if you are only reviewing XigmaNAS with a single disk, it will not work.
I end up choosing option:
2) Install ‘Embedded’ OS/EFI on HDD/SSD/CF/USB (Preferred)

Creating Disk Mount Point:
After you add your disk, you have to create a mount point.
The name of your mount point will be your CIFS/SMB shared folder!
In my case below I choose “Backup” as the mount point name.

Active Directory setting:

The key is to have your first sub domain name as NETBIOS-Name — in my case it is “FTY2" out of full domain name FTY2.MARVEL.COM
and administrator name must use domain name as prefix — in my case it is “FTY2\joko”

CIFS/SMB setup
CIFS/SMB is the service we need to have if we need XigmaNAS to operate within a Windows environment.

Here I only show key parameters.
Authentication is set to “Active Directory” and Workgroup should show your domain — in my case is “FTY2”.
The other setting remains default.

A note about SMB setting. SMBv1 is no longer endorsed by Microsoft so your domain might have SMB disabled.
To check from your Windows PC, you can type in “ sc.exe qc lanmanworkstation”
Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/2696547/how-to-detect-enable-and-disable-smbv1-smbv2-and-smbv3-in-windows-and

If you see as below, then your Windows PC is fine to access SMB share from XigmaNAS

Creating CIFS/SMB Share:
The key here is to remember your disk mount point which you will use as the shared folder.
So I am choosing my “Backup” mount point, which is already created under “/mnt”

Click on the path parameter selector button and select your “Backup” directory.

How check/troubleshoot?
Diagnostic + Information + MS Domain should show how you are doing with your Active Directory.
Here is how it shows in mine:

Then check your CIFS/SMB. Here is how it shows in mine:

Alright, have fun with your XigmaNAS!