Application Note Access Your Cisco Smart Storage Remotely Via WebDAV WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning), is a set of extensions to the HTTP(S) protocol that allows a web server to appear as a standard network drive. With WebDAV support, the Cisco Smart Storage NAS user will be able to access the share folders via HTTP/HTTPS protocol remotely. WebDAV clients are native to Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS X, etc. You can simply mount the network drives (web folders) from one of these operating systems to one or several share folders on the NAS. A WebDAV server benefits from the HTTP infrastructure in the following ways: Able to use 256-bit AES SSL encryption Bypass firewalls and proxies Faster than Microsoft networking(smb/cifs) over VPN WebDAV Remote Topology 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 24
Contents Enable WebDAV on your Smart Storage 3 Accessing Smart Storage via Microsoft Windows XP 5 Accessing Smart Storage via Microsoft Windows Vista 11 Accessing Smart Storage via Apple MAC OS X (10.6.x) 18 Accessing Smart Storage via Ubuntu Linux (9.10 Desktop) 20 Accessing Smart Storage via ipod Touch, iphone, ipad 22 For More Information 24 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 24
Enable WebDAV on your Smart Storage Network Services >> Web Server 1. Enable the Web Server and WebDAV support. 2. Set up WebDAV access rights for each share folder. Choose Network Shares >Share Folders. Click WebDAV Access Control in the Action Column. Set up the WebDAV access rights for the folder. WebDAV Access Control 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 24
Granted Permissions Note that the WebDAV access right setting will be applied to all of the users who have been granted access to this share folder via WebDAV. They will share the same access right settings. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 4 of 24
Accessing Smart Storage via Microsoft Windows XP 1. Right- click My Computer > Map Network Drive. Mapping Network Drive 2. Click Sign up for online storage or connect to a network server. Online Storage 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 5 of 24
3. Select Choose another network location. Choosing Network Location 4. Enter the URL of your NAS with the share folder name. Please note that you should put a # at the end of the URL. Click Next. Format: http://<<ip_address>>/share_folder_name/# 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 6 of 24
Adding Network Address 5. Enter the username and password. Provide User Name and Password 6. Assign a name for this network connection. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 7 of 24
Name Network Location 7. The network place has been created and is ready to be used. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 8 of 24
Complete Mapping 8. Now you can access the WebDAV share anytime. A shortcut has also been created in My Network Places. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 9 of 24
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Accessing Smart Storage via Microsoft Windows Vista 1. Before you begin, please review Microsoft Knowledge Base KB907306. This is a Web Folders update for 32-bit Windows Vista. 2. Right click Computer > Map Network Drive. Map Network Drive 3. Click Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 11 of 24
Connect to Online Storage 4. Select Choose a custom network location. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 12 of 24
Choose Network Location 5. Enter the URL of the NAS with the share folder name. Format: http://<<ip_address>>/share_folder_name 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 13 of 24
Enter Web Locatoin 6. Enter the username and password. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 14 of 24
Enter Username and Password 7. Type a name for this network location. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 15 of 24
Name Network Location 8. You can create the Web Folder on Windows Vista successfully. The network share appears as a web folder in the Network Location section in Computer. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 16 of 24
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Accessing Smart Storage via Apple MAC OS X (10.6.x) 1. Open Finder > Conect to Server, and enter the URL of the share. Format: http://<<ip_address>>/share_foldername Connect to WebDAV 2. Enter the user name and password. Enter User Name and Password 3. Now you should be able to access the share folder through the HTTP/WebDAV protocol. You can also find the mountpoint in the SHARED category in Finder and make it one of the login items. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 18 of 24
WebDAV Share Accessible Verify WebDAV 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 19 of 24
Accessing Smart Storage via Ubuntu Linux (9.10 Desktop) 1. Open Places > Connect to Server Connect to Server 2. Select WebDAV (HTTP) or Secure WebDAV (HTTPS) for the service type according to your NAS settings. Enter your host information. Click Connect to initialize the connection. 3. Enter the password of the user name for authentication. Please make sure the user name and its password has the WebDAV privilege to access this share folder. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 20 of 24
Enter WebDAV Information 4. The WebDAV connection has been established successfully. A linked folder will be created on the desktop automatically. WebDAV share Accessible 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 21 of 24
Accessing Smart Storage via ipod Touch, iphone, ipad 1. You will need an application which supports WebDAV client. 2. Open App Store on your device. 3. Search for WebDAV, you will see several applications which support WebDAV clients. 4. For this example, we will select DAV-E Free. AppStore Search for WebDAV 5. Configuring the application. After installing the application, launch it on your device. Enter the URL of your WebDAV host, username, and password. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 22 of 24
Enter Login Credentials 6. Upon successful login, you can browse all the folders and files in the share and access File Access View and open the files (if the formats are supported by OS X on the device).. 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 23 of 24
For More Information For more information about Cisco Smart Storage Applications, visit the Cisco Small Business Community forum https://www.myciscocommunity.com/community/smallbizsupport/networkstorage OL-22127-01 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 24 of 24