Edge DiskGO - Primary Domain Controller Mode

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Primary Domain Controller Mode
A domain controller must exist on a network before you can create a domain. The domain
controller is the repository of user information. Different versions of Windows have
different levels of support for domain membership. Windows NT, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP Professional fully support domain membership. Users of these versions of
Windows can use a DiskGO to maintain user accounts and to use the additional security
features of domains. Windows 98 and Windows ME provide limited domain
membership support. Users of computers running on one of these Windows operating
systems can have their account information served by a DiskGO, but they cannot use the
additional security features of domains. Users of Windows XP Home Edition cannot use
PDC support in any way.
To configure the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive as a primary domain controller
1. Select the Primary Domain Controller Mode check box.
2. Type the domain name in the Domain Name box. Users who want to join
the domain must include the domain name in the logon information.
3. Type the administrator user name in the Admin User Name box. The
administrator account is used to add, delete, and modify user and machine
accounts in the domain. (The administrator account is separate from the
one used to access the DiskGO Share user interface.)
4. Type the administrator password in the Admin Password box and again
in the Confirm Password box.
5. Click a pool in the Profiles and Scripts Pool list.
6. Click a drive letter in the Logon Drive box.
• Each domain may have only one PDC. If a PDC already exists in a given
domain, do not configure the DiskGO as a PDC+.
• When operating as a PDC, a DiskGO stores some data about each user on
the disk. The DiskGO software creates two shares within the pool given
here: profiles and netlogon.
• Only Administrators need to be aware of these shares to ensure that there
is enough disk space.
• The netlogon share contains the logon script described in Step 6.
• For some versions of Windows, the operating system stores the user
environment (window layout and menu items) in the profiles share.
• When a user logs on to the domain, the user home directory is assigned
this drive letter. This is essentially an implicit net use command.
7. Type the name of the logon script in the Logon Script box.
Using the DiskGO 3.5” Network Hard Drive as a Primary Domain Controller
After the DiskGO is configured as a primary domain controller (PDC), you must add
each computer to the domain. Open the Windows Help and Support Center for
instructions on adding a computer to a domain.