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Antivirus Protection for the Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance

Tim Thomas, September 2007

Introduction

The Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance family has features that protect Common Internet File System (CIFS) clients from viruses in files stored on the appliance. These features are a standard part of Sun StorageTek NAS OS, the Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance's Operating System, and are known as the NAS Antivirus Agent (NAS AVA).

This paper discusses the features of the NAS AVA as implemented in Sun StorageTek NAS OS 4.21.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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For More Information

• Storage Administration hub on the BigAdmin System Administration Portal
• Wikis.sun.com:
  • Storage Administration wiki
  • BigAdmin wiki
• Sun training at http://www.sun.com/training/
• Support:
  • Sun Services and Solutions
  • SunSolve Online
• Documentation on http://docs.sun.com

Contents

• Introduction
• What Are Computer Viruses?
• How Does Antivirus Software Work?
• Overview of the Antivirus Scanning Process
• Managing Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance Antivirus Features
  • Configuring the NAS Antivirus Agent
  • Exclusion Lists
  • Maximum File Size to Be Scanned
  • Scanning Application Files and Directories
• Managing Scan Engine Policies
  • Scan Policy
  • Additional Scan Engine Settings
  • Updating Virus Definitions
  • Certified Antivirus Software for the Scan Engines
• Advanced Topics
  • Logging and Notification of Virus Detection
  • Managing Quarantined Files
  • Scanning Compliance Volumes
  • What Happens If No Scan Engines Are Available?
• Performance and Availability Considerations
• External Antivirus Scanning
  • Antivirus Software on Client Systems
  • On-Demand Full System Scans
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Summary
• For More Information

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