Dell PowerStore Configuring SMB

Understanding Common anti-virus Agent (CAVA)

Common AntiVirus Agent (CAVA) provides an antivirus solution to clients using a NAS server. It uses an industry-standard SMB protocol in a Microsoft Windows Server environment. CAVA uses third-party antivirus software to identify and eliminate known viruses before they infect files on the storage system.

Antivirus software is important because the storage system is resistant to the invasion of viruses because of its architecture. The NAS server runs data access in real-time using an embedded operating system. Third parties are unable to run programs containing viruses on this operating system. Although the operating system software is resistant to viruses, Windows clients that access the storage system require virus protection. Virus protection on clients reduces the chance that they will store an infected file on the server, and protects them if they open an infected file. This antivirus solution consists of a combination of the operating system software, CAVA agent, and a third-party antivirus engine. The CAVA software and a third-party antivirus engine must be installed on a Windows Server in the domain.

For the CEE CAVA versions required by PowerStore see the PowerStore Release Notes. For additional information about CAVA, which is part of Common Event Enabler (CEE), see Using the Common Event Enabler on Windows Platforms on https://www.dell.com/support.