You can join DiskStation to a Windows ADS domain.
About DNS Server:
You are recommended to specify a DNS server to help DiskStation search for the domain. However, if the domain is not registered on the DNS server, the procedure of joining domain may fail.
About Domain Type
This field shows the domain type when DiskStation joins a domain. The domain type will be either "AD domain".
About advanced domain options:
In most cases, you do not need to fill in any of the advanced domain option. Advanced domain options are needed only for specific domain environment.
- DC IP: Specify a DC (Domain Controller) IP and Synology DiskStation will try to communicate with it. If there is more than one IP, insert a comma in between each of them. Add an asterisk (*) after the last DC IP if you wish, and Synology DiskStation will try to communicate with other DC when all specified ones failed. You will need to add a comma between the asterisk and the last IP.
- Domain NetBIOS name: Specify the NetBIOS name of the domain.
- Domain FQDN (DNS name): Specify the FQDN (DNS name) of the domain.