The image shows the following data centers:

• Customer managed resources with a Windows user and the following Active Directory Domain services: Active Directory, DNS, LDAP, and Kerberos KDC.
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) managed resources with OCI File Storage.

A mount point resides between the two data centers. The following letters and arrows appear in the diagram, the communication method details is in the surrounding text:

• A. The arrow flows from the Windows user to the mount target.
• B. The arrow flows from the Windows user to the Active Directory Domain services.
• C. The arrow flows from the mount target to the Active Directory Domain services.
• D. The arrow flows bi-directionally between the mount target and OCI File Storage.