diff --git a/playbooks/ansible/roles/sit.gpfs/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/ansible/roles/sit.gpfs/tasks/main.yml
index 264b0e78..29c45607 100644
--- a/playbooks/ansible/roles/sit.gpfs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/ansible/roles/sit.gpfs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -75,8 +75,54 @@
     - name: Define block size and mountpoint
       command: "{{ gpfs_toolkit }} filesystem modify -B 128K -m /gpfs/sit_fs sit_fs"
 
+    - name: Configure SMB protocol
+      when: config.be.variant == 'scale'
+      block:
+        - name: Define protocol nodes
+          command: "{{ gpfs_toolkit }} node add {{ item }} -p"
+          loop: "{{ config.groups['cluster'] }}"
+
+        - name: Enable SMB protocol
+          command: "{{ gpfs_toolkit }} enable smb"
+
+        - name: Configure shared directory
+          command: >-
+            {{ gpfs_toolkit }} config protocols -f sit_fs -m /gpfs/sit_fs
+              -e {{
+                    config.nodes |
+                    dict2items |
+                    selectattr('value.ctdb.public', 'defined') |
+                    map(attribute='value.ctdb.public') |
+                    join(',')
+              }}
+
     - name: Install on all nodes
       command: "{{ gpfs_toolkit }} install"
 
     - name: Create admin user for GUI
       command: /usr/lpp/mmfs/gui/cli/mkuser admin -p admin123 -g SecurityAdmin
+
+    - name: Configure SMB shares
+      when: config.be.variant == 'scale'
+      block:
+        - name: Deploy protocols
+          command: "{{ gpfs_toolkit }} deploy"
+
+        - name: Configure authentication
+          command: /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmuserauth service create --data-access-method file --type userdefined
+
+        - name: Create shares
+          vars:
+            name: "{{ item.name }}"
+            path: "{{ config.paths.mount }}/{{ item.name }}"
+            volume: "{{ item }}"
+          include_tasks:
+            file: new_volume.yml
+          loop: "{{ samba_shares }}"
+
+        - name: Configure shares
+          command: >-
+            /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmsmb export add
+              {{ item.name }}-{{ config.be.name }}-{{ config.be.variant }}
+              /gpfs/sit_fs/{{ item.name }}
+          loop: "{{ samba_shares }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/local.defaults/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/local.defaults/tasks/main.yml
index 68c5d1f3..7de4e3fe 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/local.defaults/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/local.defaults/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 - name: Generate configuration
   when: not config_yml.stat.exists
+  vars:
+    os: "{{ use_distro | default('centos9') }}"
+    be: "{{ (backend | default('xfs') | split('.'))[0] }}"
+    variant: "{{ (backend | default('xfs') | split('.'))[1] | default('default') }}"
   block:
     - name: Load global settings
       include_vars:
@@ -47,9 +51,6 @@
         src: config.yml.j2
         dest: ./ansible/config.yml
       vars:
-        os: "{{ use_distro | default('centos9') }}"
-        be: "{{ (backend | default('xfs') | split('.'))[0] }}"
-        variant: "{{ (backend | default('xfs') | split('.'))[1] | default('default') }}"
         max_memory: "{{ ansible_memfree_mb }}"
         max_cpu: "{{ ansible_processor_nproc }}"
 
diff --git a/playbooks/settings.yml b/playbooks/settings.yml
index ae1a3e02..51aff4b9 100644
--- a/playbooks/settings.yml
+++ b/playbooks/settings.yml
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ environments:
     cpus: 2
     memory: 1024
     domain: sit.test
+    samba: "{{ variant != 'scale' }}"
 
     data:
       # A zip file is necessary to install GPFS but it's not included with