Administrator Guide

Using the Top 10 Fastest Growing Volumes Plugin................................................................................................295
Using the Current Threshold Alerts Plugin.............................................................................................................. 295
Viewing Detailed Storage Usage Information................................................................................................................296
View Storage Usage by Tier and RAID Type........................................................................................................... 296
View Storage Usage by Volumes...............................................................................................................................297
View Historical Storage Usage...................................................................................................................................297
View a Data Progression Pressure Report...............................................................................................................298
Viewing Historical IO Performance.................................................................................................................................300
Using the IO Usage Tab..............................................................................................................................................300
Viewing Current IO Performance....................................................................................................................................302
Using the Charting Tab...............................................................................................................................................302
Configuring Chart Options...............................................................................................................................................304
Configuring User Settings for Charts....................................................................................................................... 304
Configuring Chart Settings........................................................................................................................................ 305
Configure the Storage Center Data Gathering Schedule............................................................................................306
Exporting Usage Data.......................................................................................................................................................306
Export Storage Usage Data....................................................................................................................................... 306
Export I/O Usage Data............................................................................................................................................... 307
Monitoring Storage Center Hardware............................................................................................................................309
Monitoring a Storage Center Controller...................................................................................................................309
Monitoring a Storage Center Disk Enclosure............................................................................................................ 311
Monitoring SSD Endurance.........................................................................................................................................314
Viewing UPS Status.....................................................................................................................................................315
11 SMI-S......................................................................................................................................317
SMI-S Provider...................................................................................................................................................................317
Supported Management Solutions.............................................................................................................................317
Supported SMI-S 1.6 Profiles......................................................................................................................................317
SMI-S Namespace....................................................................................................................................................... 317
Setting Up SMI-S...............................................................................................................................................................318
SMI-S Prerequisites..................................................................................................................................................... 318
Enable SMI-S for the Data Collector.........................................................................................................................318
Using the Dell SMI-S Provider with Microsoft SCVMM...............................................................................................319
SCVMM Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................................319
Limitations for SCVMM 2012..................................................................................................................................... 319
Modify the SCVMM 2012 Management Server Registry to Allow HTTPS......................................................... 320
Prepare the SCVMM 2012 Server for Indications................................................................................................... 321
Use SCVMM to Discover the SMI-S Provider......................................................................................................... 321
12 FluidFS Administration............................................................................................................ 323
How FS8600 Scale-Out NAS Works..............................................................................................................................323
FS8600 Scale-Out NAS Terminology.......................................................................................................................323
Key Features of the Scale-Out NAS.........................................................................................................................324
Overview of the FS8600 Hardware..........................................................................................................................325
Overview of the FS8600 Architecture.....................................................................................................................326
Data Caching and Redundancy................................................................................................................................. 328
File Metadata Protection............................................................................................................................................328
Load Balancing and High Availability......................................................................................................................... 328
Ports Used by the FluidFS Cluster............................................................................................................................329
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