Dell Fluid File System Version 6.0 Support Matrix February 2021 Rev.
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Contents About This Manual.........................................................................................................................4 Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5 Chapter 2: FluidFS Models and Platforms......................................................................................6 Supported Hardware Upgrades......................................................................
Preface This document provides information about supported software and hardware configurations as well as usage requirements and recommendations for Dell FluidFS v6.x products. Revision History Document Number: 680-116-002 Revision Date Changes from previous revision A February 2017 Initial release of FluidFS v6.0 B March 2017 ● Added ports 3033 and 9445 ● Updated supported NDMP applications ● Minimum SC version updated to 6.5.
1 Introduction FluidFS software supports FS8600 systems. The performance-related metrics in this document might not always be reachable due to specific combinations of workload and/or dataset characteristics resulting in specific resource utilization. Glossary The following table defines the terms that are used in this document: Table 1.
2 FluidFS Models and Platforms The tables in this section list the platforms, features, and configurations supported by the Storage Center systems. The following table lists the supported platforms and configurations: Table 2.
Supported Hardware Upgrades The following sections provide information about hardware upgrades. 1 GbE FC to 10 GbE FC Controller Upgrade FS8600 1 GbE FC configurations can be upgraded to 10 GbE FC by replacing the network interface cards (NICs). Contact Dell Technical Support for details about this upgrade. 24-GB and 48-GB Appliances The 48-GB FS8600 appliance supports 48-GB controllers only.
3 Software Update Paths The following table lists the supported update paths for FS8600 systems, following the release of version 6.0.400016. If a better update path becomes available, a version in the Next Supported Version column might be removed from the table. Table 4. Supported Update Paths Current (Base) Version Next Supported Version 2.0.5110 or 2.0.5120 2.0.7680 2.0.6110 2.0.7680 2.0.6730 2.0.7680 or 3.0.920760 2.0.6940 2.0.7680 2.0.7040 2.0.7680 2.0.7170 2.0.7680 or 3.0.920760 2.0.
Table 4. Supported Update Paths (continued) Current (Base) Version Next Supported Version # 6.0.003162 6.0.110054 6.0.003169 6.0.140010 #6.0.000039 6.0.140010 6.0.110054 6.0.300135 #6.0.120023 6.0.140010 6.0.140010 6.0.300135 or 6.0.400016 6.0.300135 6.0.400016 #6.0.310011 6.0.400016 # - Limited availability version. If you are running one of these versions, contact Dell Technical Support for assistance in updating your FluidFS system.
4 FluidFS File-System Metrics The following tables list the maximum supported configurations. NOTE: The system does not always prevent you from or warn you about exceeding these numbers. Table 5.
○ The makeup of the data. Snapshots which contain many small files result in a more randomized access pattern and take longer to expire and consume more system resources. Snapshots with large files being reclaimed result in a more sequential access pattern and consume less system resources. ○ Potential inode imbalance between file system domains.
5 Client Network Capabilities The following table lists the supported subnets and VLANs. Table 7.
6 Customer Environment Management Protocols The following tables list the supported levels for identity management servers and interfaces: Table 8.
7 SMB Support FluidFS version 6 supports SMB1, SMB2, SMB2.1, SMB3, and SMB3.1 protocols. NOTE: ● Lower-than-maximum SMB level connections are also supported. ● Setting ACL from Linux SMB clients is not supported. Supported SMB Configurations Each appliance can support a certain number of concurrent (active) SMB connections, even if one of the controllers is not available. The following table lists the supported SMB configurations. Table 10.
8 NFS Support FluidFS version 6.x supports NFSv3, NFSv4, and NFSv4.1 protocols only. NFSv2 clients are not supported. NOTE: ● Lower-than-maximum NFS level connections are also supported. ● For NFSv4 clients, only Active Directory authentication is currently supported. See Customer Environment Management Protocols. ● For NFSv4 clients, AUTH_SYS, Krb5, Krb5i, and Krb5p modes are supported. Table 11.
9 FTP Support FluidFS version 6.x supports both anonymous FTP configurations (user name=anonymous, password=email_address), and authenticated FTP configurations (with either a single landing directory, or a home-folders structure with a directory per authenticated user). Each appliance can support the following number of concurrent (active) FTP connections, even if one of the nodes or controllers is not available. Table 12.
10 User and Group Quotas The following table lists the maximum number of supported quota rules per NAS volume for each system. Table 13. Supported Quota Configurations Feature Maximum per System Quota rules 1024 Quota usage entries 100,000 Quota directories 30,000 NOTE: ● Quotas for Active Directory (AD) and NIS/LDAP users are independent of each other, even if users are mapped automatically or manually.
11 FluidFS Replication Note the following information regarding FluidFS replication: ● Replication can be performed from FluidFS v5.x to FluidFS v6.x. Replication between systems running different major versions should be performed only during a short-term update, and is not recommended as a normal operating state. ● Replication partners can differ in network interface speeds (1 GB or 10 GB) or in memory size (24 GB or 48 GB).
12 VMware and the FluidFS VAAI Plugin The FluidFS VAAI plugin supports the following VAAI NAS Primitives and allows offloading them to the underlying FluidFS system: ● Full File Clone — Offloads the creation of a virtual disk full clone ● Fast File Clone (Native Snapshot) — Offloads the creation of virtual machine snapshots ● Extended Statistics — Enables visibility into space usage on FluidFS datastores The FluidFS VAAI plugin supports ESXi versions 6 and 6.5 (NFS3 only).
13 Integration with Third-Party Products This section provides information about supported third-party applications: Topics: • • • Anti-virus Applications Backup and Restore – NDMP File Access Notification (Governance) Anti-virus Applications The following table lists the supported anti-virus applications: Table 16. Anti-virus Application Support Vendor Product Kaspersky Anti-Virus 8.
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14 Space Pre-Allocation The following tables provide an estimation of the pre-allocated (reserved) space for various file-system functions. These calculations can help you estimate disk space requirements and space growth of FluidFS systems. Table 21. Reserved Space by Function Allocation per Reserved space Cluster 10.4 GB Appliance 345.5 GB LUN 4 GB Data Reduction 0.012% of total space, minimum 16 GB, maximum 256 GB Total space 0.
15 Services and Ports FluidFS systems provide and access services through the ports listed in the following tables. Firewall settings should allow communication to and from these ports. Actual ports used depend on the enabled protocols and features. All port numbers are fixed unless specified otherwise. The services and ports listed in the following tables are accessed by FluidFS systems on the client network. Table 23.
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16 Management This section provides management information for FluidFS systems. Events FluidFS can store up to 10 million system and SACL events. The actual amount depends on the amount of storage space configured by the administrator to hold event data. Multitenancy FluidFS v6 supports multiple tenants. The following table specifies the limits relating to multitenancy, if the feature is enabled on the system. Table 25.
