Deployment Guide

■ Prerequisite
• (Optional) NIS server host name or IP addresses
• (Optional) NDMP DMA server IP addresses
Network Ports
Make sure the required and feature-specific ports are allowed on the network.
For a list of ports used by the FluidFS cluster, see the Dell Fluid File System Version 5 Support Matrix. This
matrix is available from dell.com/support.
■ Prerequisite
□ Required ports are allowed
□ Feature-specific ports are allowed as needed
SAN Configuration
Make sure that Storage Center software and Enterprise Manager software are installed and satisfy the
deployment prerequisites.
■ Prerequisite
□ The Storage Center systems are running the required version of Storage Center software:
• An SC9000 storage system requires Storage Center 6.7.3 or later
• An SC8000 storage system requires Storage Center 6.5.10 or later
• An SC40 storage system requires Storage Center 6.5.10 or later
• An SC4020 storage system requires Storage Center 6.5.10 or later
• An SCv2080 storage system requires Storage Center 6.6.4 or later
NOTE: A single FluidFS cluster supports up to eight Storage Centers.
• For deployment instructions, see the Dell Storage Center Deployment Guide.
• For upgrade instructions, see the Dell Storage Center Software Update Guide.
□ Each Storage Center certificate contains the host name or management IP address used to add
the Storage Center to Enterprise Manager. For instructions on regenerating an SSL certificate, see
the Storage Center Administrator's Guide.
□ (Optional) Storage Centers can be reached by Copilot through Secure Console to assist with
troubleshooting.
□ Enterprise Manager 2015 R3 or later software is installed and configured.
NOTE: Dell recommends using the latest version of Enterprise Manager software.
See the Dell Enterprise Manager Installation Guide for detailed instructions.
□ The Storage Center systems are added to Enterprise Manager.
□ Enterprise Manager can successfully send data to Dell Technical Support using SupportAssist.
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Deployment Prerequisites