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NOTE: A secured management subnet has a single management VIP.
6. Click OK.
Change the NAS Controller IP Addresses for the Secured Management
Subnet
To change the NAS controller IP addresses for the secured management subnet when, for example, you go from an unsecured
to a secured environment or you physically relocate your equipment:
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Cluster Connectivity, and then click the Management Network tab.
4. In the Management Network panel, click Edit Settings. The Modify Administrative Network dialog box opens.
5. The Controller IP Addresses are displayed.
6. You can add or remove controller IP addresses by clicking Add or Remove.
7. Click OK.
Enable or Disable Secured Management
Enable secured management to exclusively limit management traffic to one specific subnet.
Prerequisites
The subnet on which you enable secured management must exist before you enable the secured management feature.
The FluidFS cluster must be managed by Storage Manager using the subnet on which secured management will be enabled.
To manage the FluidFS cluster on the secured management subnet, remove the FluidFS cluster from Storage Manager and
then re-add the FluidFS cluster to Storage Manager using the secured management subnet management VIP.
About this task
After enabling secured management, if you are connected to Storage Manager through the secured management subnet,
your management session is temporarily interrupted while the change takes effect. During this time, the following message is
displayed in Storage Manager:
Communication with the cluster was interrupted in process of issuing a command that
performs modification to the cluster.
After the change takes effect, your management session will resume automatically. Management sessions on all other subnets
are disconnected.
Disable secured management to allow management traffic from any subnet.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System view, select Cluster Connectivity and then click the Management Network tab.
4. In the Management Network panel, click Edit Settings.
The Modify Administrative Network dialog box opens.
5. Enable or disable secured management.
From the State drop-down list:
To enable secured management, select Restricted or Unrestricted.
To disable secured management, select Disabled.
6. Click OK.
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