Deployment Guide
About This Guide
This guide provides information about deploying an FS8600 appliance in a clustered, scale-out NAS environment.
Revision History
Document number: 690-047-005
Revision Date Description
A February 2017 Initial release of FluidFS v6
Audience
The target audience for this document is Dell installers and certied business partners who perform FS8600 appliance installations.
Related Publications
The following documents comprise the core Dell FS8600 appliance documentation set.
Documents Intended for Dell Customers
• Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance CLI Reference Guide – Provides information about the FS8600 appliance command
line interface.
• Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Firmware Update Guide – Provides information about upgrading the FluidFS software
from version 5.0 to 6.0.
• Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 Release Notes – Provides information about FluidFS releases, including new features and enhancements,
open issues, and resolved issues.
• Dell Storage Manager Installation Guide – Provides information about installing and conguring the Dell Storage Manager Data
Collector and Dell Storage Manager Client.
• Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide – Describes how to use the Dell Storage Manager software to manage Storage
Center and FS8600 appliances.
• Dell Storage Manager Release Notes – Provides information about Dell Storage Manager releases, including new features and
enhancements, open issues, and resolved issues.
Documents Intended for Dell Installers and Certied Business Partners
• Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Pre-Deployment Requirements – Provides a checklist that assists in preparing to
deploy an FS8600 appliance prior to a Dell Compellent installer or certied business partner arriving on-site to perform an
FS8600 appliance installation.
• Dell FS8600 Appliance Service Guide – Provides information about FS8600 appliance hardware, system component
replacement, and system troubleshooting.
• Dell NAS Appliance SFP+ Replacement Procedure – Provides information about replacing SFP+ transceivers on an inactive
system.
• Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance 1Gb to 10Gb Upgrade Procedure – Provides information about upgrading a Fibre
Channel FS8600 appliance from 1Gb Ethernet client connectivity to 10Gb Ethernet client connectivity.
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