Deployment Guide
SAN Network
The FS8600 shares a back-end infrastructure with the Storage Center. The SAN network connects the FS8600 to the Storage
Center and carries the block-level trac. The FS8600 communicates with the Storage Center using either the iSCSI or Fibre
Channel protocol, depending on which NAS appliance conguration you purchased.
LAN/Client Network
The LAN/client network is used for client access to the SMB shares and NFS exports, and it is also used by the storage
administrator to manage the FluidFS cluster. The FluidFS cluster is assigned one or more virtual IP addresses (client VIPs) on the
client network that allow clients to access the FluidFS cluster as a single entity. The client VIP also enables load balancing between
NAS controllers, and ensures failover in the event of a NAS controller failure.
If client access to the FluidFS cluster is not through a router (in other words, a at network), dene one client VIP per cluster. If
clients access the FluidFS cluster through a router, dene a client VIP for each client interface port per NAS controller.
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Introduction