Administrator Guide

SAN network
NAS cluster management IP address
NAS controller IP addresses
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NOTE:
• If you are using DNS, you must manually add the NAS cluster IP address and NAS cluster name to the DNS server.
• If you are in a routed client network and using multiple NAS cluster IP addresses, add all NAS cluster IP addresses to the
DNS server and associate them with the same NAS cluster name.
NAS Cluster Conguration
1. Click NAS, and when the message is displayed that prompts you to congure a NAS cluster, click Yes.
After the NAS devices have been discovered, the available NAS controllers appear in the Discover NAS Devices dialog box.
2. Select the controllers that make up the cluster. FS7500 controllers must be selected in pairs. FS7600 controller pairs are
collocated in a single enclosure, called a NAS appliance, which you select with a single checkbox.
3. Click Congure NAS cluster. The End-User License Agreement appears.
4. Select the I accept the terms of the End-User License Agreement checkbox and click OK.
5. On the Getting Started window, click Next.
6. In the Client Network window, specify:
• Name
NOTE: The NAS cluster name can contain up to 15 ASCII letters, numbers, and hyphens.
• IP address
• Netmask
• Default gateway
7. In NAS Controller IP addresses for the client network, type one IP address for each NAS controller. Specify a minimum of one
and a maximum of eight NAS cluster IP addresses. (You can also click Auto ll to automatically enter the NAS Controller IP
addresses based on the rst NAS cluster IP address.) Click OK.
8. Under SAN Network Settings, type the NAS cluster management IP address. The Group IP Address and Netmask elds are
preset based on the group conguration.
9. Under NAS Controller IP addresses for the SAN network, click the Auto ll button to populate the table with NAS controller
SAN IP addresses and click Next.
NOTE: The SAN network and internal network must be in the same VLAN.
10. Review your parameters on the Summary screen and click Finish when you are ready to proceed. The clusterization process
begins running.
If all conguration parameters are valid, all the steps in the wizard display a green checkmark. If not, a window lists the invalid
parameters with red Xs. A new Change Conguration button appears to the left of the Retry button. This button allows you to make
corrections to the invalid parameters.
Before clicking the Change Conguration button, verify that:
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