Administrator Guide

Mapping Volumes in Fluid Cache....................................................................................25
Removing Volume Mappings...........................................................................................26
Removing Volumes............................................................................................................ 27
Deleting a Volume From a Fluid Cache Cluster...........................................................28
Adding Servers to a Fluid Cache Cluster....................................................................... 28
Removing a Server from a Fluid Cache Cluster........................................................... 29
Adding Cache Devices to a Fluid Cache Cluster......................................................... 29
Setting Storage Capacity for each Cache Server.........................................................30
Removing a Cache Device from a Fluid Cache Cluster.............................................30
Reactivate a Cache Device Attached to a Fluid Cache Cluster................................30
Reactivate a Volume on a Fluid Cache Cluster............................................................ 31
Adding a Storage Center to a Fluid Cache Cluster......................................................31
Remove a Storage Center from a Fluid Cache cluster............................................... 31
Reconnect a Fluid Cache Cluster to a Storage Center.............................................. 32
Change the License for a Fluid Cache cluster..............................................................32
Send Fluid Cache Cluster Information Using Dell SupportAssist............................. 32
Shutting Down a Fluid Cache Cluster............................................................................ 32
Enable Server Load Equalizing for Storage Center Volumes.................................... 33
Maintaining Fluid Cache Environments............................................................................... 33
Shutting Down and Restarting a Cluster....................................................................... 34
Uninstalling the Fluid Cache Software...........................................................................34
6 Fluid Cache Web Page Overview.........................................................................................35
Accessing Fluid Cache Web Page.........................................................................................35
Understanding Fluid Cache Web Page................................................................................ 35
Status.....................................................................................................................................35
CFM Info............................................................................................................................... 35
Peer CFMs............................................................................................................................ 36
Metadata Server Stats........................................................................................................ 36
Cache Server Stats..............................................................................................................36
Cache Server Per-Path Stats............................................................................................ 37
Block Device Stats..............................................................................................................38
A Troubleshooting Fluid Cache Installations....................................................................... 39
Basic Troubleshooting Steps................................................................................................. 40
Cannot Set up Fluid Cache on a Server.............................................................................. 40
Unable to remove a cache device from Fluid Cache Cluster using Enterprise
Manager......................................................................................................................................41
Incorrect Network Address or Netmask.............................................................................. 41
Server Does Not Appear in List of Servers.......................................................................... 42
Cache Device Does Not Appear in List of Cache Devices.............................................. 42
Cache Device Cannot Be Added to a Cluster.................................................................... 43
Cannot Select a Specific Cache Mode ............................................................................... 43
Deployment and Admin Guide for Linux Systems
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