Instruction Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell FluidFS V3 NAS Solutions For PowerVault NX3500, NX3600, And NX3610 Administrator's Guide
- Introduction
- How PowerVault FluidFS NAS Works
- FluidFS Terminology
- Key Features Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems
- Overview Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems
- PowerVault FluidFS Architecture
- Data Caching And Redundancy
- File Metadata Protection
- High Availability And Load Balancing
- Ports Used by the FluidFS System
- Other Information You May Need
- Upgrading to FluidFS Version 3
- FluidFS Manager User Interface Overview
- FluidFS 3.0 System Management
- Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster
- Managing Secured Management
- Adding a Secured Management Subnet
- Changing the Netmask for the Secured Management Subnet
- Changing the VLAN ID for the Secured Management Subnet
- Changing the VIP for the Secured Management Subnet
- Changing the NAS Controller IP Addresses for the Secured Management Subnet
- Deleting the Secured Management Subnet
- Enabling Secured Management
- Disabling Secured Management
- Managing the FluidFS Cluster Name
- Managing Licensing
- Managing the System Time
- Managing the FTP Server
- Managing SNMP
- Managing the Health Scan Throttling Mode
- Managing the Operation Mode
- Managing Client Connections
- Displaying the Distribution of Clients between NAS Controllers
- Viewing Clients Assigned to a NAS Controller
- Assigning a Client to a NAS Controller
- Unassigning a Client from a NAS Controller
- Manually Migrating Clients to another NAS Controller
- Failing Back Clients to Their Assigned NAS Controller
- Rebalancing Client Connections across NAS Controllers
- Shutting Down and Restarting NAS Controllers
- Managing NAS Appliance and NAS Controller
- FluidFS 3.0 Networking
- Managing the Default Gateway
- Managing DNS Servers and Suffixes
- Managing Static Routes
- Managing the Internal Network
- Managing the Client Networks
- Viewing the Client Networks
- Creating a Client Network
- Changing the Netmask for a Client Network
- Changing the VLAN Tag for a Client Network
- Changing the Client VIPs for a Client Network
- Changing the NAS Controller IP Addresses for a Client Network
- Deleting a Client Network
- Viewing the Client Network MTU
- Changing the Client Network MTU
- Viewing the Client Network Bonding Mode
- Changing the Client Network Bonding Mode
- Managing SAN Fabrics
- FluidFS 3.0 Account Management And Authentication
- Account Management and Authentication
- Default Administrative Accounts
- Default Local User and Local Group Accounts
- Managing Administrator Accounts
- Managing Local Users
- Managing Password Age and Expiration
- Managing Local Groups
- Managing Active Directory
- Managing LDAP
- Managing NIS
- Managing User Mappings between Windows and UNIX/Linux Users
- FluidFS 3.0 NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports
- Managing the NAS Pool
- Managing NAS Volumes
- File Security Styles
- Thin and Thick Provisioning for NAS Volumes
- Choosing a Strategy for NAS Volume Creation
- Example NAS Volume Creation Scenarios
- NAS Volumes Storage Space Terminology
- Configuring NAS Volumes
- Cloning a NAS Volume
- NAS Volume Clone Defaults
- NAS Volume Clone Restrictions
- Managing NAS Volume Clones
- Managing CIFS Shares
- Managing NFS Exports
- Managing Quota Rules
- Viewing Quota Rules for a NAS Volume
- Setting the Default Quota per User
- Setting the Default Quota per Group
- Adding a Quota Rule for a Specific User
- Adding a Quota Rule for Each User in a Specific Group
- Adding a Quota Rule for an Entire Group
- Changing the Soft Quota or Hard Quota for a User or Group
- Enabling or Disabling the Soft Quota or Hard Quota for a User or Group
- Deleting a User or Group Quota Rule
- Managing Data Reduction
- FluidFS 3.0 Data Protection
- FluidFS 3.0 Monitoring
- FluidFS 3.0 Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Getting Help
Term Description
Fluid File System (FluidFS) A special purpose, Dell proprietary operating system providing
enterprise class, high‐performance, scalable NAS services using
Dell PowerVault, EqualLogic or Dell Compellent SAN storage
systems.
FluidFS Controller (NAS controller) Dell hardware device capable of running the FluidFS firmware.
FluidFS Appliance (NAS appliance) Enclosure containing two NAS controllers. The controllers in an
appliance are called peers, are hot‐swappable and operate in
active‐active mode.
Backup Power Supply (BPS) A backup power supply that keeps a FluidFS controller running
in the event of power failure and allows it to dump its cache to
a nonvolatile storage device.
FluidFS system (cluster) Multiple NAS controllers appropriately connected and
configured to form a single functional unit.
PowerVault FluidFS Manager WebUI Management user interface used for managing
PowerVault FluidFS systems.
NAS reserve (pool) The SAN storage system LUNs (and their aggregate size)
allocated and provisioned to a FluidFS system.
NAS volume File system (single-rooted directory/folder and file hierarchy),
defined using FluidFS management functions over a portion of
the NAS reserve.
Client Network (Client LAN) The network through which clients access CIFS shares or NFS
exports and also through which the PowerVault FluidFS
Manager is accessed.
Client VIP Virtual IP address(es) that clients use to access CIFS shares and
NFS exports hosted by the FluidFS system.
CIFS share A directory in a NAS volume that is shared on the Client
Network using the SMB (CIFS) protocol.
NFS export A directory in a NAS volume that is shared on the Client
Network using the Network File System (NFS) protocol.
Network Data Management Protocol
(NDMP)
Protocol used for NDMP backup and restore.
Replication partnership A relation between two FluidFS systems enabling them to
replicate NAS volumes between themselves.
Snapshot A time-specific view of a NAS volume data.
Key Features Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems
The following table summarizes key features of PowerVault FluidFS scale‐out NAS.
Feature Description
Shared back‐end infrastructure The MD system SAN and NX36X0 scale‐out NAS leverage the
same virtualized disk pool.
Unified block and file Unified block (SAN) and file(NAS) storage.
High performance NAS Support for a single namespace spanning up to two NAS
appliances (four NAS controllers).
Capacity scaling Ability to scale a single namespace up to 1024 TB capacity.
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