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
Feature Description
Connectivity options 1GbE and 10GbE, copper and optical options for connectivity to
the client network.
Highly available and active‐active
design
Redundant, hot‐swappable NAS controllers in each NAS appliance.
Both NAS controllers in a NAS appliance process I/O. BPS allows
maintaining data integrity in the event of a power failure by
keeping a NAS controller online long enough to write the cache
to the internal storage device.
Automatic load balancing Automatic balancing of client connections across network ports
and NAS controllers, as well as back‐end I/O across MD array
LUNs.
Multi‐protocol support Support for CIFS/SMB (on Windows) and NFS (on UNIX and Linux)
protocols with ability to share user data across both protocols.
Client authentication Control access to files using local and remote client
authentication, including LDAP, Active Directory, and NIS.
Quota rules Support for controlling client space usage.
File security style Choice of file security mode for a NAS volume (UNIX or NTFS).
Cache mirroring The write cache is mirrored between NAS controllers, which
ensures a high performance response to client requests and
maintains data integrity in the event of a NAS controller failure.
Journaling mode In the event of a NAS controller failure, the cache in the remaining
NAS controller is written to storage and the NAS controller
continues to write directly to storage, which protects against data
loss.
NAS volume thin clones Clone NAS volumes without the need to physically copy the data
set.
Deduplication Policy‐driven post‐process deduplication technology that
eliminates redundant data at rest.
Compression LZPS (Level Zero Processing System) compression algorithm that
intelligently shrinks data at rest.
Metadata protection Metadata is constantly check-summed and stored in multiple
locations for data consistency and protection.
Replication NAS-volume level, snapshot‐based, asynchronous replication to
enable disaster recovery.
Snapshots Redirect‐on‐write, user‐accessible snapshots
NDMP backups Snapshot‐based, asynchronous backup (remote NDMP) over
Ethernet to certified third‐party backup solutions.
Anti‐virus scanning CIFS anti‐virus scanning by deploying certified third‐party ICAP‐
enabled anti‐virus solutions.
Monitoring Built‐in performance monitoring and capacity planning.
Overview Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems
PowerVault FluidFS system consists of one or two PowerVault NX36x0 appliances connected and
configured to utilize a PowerVault MD storage array and provide NAS services. PowerVault FluidFS
systems can start with one NX36x0 appliance, and expand with another (identical) appliance as required.
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