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 Version 2.0 Version 3.0
remember this password because it is required
to manage the FluidFS cluster in version 3.0.
User‐defined
management accounts
Only local administrator
accounts can be created.
You can create local administrator accounts or
create administrator accounts for remote users
(members of Active Directory, LDAP or NIS
repositories).
During the upgrade, any user‐defined
administrator accounts from version 2.0 are
deleted.
Workaround: Use one of the following
options:
Convert the administrator accounts to local
users before upgrading and convert them back
to administrator accounts after upgrading.
Re‐create administrator accounts after the
upgrade.
Command Line
Interface (CLI) access
and commands
Administrator accounts log
into the CLI directly.
Version 3.0 introduces a cli account that must
be used in conjunction with an administrator
account to log into the CLI.
In addition, the command set is significantly
different in version 3.0.
Dell Technical Support
Services remote
troubleshooting
account
The remote troubleshooting
account is named fse (field
service engineer).
The remote troubleshooting account is named
support. During the upgrade, the fse account
from version 2.0 is deleted. After the upgrade,
the support account is disabled by default.
FluidFS cluster name
and NetBIOS name
The FluidFS cluster name and
NetBIOS name do not have
to match. The NetBIOS name
can begin with a digit.
The FluidFS cluster name is used as the
NetBIOS name.
Before upgrading, the FluidFS cluster name and
NetBIOS name must be changed to match.
Also, the FluidFS cluster name cannot be
longer than 15 characters and cannot begin
with a digit.
Data reduction
overhead
Version 2.0 does not include
a data
reduction feature.
Version 3.0 introduces a data reduction
feature. If data reduction is enabled, the system
deducts an additional 100GB per NAS
appliance from the NAS pool for data reduction
processing. This is in addition to the amount of
space that the system deducts from the NAS
pool for internal use.
Anti‐virus scanning You can specify which file
types to scan.
You cannot specify which files types to scan—
all files smaller than the specified file size
threshold are scanned.
You can specify whether to allow or deny
access to files larger than the file size
threshold.
As in version 2.0, you can specify file types and
directories to exclude from anti‐virus scanning.
Supported NFS
protocol versions
Version 2.0 supports NFS
protocol version 3.
Version 3.0 supports NFS protocol version 3
and 4.
Supported SMB
protocol versions
Version 2.0 supports SMB
protocol version 1.0.
Version 3.0 supports SMB protocol version 1.0,
2.0, and 2.1.
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