Administrator Guide
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
4. Click Disconnect.
The Disconnect Connection dialog box appears.
5. Click OK.
Using CIFS Home Shares
The FluidFS cluster enables you to create a share per client that is limited to that client. For example,
when a client "jsmith" connects to the FluidFS cluster, jsmith will be presented with any available general
shares, as well as a share labeled "jsmith" that is visible only to jsmith.
When creating a CIFS share with a user‐based directory structure (home share), the share will not be
accessible initially. This is because all directories for each user must be created by the storage
administrator. This can be accomplished with a script (user‐created script), batch file, or PowerShell
cmdlet that is written by the storage administrator. Alternatively, the storage administrator can manually
create these folders. This is to provide stricter access controls to the storage administrator. The storage
administrator can decide whether some or all of the users will be given a home share.
Configuring CIFS Home Shares
Enable CIFS home shares to create a share per client that is limited to that client.
1. Create a CIFS share that is the root of all the users’ folders.
For example, create a CIFS share named users, at directory /users.
2. Give ownership of the CIFS share to the account that will create the folders (either using a user
created script or manually) for each user’s home share.
a) Using Windows Explorer, connect to the CIFS share.
b) In the security setting of the CIFS share, click on Advanced, and change the owner to Domain
Admins, a specific Domain Administrator, or a FluidFS cluster administrator account.
c) Disconnect from the CIFS share and reconnect to it as the account that has ownership of it, as
previously set in step (b).
3. Create a CIFS share containing a user‐based directory tree.
a) Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.
b) Click the All CIFS Shares tab on the top.
c) In the Home Shares pane, click .
d) Click Modify Home Shares Policy.
The Modify Home Shares Policy dialog box appears.
e) Click Enable home shares.
The home shares details are displayed.
f) Click the […] button to the right of the NAS volume field.
The NAS Volume Browser opens.
g) Select the NAS volume on which the CIFS home shares are located and click OK.
h) Click the […] button to the right of the Initial path field.
The Folder Browser opens.
i) Browse to the path created in step (1), for example /users, and click OK.
j) Select the template for the users’ home folders:
* Initial path, domain name, and user name
* Initial path and user name
k) Click OK.
4. Using Windows Explorer, for each user to whom you want to assign a home share, create a folder
that conforms to the Folder Template you selected in step (h).
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