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
place in a FluidFS cluster, or between a specified pair of replication partners. You can pause replication
only from the source FluidFS cluster.
1. Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.
2. Click the All NAS Volumestab on the top.
3. In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume whose replication schedule you
want to delete.
4. Click View Details.
5. Click the Replication tab on the top.
6. In the Replication Scheduling pane, click .
7. Click Disable.
The Disable Replication dialog box appears.
8. Click OK.
Resuming Replication
When you resume replication, any replication operations that were in progress at the time the operation
was disabled will resume. In addition, any replication schedules will resume at their next scheduled time.
Replication may be resumed for individual NAS volumes, but you cannot resume all in‐progress
replication operations taking place in a FluidFS cluster, or between a specified pair of replication partners.
You can resume replication only from the source FluidFS cluster.
1. Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.
2. Click the All NAS Volumestab on the top.
3. In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume whose replication schedule you
want to resume.
4. Click View Details.
5. Click the Replication tab on the top.
6. In the Replication Scheduling pane, click .
7. Click Enable.
The Enable Replication dialog box appears.
8. Click OK.
Monitoring Replication Progress
Monitor the progress of all replication operations being processed for the FluidFS cluster.
1. Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.
2. Click the All Replicationstab on the top.
All source and destination volumes are displayed in tables, and their replication status is displayed in
the Status column.
Recovering an Individual NAS Volume
When a NAS volume is defined as a replication target, users may not write to it, as it only replicates
changes made to the replication source volume. If the source volume is down because of a malfunction,
you may want to "promote" the target and "demote" the source; i.e. switch their roles so that the former
target is now the "master" or source. This is so that clients can write to the promoted volume.
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