Administrator Guide

Monitoring a Storage Center Controller....................................................................................................................324
Monitoring a Storage Center Disk Enclosure............................................................................................................ 326
Monitoring SSD Endurance...................................................................................................................................... 328
Viewing UPS Status.................................................................................................................................................330
12 SMI-S.........................................................................................................................331
Dell SMI-S Provider.........................................................................................................................................................331
Supported Management Solutions............................................................................................................................331
Supported SMI-S 1.6 Proles.................................................................................................................................... 331
Setting Up SMI-S...........................................................................................................................................................332
Verify SMI-S Prerequisites....................................................................................................................................... 332
Enable SMI-S for the Data Collector........................................................................................................................ 332
Using the Dell SMI-S Provider with Microsoft SCVMM 2012......................................................................................... 332
Verify SCVMM 2012 Prerequisites............................................................................................................................333
Limitations for SCVMM 2012................................................................................................................................... 333
Modify the SCVMM 2012 Management Server Registry to Allow HTTPS............................................................... 333
Prepare the SCVMM 2012 Server for Indications.....................................................................................................334
Use SCVMM 2012 to Discover the Dell SMI-S Provider...........................................................................................334
Part III: FluidFS v6 Cluster Management........................................................................ 337
13 How FS8x00 Scale-Out NAS Works.......................................................................... 339
FS8x00 Scale-Out NAS Terminology..............................................................................................................................339
Key Features of the Scale-Out NAS...............................................................................................................................340
Overview of the FS8x00 Hardware................................................................................................................................342
Internal Backup Power Supply..................................................................................................................................342
Internal Storage........................................................................................................................................................342
Internal Cache..........................................................................................................................................................342
Overview of the FS8600 Architecture........................................................................................................................... 342
Storage Center.........................................................................................................................................................343
SAN Network...........................................................................................................................................................343
Internal Network...................................................................................................................................................... 343
LAN/Client Network................................................................................................................................................ 343
Data Caching and Redundancy...................................................................................................................................... 344
File Metadata Protection................................................................................................................................................344
Load Balancing and High Availability...............................................................................................................................344
Failure Scenarios...................................................................................................................................................... 344
Ports Used by the FluidFS Cluster................................................................................................................................. 345
14 FluidFS System Management for FS Series Appliances............................................. 347
NAS Access................................................................................................................................................................... 347
Management Access......................................................................................................................................................347
Seamless Session Failover..............................................................................................................................................347
View Open Files........................................................................................................................................................347
Filter Open Files........................................................................................................................................................347
Using the Dell Storage Manager Client or CLI to Connect to the FluidFS Cluster...........................................................348
Connect to the FluidFS Cluster Using the Dell Storage Manager Client................................................................... 348
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