Administrator Guide

Managing Service Packs
The FluidFS cluster uses a service pack methodology to upgrade the FluidFS software. Service packs are cumulative, meaning that
each service pack includes all xes and enhancements provided in earlier service packs.
View the Upgrade History
View a list of service pack upgrades that have been installed on the FluidFS cluster.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, select Maintenance.
4. In the right pane, click the Software Versions tab. The upgrade history for the FluidFS cluster is displayed.
Receive Email Notications for Available Upgrades
Storage Manager can send an email to notify you when a FluidFS service pack upgrade is available. Storage Manager will send only
one alert email for every 24 hour period.
Prerequisite
Storage Manager must be congured to send diagnostic data using Dell SupportAssist.
Steps
1. Congure the SMTP settings for the Data Collector.
a. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit Data Collector Settings. The Edit Data Collector Settings
dialog box appears.
b. Click the SMTP Server tab.
c. In the From Email Address eld, enter the email address to display as the sender of emails from the Data Collector.
d. In the Host or IP Address eld, enter the host name or IP address of the SMTP server.
e. If the port number of the SMTP server is not 25, enter the correct port number in the Port eld.
f. If the SMTP server requires authentication, select the Authentication check box, then enter the username and password in
the SMTP User Name and SMTP User Password elds.
g. Click OK.
2. Congure an email address for your Storage Manager user account.
a. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The General tab of the Edit User Settings
dialog box appears.
b. Enter the email address of the current user in the Email Address eld.
c. Select the format for emails to the current user from the Email Format drop-down menu.
d. To send a test message to the email address, click Test Email and click OK.
e. Verify that the test message is sent to the specied email address.
f. Click OK.
3. Congure email notications for the New Data Collector event to receive email notications for available FluidFS service pack
upgrades.
a. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box appears.
b. Click the Manage Events tab.
c. Select the check box for the New Data Collector event.
d. Click OK.
Install a Service Pack to Update the FluidFS Software
Use the Upgrade FluidFS Cluster wizard to update the FluidFS software. Each FluidFS service pack le is downloaded only once
and cached locally on the Storage Manager Data Collector at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Compellent Technologies\Compellent
Enterprise Manager\msaservice\etc\appupgrades
. The same service pack le is used to update each FluidFS cluster, but only one
FluidFS cluster can be updated at a time.
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