Administrator Guide

Internal Backup Power Supply................................................................................................................................. 506
Internal Storage....................................................................................................................................................... 506
Internal Cache..........................................................................................................................................................506
Overview of the FS8600 Architecture...........................................................................................................................506
Storage Center.........................................................................................................................................................507
SAN Network...........................................................................................................................................................507
Internal Network...................................................................................................................................................... 507
LAN/Client Network................................................................................................................................................ 507
Data Caching and Redundancy...................................................................................................................................... 508
File Metadata Protection................................................................................................................................................508
Load Balancing and High Availability...............................................................................................................................508
Failure Scenarios......................................................................................................................................................508
24 FluidFS System Management for FS Series Appliances.............................................. 511
Using the Dell Storage Manager Client or CLI to Connect to the FluidFS Cluster............................................................ 511
Connect to the FluidFS Cluster Using the Dell Storage Manager Client.....................................................................511
Reconnect to the FluidFS Cluster..............................................................................................................................511
Connect to the FluidFS Cluster CLI Using a VGA Console........................................................................................ 512
Connect to the FluidFS Cluster CLI Through SSH Using a Password........................................................................512
Connect to the FluidFS Cluster CLI Using SSH Key Authentication.......................................................................... 512
Managing Secured Management.................................................................................................................................... 513
Add a Secured Management Subnet........................................................................................................................ 513
Enable or Disable Secured Management...................................................................................................................514
Change the Secured Management Subnet Interface................................................................................................ 514
Change the Netmask or Prex for the Secured Management Subnet...................................................................... 515
Change the VLAN Tag for the Secured Management Subnet...................................................................................515
Change the VIPs for the Secured Management Subnet........................................................................................... 515
Change the NAS Controller IP Addresses for the Secured Management Subnet......................................................515
Delete the Secured Management Subnet................................................................................................................. 516
Managing the FluidFS Cluster Name...............................................................................................................................516
View the FluidFS Cluster Name................................................................................................................................ 516
Rename the FluidFS Cluster......................................................................................................................................516
Managing Licensing.........................................................................................................................................................517
View License Information.......................................................................................................................................... 517
Accept the End-User License Agreement................................................................................................................. 517
Managing the System Time.............................................................................................................................................517
View or Set the Time Zone Using FluidFS v5 or Earlier............................................................................................. 517
Managing the FTP Server...............................................................................................................................................519
Access the FTP Server.............................................................................................................................................519
Enable or Disable the FTP Server............................................................................................................................. 519
Managing SNMP............................................................................................................................................................ 519
Obtain SNMP MIBs and Traps................................................................................................................................. 520
Change the SNMP Read-only Community...............................................................................................................520
Change the SNMP Trap System Location or Contact.............................................................................................. 520
Add or Remove SNMP Trap Recipients.....................................................................................................................521
Enable or Disable SNMP Traps..................................................................................................................................521
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