Administrator Guide

Privilege Fluid Cache Cluster Function
Reporter Can only get data from the Data Collector. It cannot congure or
modify the Fluid Cache cluster
Adding, Deleting, and Removing Fluid Cache Clusters
The following tasks describe how to add Fluid Cache clusters and how to remove them.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Create a Fluid Cache Cluster
Use Storage Manager to create a Fluid Cache cluster.
Prerequisites
• At least one cache server must be installed, cabled, and able to communicate with a Storage Center.
– To make the cluster fully redundant, use at least three servers.
– To use write-back caching, at least two cache devices must be present in the cluster and installed in separate servers.
– To use write-through caching, at least one cache device must be present in the cluster.
• Your Storage Manager user account must have the Administrator or Volume Manager privilege. In addition, you must have admin
(root) access to at least one of the cache servers.
• The Fluid Cache license le must reside on the system running the Dell Storage Manager Client and is used to create the cluster,
or a share available to it.
• At least one Storage Center must be added to Storage Manager.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select Dell Storage.
3. In the Summary tab, click Congure Fluid Cache Cluster. The Congure Fluid Cache Cluster wizard appears and displays the
Discover Fluid Cache Servers page.
4. Complete the Discover Fluid Cache Servers page.
a. In the Host or IP Address eld, type the management host name or IP address of any available cache server.
b. The Port eld is auto-populated with the default Fluid Cache communication port; change only if the Fluid Cache Server
software has been congured to use a dierent port.
c. In the User Name eld, type the name of an administrator or root account on the cache server.
d. In the User Password eld, type the password for the cache server administrator or root account.
e. Click Next. The Select Servers page appears.
5. By default, all available servers are selected. Clear the check box next to unwanted cache servers or click Unselect All and
select one or more cache servers to be included. (Click Select All to use all available servers again.)
NOTE: To make the cluster fully redundant, use at least three servers.
6. Click Next. The Cluster Settings page appears.
7. Complete the Cluster Settings page.
a. Enter a name for the cluster in the Name eld.
b. Click Browse next to the License File eld. The Select Fluid Cache License File dialog box appears.
c. Browse to the location of the license le, select the le, and click Save.
d. Verify that the license le and path displayed are correct and click Next. The Select Devices page appears.
8. By default, all available cache devices are selected. Clear the check box next to unwanted cache devices or click Unselect All
and select cache devices to be included. (Click Select All to use all available cache devices again.)
• To use write-back caching, at least two cache devices must be present in the cluster and installed in separate servers.
• To use write-through caching, at least one cache device must be present in the cluster.
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