Administrator Guide
CAUTION: Any data stored on the PCIe SSDs will be lost when selected to be used as cache devices.
9. Click Next. The Select Storage Centers page appears.
10. Select one or more Storage Centers to include in the Fluid Cache Cluster and click Finish.
NOTE: You must have Administrator credentials for the Storage Center in order to add it to a Fluid Cache cluster.
11. Add a volume to the cluster.
12. Click Finish.
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Add a Volume to a Fluid Cache Cluster
Storage Center Administration
Delete a Fluid Cache Cluster
Use Storage Manager to completely delete a Fluid Cache cluster you no longer want to manage. This will delete all conguration of
the cluster so that the individual resources of the cluster are freed for other purposes.
1. Remove the volume mapped to the cluster.
2. Delete the cluster.
a. Click the Storage view.
b. In the Storage pane, expand Fluid Cache Clusters if necessary and select the Fluid Cache cluster.
c. In the Summary tab, click Delete. The Delete Fluid Cache Cluster dialog box appears.
d. Click OK.
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Remove a Cache Server from a Fluid Cache Cluster
Remove a Fluid Cache Cluster
Use Storage Manager to remove a Fluid Cache cluster you want to manage through a dierent Data Collector. This will disconnect
the cluster from the current
Data Collector while keeping the cluster intact so that it can be added to a dierent Data Collector.
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, expand Fluid Cache Clusters if necessary and select the Fluid Cache cluster.
3. In the Summary tab, click Remove. The Remove Fluid Cache Cluster dialog box appears.
4. Click OK.
Add an Existing Fluid Cache Cluster
Use Storage Manager to add an existing Fluid Cache cluster. This is for an instance when the cluster was created on a dierent Data
Collector and then removed, or if it was removed accidentally.
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select Dell Storage.
3. In the Summary tab, click Congure Fluid Cache Cluster. The Congure 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 congured to use a dierent 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. If the cluster exists, a dialog box appears asking if you want to add this pre-existing Fluid Cache cluster.
5. Click OK.
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