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5. Click OK.

NOTE: Some decreased performance will be experienced.

Take a Fluid Cache Cluster Out of Maintenance Mode

Use Storage Manager to disable maintenance mode on a Fluid Cache cluster.

1. Click the Storage view.

2. In the Storage pane, expand Fluid Cache Clusters if necessary and select the Fluid Cache cluster.

3. Click Edit Settings. The Edit Settings dialog box appears.

4. Clear Maintenance Mode. The Disable Maintenance Mode [ cluster name ] dialog box appears.

5. Click OK.

Shut Down a Fluid Cache Cluster

Use Storage Manager to shut down a Fluid Cache cluster.

1. Click the Storage view.

2. In the Storage pane, expand Fluid Cache Clusters if necessary and select the Fluid Cache cluster.

3. Click Shutdown. The Shutdown dialog box appears.

4. Click Yes.

CAUTION: All cached volumes and their data become inaccessible when the Fluid Cache cluster is shut down, unless

they're remapped to another cluster rst.

If you do not remap the volumes before shutting down, call Dell Technical Support for help remapping a shut down cluster.

NOTE: Volumes mapped to a Fluid Cache cluster that's been shut down can't be remapped anywhere other than a

Fluid Cache cluster.

Create a Sub-Cluster

Use Storage Manager to map a volume to a group of Fluid Cache servers to support a shared data application such as a cluster le

system or clustered application.

About this task

NOTE: Performance may be reduced if running a non-clustered application on a sub-cluster.

Steps

1. Click the Storage view.

2. In the Storage pane, expand Storage Center if necessary and select the Storage Center that is mapped to the existing Fluid

Cache cluster.

3. In the Storage tab, expand Servers, select a Fluid Cache cluster and click Create Server Cluster. The Create Server Cluster

dialog box appears.

4. (Optional) Change the Name from the default and add any notes.

5. Select the check box next to servers to be included in the cluster or click Select All to include all listed servers. (Click Unselect

All to deselect all servers again.)

6. Click OK.