Administrator Guide

NOTE: Due to the complexity and precise timing required, schedule a maintenance window to add the NAS appliance(s).
Steps
1. (Directly cabled internal network only) If the FluidFS cluster contains a single NAS appliance, with a direct connection on the
internal network, re-cable the internal network as follows.
a. Cable the new NAS appliance(s) to the internal switch.
b. Remove just one of the internal cables from the original NAS appliance.
c. Connect a cable from each NAS controller port vacated in Step b to the internal switch.
d. Remove the second internal cable from the original NAS appliance.
e. Connect a cable from each NAS controller port vacated in Step d to the internal switch.
2. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
3. Click the Hardware tab.
4. In the Hardware tab navigation pane, select Appliances.
5. In the right pane, click Add Appliances. The Add Appliances wizard appears and displays the Select Appliances to Add page.
6. Select the NAS appliance to add to the FluidFS cluster.
a. In the top pane, select the NAS appliance.
b. Click Add Appliance. The selected NAS appliance is moved to the bottom pane.
c. ClickNext.
7. (iSCSI only) Complete the Congure IP Addresses for NAS Controller iSCSI HBAs page to congure the IP addresses for
SAN / eth30.
a. Select a NAS controller and click Edit Settings. The Edit Controller IP Address dialog box appears.
b. In the IP Address eld, type an IP address for the NAS controller.
c. Click OK. Repeat the preceding steps for each NAS controller.
d. To specify a VLAN tag, type a VLAN tag in the VLAN Tag eld. When a VLAN spans multiple switches, the VLAN tag is
used to specify to which ports and interfaces to send broadcast packets.
e. Click Next.
8. (iSCSI only) Complete the Congure IP Addresses for NAS Controller iSCSI HBAs page to congure the IP addresses for
SANb / eth31.
a. Select a NAS controller and click Edit Settings. The Edit Controller IP Address dialog box appears.
b. In the IP Address eld, type an IP address for the NAS controller.
c. Click OK. Repeat the preceding steps for each NAS controller.
d. To specify a VLAN tag, type a VLAN tag in the VLAN Tag eld. When a VLAN spans multiple switches, the VLAN tag is
used to specify to which ports and interfaces to send broadcast packets.
e. Click Next. The Congure Client Network page displays.
9. If needed, add additional client VIPs through which the clients will access SMB shares and NFS exports.
a. In the Virtual IP Addresses area, click Add. The Add Client IP Address dialog box appears.
b. In the IP Address eld, type a client VIP IP address.
c. Click OK.
10. Add an IP address for each new NAS controller. Repeat the following steps for each NAS controller.
a. Select a NAS controller and click Edit Settings. The Edit Controller IP Address dialog box appears.
b. In the IP Address eld, type an IP address for the NAS controller.
c. Click OK.
11. (Optional) Congure the remaining client network attributes as needed.
• To change the netmask of the client network, type a new netmask in the Netmask eld.
• To specify a VLAN tag, type a VLAN tag in the VLAN Tag eld.
12. Click Next. After you are nished conguring each client network, the Connectivity Report page displays.
NOTE: Adding the appliance to the cluster can take approximately 15 minutes.
13. Use the Connectivity Report page to verify connectivity between the FluidFS cluster and the Storage Center. The NAS
controller ports must show the status Up before you can complete the wizard. If you click Finish and the NAS controller ports
do not have the status Up, an error will be displayed.
• For iSCSI NAS appliances, when the Connectivity Report initially appears, iSCSI logins might still be occurring in the
background, causing some or all of the FluidFS cluster iSCSI initiators to show the status Not Found/Disconnected. If this
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