Administrator Guide

WARNING: Reinstalling the FluidFS software on all NAS controllers will revert your system to factory defaults. All data on
the FluidFS cluster will be unrecoverable after performing the procedure.
Steps
1. Press and release the recessed power button at the back of the NAS controller to shut down the NAS controller.
NOTE: Power o only the NAS controller on which you are reinstalling the FluidFS software. Do not power o the
remaining NAS controllers. Powering o a NAS controller disconnects client connections while clients are being
transferred to other NAS controllers. Clients will then automatically reconnect to the FluidFS cluster.
2. Press and release the recessed power button at the back of the NAS controller to turn on the NAS controller.
3. When you see the F11 = BIOS Boot Manager prompt, press F11.
4. Select the boot device USB Flash Disk.
5. Select Reinstall Dell FluidFS <FluidFS_release_to_install> .
NOTE: Reinstall the NAS controller to FluidFS version 2.0 only if you are redeploying the NAS controller in a FluidFS
version 2.0 cluster.
6. Conrm the action by typing resetmysystem (version 3.0) or resetmysystem -v2 (version 2.0) and pressing Enter.
7. Once the reinstallation completes, the NAS controller will reboot into standby mode.
8. After reinstalling FluidFS, attach the NAS controller to a FluidFS cluster.
FluidFS Maintenance
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