Administrator Guide

FluidFS System Management for FS Series

Appliances

This section contains information about basic FluidFS cluster system management. These tasks are performed using the Dell Storage

Manager Client

Using the Dell Storage Manager Client or CLI to Connect to the

FluidFS Cluster

As a storage administrator, you can use either the Dell Storage Manager Client or command-line interface (CLI) to connect to and

manage the FluidFS cluster. By default, the FluidFS cluster is accessed through the client network.

Connect to the FluidFS Cluster Using the Dell Storage Manager Client

Log on to the Dell Storage Manager Client to manage the FluidFS cluster.

Prerequisite

The Storage Manager user account must have the Administrator privilege to view, manage, or add FluidFS clusters in the Dell

Storage Manager Client.

Steps

1. Start the Dell Storage Manager Client application. The Dell Storage Manager Client appears.

2. If the Dell Storage Manager Client welcome screen displays, click Log in to a Storage Center or Data Collector.

3. In the User Name eld, type the EM Data Collector user name.

4. In the Password eld, type the EM Data Collector password.

5. In the Host/IP eld, type the host name or IP address of the server that hosts the Data Collector. If the Data Collector and

Client are installed on the same system, you can type localhost instead.

6. If you changed the web server port during installation, type the updated port in the Web Server Port eld.

7. Click Log In. The Dell Storage Manager Client connects to the Data Collector and displays the Storage view, including FluidFS

clusters.

Reconnect to the FluidFS Cluster

If Storage Manager cannot communicate with or log in to a FluidFS cluster, Storage Manager marks the FluidFS cluster as down.

Reconnect to the

FluidFS cluster to provide the updated connectivity information or credentials.

1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.

2. Click the Summary tab.

3. Click Reconnect to FluidFS Cluster. The Reconnect to FluidFS Cluster dialog box appears.

4. In the User Name eld, type the FluidFS cluster administrator user name. The default user name is Administrator.

5. In the Password eld, type the FluidFS cluster administrator password. The default password is Stor@ge!.

6. Click OK.

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