Administrator Guide

8. (Optional) Congure the remaining FluidFS management subnet attributes as needed. These options are described in the online
help.
• To change the netmask or prex of the network, type a netmask or prex length in the Netmask or Prex Length eld.
• 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 which ports and interfaces to send broadcast packets to.
9. Click OK.
Enable or Disable Secured Management
Enable secured management to exclusively limit management trac to one specic subnet.
Prerequisites
• The subnet on which you enable secured management must exist prior to enabling the secured management feature.
• The FluidFS cluster must be managed by Storage Manager using the subnet on which secured management will be enabled. To
manage the FluidFS cluster on the secured management subnet, remove the FluidFS cluster from Storage Manager and then re-
add the FluidFS cluster to Storage Manager using the secured management subnet management VIP.
About this task
After enabling secured management, if you are connected to Storage Manager through the secured management subnet, your
management session is temporarily interrupted while the change takes eect. During this time the following message is displayed in
Storage Manager:
Communication with the cluster was interrupted in process of issuing a command that performs
modification to the cluster.
After the change takes eect, your management session will resume automatically. Management sessions on all other subnets are
disconnected.
Disable secured management to allow management trac from any subnet.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System panel, expand Environment, select Network, and then click the Management Network tab.
4. In the right pane, click Modify Restriction Settings. The Modify Restriction Settings dialog box appears.
5. Enable or disable secured management.
From the Restriction drop-down menu:
• To enable secured management, select Restricted.
• To disable secured management, select Unrestricted
6. Click OK.
Change the Secured Management Subnet Interface
Change the interface on which the secured management subnet is located.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System panel, expand Environment, select Network, and then click the Management Network tab.
4. In the right pane, click Edit Settings. The Edit FluidFS Cluster Settings dialog box appears.
5. Click Edit FluidFS Management Subnet. The Edit Client Network Settings dialog box appears.
6. From the Interface drop-down menu, select the interface on which the secured management subnet is located.
• Select Admin to use the LOM Ethernet port for physical isolation of management trac. You must also connect a network
cable to the LOM Ethernet port.
• Select Client for subnet-level isolation of management trac.
7. Click OK.
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