Dell FluidFS V3 NAS Solutions For PowerVault NX3500, NX3600, And NX3610 Administrator's Guide Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright © 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell™ and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. 2014 - 01 Rev. A02 Contents 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................. 11 How PowerVault FluidFS NAS Works ................................................................................................. 11 FluidFS Terminology............................................................................................................................ 11 Key Features Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems.................................................................................... 12 Overview Of PowerVault FluidFS Systems..........................................................................................13 Internal Cache............................................................................................................................... 14 Internal Backup Power Supply...................................................................................................... 14 Internal Storage............................................................................................................................. 14 PowerVault FluidFS Architecture........................................................................................................ 14 Client/LAN Network.......................................................................................................................15 MD System..................................................................................................................................... 16 SAN Network..................................................................................................................................16 Internal Network............................................................................................................................16 Data Caching And Redundancy..........................................................................................................16 File Metadata Protection..................................................................................................................... 16 High Availability And Load Balancing..................................................................................................17 Failure Scenarios............................................................................................................................ 17 Ports Used by the FluidFS System.......................................................................................................18 Required Ports............................................................................................................................... 18 Feature-Specific Ports...................................................................................................................18 Other Information You May Need...................................................................................................... 19 2 Upgrading to FluidFS Version 3...........................................................................21 Supported Upgrade Paths................................................................................................................... 21 FluidFS V2 and FluidFS V3 Feature and Configuration Comparison................................................. 21 Performing Pre-Upgrade Tasks..........................................................................................................24 Upgrading from FluidFS Version 2.0 to 3.0 .......................................................................................25 3 FluidFS Manager User Interface Overview.......................................................29 FluidFS Manager Layout......................................................................................................................29 Navigating Views.................................................................................................................................29 Working With Panes, Menus, And Dialogs......................................................................................... 30 Showing And Hiding Panes...........................................................................................................30 Opening A Pane Menu..................................................................................................................30 Opening A Table Element Menu.................................................................................................. 30 Changing Settings Within A Dialog............................................................................................... 31 Accessing NAS Volume SubTopics.....................................................................................................32 Working With The Event Log.............................................................................................................. 32 Viewing The Event Log..................................................................................................................32 Viewing Event Details.................................................................................................................... 33 Sorting The Event Log...................................................................................................................33 Searching the Event Log............................................................................................................... 33 4 FluidFS 3.0 System Management........................................................................35 Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster .................................................................................................... 35 Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster Using the FluidFS Manager Web Client............................... 35 Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster CLI Using a VGA Console.....................................................35 Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster CLI through SSH Using a Password.....................................36 Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster CLI through SSH without Using a Password....................... 36 Managing Secured Management....................................................................................................... 36 Adding a Secured Management Subnet ...................................................................................... 37 Changing the Netmask for the Secured Management Subnet .................................................. 38 Changing the VLAN ID for the Secured Management Subnet ...................................................38 Changing the VIP for the Secured Management Subnet............................................................ 38 Changing the NAS Controller IP Addresses for the Secured Management Subnet................... 39 Deleting the Secured Management Subnet ................................................................................ 39 Enabling Secured Management ...................................................................................................39 Disabling Secured Management ..................................................................................................40 Managing the FluidFS Cluster Name .................................................................................................40 Viewing the FluidFS Cluster Name............................................................................................... 40 Renaming the FluidFS Cluster...................................................................................................... 40 Managing Licensing ............................................................................................................................41 Viewing License Information ........................................................................................................41 Accepting the End-User License Agreement .............................................................................. 41 Managing the System Time ................................................................................................................41 Viewing the Time Zone................................................................................................................. 41 Setting the Time Zone...................................................................................................................42 Viewing the Time ..........................................................................................................................42 Setting the Time Manually............................................................................................................ 42 Viewing the NTP Servers 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