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NAS Cluster Post-Setup Tasks, Validation Failure, Format Failure

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• If the SAN network failed, the Modify SAN network page opens. • If the client network failed, the Modify client network page opens. You can change any of the settings that were not already stored in the system on these pages. Click OK to accept your changes. Click Retry. If the network configuration fails again, contact your customer support representative. Validation Failure Description: You see a system validation error or similar error message. NOTE: If you are using the minimum network configuration (not supported for production environments), ignore this error and click Continue to resume the NAS cluster configuration. If you are using the recommended network configuration, click the error message to display details. For example: • Disconnected cable Verify the cable connections for your hardware configuration. • HW mismatch error Contact your customer service representative. • BPS error Check the BPS connectivity to the power grid and to the NAS controllers. Then, click Retry. If the validation fails again, contact your customer support representative. • IPMI error NOTE: For the FluidFS 7500 only, ensure that the IPMI port (lower-left corner of the NAS controller back panel) is connected to the SAN switch stack. Then, click Retry. If the validation fails again, contact your customer support representative. • Network error Follow the recommendations above for handling a network configuration failure and ensure that the switches are configured for jumbo frames. Click Retry. If the validation fails again, contact your customer support representative. Format Failure If you experience a failure during the format operation: 1. Click Volumes in the lower-left corner of the Group Manager window. 2. Expand Volumes in the tree, select a NAS volume (the NAS volume name is prepended with the NAS cluster name), and then click the Access tab. 3. Repeat this task for each NAS volume. Each NAS controller should have one or four iSCSI connections to each NAS volume, depending on the number of SAN access IP addresses that you specified for each NAS controller. 4. If you do not see the required number of connections, check all your network connections. 5. Click Retry. If the format operation fails again, contact your customer support representative. NAS Cluster Post-Setup Tasks After you configure a NAS cluster, perform these tasks: • Review NAS cluster information. This information includes status, space utilization, member information, and network configuration. • Add NAS cluster IP addresses. If the NAS cluster client network is a routed network, you can modify the client network configuration and add more NAS cluster IP addresses for proper load balancing across multiple client subnets. • Configure local users and groups to control access to SMB shares, SMB home shares, and NFS exports. The NAS cluster authenticates local users and groups. NAS Cluster Operations 167

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If the SAN network failed, the
Modify SAN network
page opens.
•
If the client network failed, the
Modify client network
page opens.
You can change any of the settings that were not already stored in the system on these pages. Click
OK
to accept your changes.
Click
Retry
. If the network
configuration
fails again, contact your customer support representative.
Validation Failure
Description
: You see a
system validation error
or similar error message.
NOTE: If you are using the minimum network
configuration
(not supported for production environments), ignore this
error and click Continue to resume the NAS cluster
configuration.
If you are using the recommended network
configuration,
click the error message to display details. For example:
•
Disconnected cable
Verify the cable connections for your hardware
configuration.
•
HW mismatch error
Contact your customer service representative.
•
BPS error
Check the BPS connectivity to the power grid and to the NAS controllers. Then, click
Retry
. If the validation fails again, contact
your customer support representative.
•
IPMI error
NOTE: For the FluidFS 7500 only, ensure that the IPMI port (lower-left corner of the NAS controller back panel) is
connected to the SAN switch stack. Then, click Retry. If the validation fails again, contact your customer support
representative.
•
Network error
Follow the recommendations above for handling a network
configuration
failure and ensure that the switches are
configured
for
jumbo frames.
Click
Retry
. If the validation fails again, contact your customer support representative.
Format Failure
If you experience a failure during the format operation:
1.
Click
Volumes
in the lower-left corner of the Group Manager window.
2.
Expand
Volumes
in the tree, select a NAS volume (the NAS volume name is prepended with the NAS cluster name), and then
click the
Access
tab.
3.
Repeat this task for each NAS volume. Each NAS controller should have one or four iSCSI connections to each NAS volume,
depending on the number of SAN access IP addresses that you
specified
for each NAS controller.
4.
If you do not see the required number of connections, check all your network connections.
5.
Click
Retry
. If the format operation fails again, contact your customer support representative.
NAS Cluster Post-Setup Tasks
After you
configure
a NAS cluster, perform these tasks:
•
Review NAS cluster information.
This information includes status, space utilization, member information, and network
configuration.
•
Add NAS cluster IP addresses.
If the NAS cluster client network is a routed network, you can modify the client network
configuration
and add more NAS cluster
IP addresses for proper load balancing across multiple client subnets.
•
Configure
local users and groups to control access to SMB shares, SMB home shares, and NFS exports.
The NAS cluster authenticates local users and groups.
NAS Cluster Operations
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