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Monitoring The FluidFS NAS Solution, Dashboard, Status, Capacity, Current Performance

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2 Monitoring The FluidFS NAS Solution NOTE: The information in this chapter refers to file management using the NAS Manager. Block management and monitoring is done using: • Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Management (MDSM) for the Dell PowerVault NX3500/NX3600/ NX3610 NAS solution • Enterprise Manager for Dell Compellent FS8600 NAS solution You can monitor the status of the NAS solution using the Monitor tab in the NAS Manager. Here, you can view the overall status of the system on the Dashboard page, see the quotas usage report, and receive remote replication job status reports. To access the monitoring pages, click the Monitor tab. By default, the Dashboard page is displayed. Dashboard The Dashboard page displays the status of the entire system in a single view. The Dashboard page includes five realtime and short-term sections: • Status • Capacity • Current Performance • Recent Performance • Load Balancing NOTE: The information in the screen is refreshed automatically every few seconds. NOTE: To view detailed status parameters for each section, in the Dashboard, click each section. Status The Status section displays the system status and a list of hardware components. Each hardware component type displays the total number of components and the number of problematic components. The list includes controllers and their associated NAS appliances. Capacity The Capacity section displays a table and pie chart showing the total net capacity of the Dell Fluid File System. Current Performance The Current Performance section displays the current network throughput. The current network throughput includes data read-write throughput (MBps) and the number of read-write operations per second, per protocol. 17

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Monitoring The FluidFS NAS Solution
NOTE:
The information in this chapter refers to file management using the NAS Manager. Block management and
monitoring is done using:
Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Management
(MDSM) for the Dell PowerVault NX3500/NX3600/
NX3610 NAS solution
Enterprise Manager
for Dell Compellent FS8600 NAS solution
You can monitor the status of the NAS solution using the
Monitor
tab in the NAS Manager. Here, you can view the
overall status of the system on the
Dashboard
page, see the quotas usage report, and receive remote replication job
status reports.
To access the monitoring pages, click the
Monitor
tab. By default, the
Dashboard
page is displayed.
Dashboard
The
Dashboard
page displays the status of the entire system in a single view. The
Dashboard
page includes five real-
time and short-term sections:
Status
Capacity
Current Performance
Recent Performance
Load Balancing
NOTE:
The information in the screen is refreshed automatically every few seconds.
NOTE:
To view detailed status parameters for each section, in the
Dashboard
, click each section.
Status
The
Status
section displays the system status and a list of hardware components. Each hardware component type
displays the total number of components and the number of problematic components. The list includes controllers and
their associated NAS appliances.
Capacity
The
Capacity
section displays a table and pie chart showing the total net capacity of the Dell Fluid File System.
Current Performance
The
Current Performance
section displays the current network throughput. The current network throughput includes
data read-write throughput (MBps) and the number of read-write operations per second, per protocol.
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