Discovering Controllers And Configuring A Nas Cluster - Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Series Installation And Setup Manual

Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Installation and Setup Guide
Do not use duplicate IP addresses for the client, SAN, or internal network. The installation will fail if
duplicate IP addresses are present.
Do not use the same subnet for the internal network and the client network. However, you can optionally
use the same switch and VLANs as the SAN network; you do not need to create separate VLANs.
Network Configuration Information
NAS cluster name
Client network
NAS cluster IP address
Netmask
Default gateway
Controller IP addresses for the client network (one IP address for each controller)
Controller 0
Controller 1
Controller 2
Controller 3
Group IP address
SAN access
NAS cluster
management IP address
Controller IP address for SAN access (four IP addresses for each controller)
Controller 0
Controller 1
Controller 2
Controller 3
IP address block size
Internal network
Initial IP address

Discovering Controllers and Configuring a NAS Cluster

1. In the Group Manager GUI Activities panel, click
2. In the Discover Devices dialog box, select the service tag for each NAS appliance that you want to include
in the NAS cluster. Make sure that
• Make sure the appliance has both NAS controllers installed. After being configured into a NAS cluster,
an appliance appears in Group Manager as a NAS member.
• If all the expected devices do not appear in the Discover Devices dialog box, click
expected devices still do not appear, make sure each controller is correctly connected to the networks.
3. Click
Configure NAS Cluster
wizard.
Each step in the wizard has online help available if you need assistance.
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Table 9: NAS Cluster Initial Network Configuration
appears in the
NAS
in the Discover Devices dialog box to start the Configure NAS Cluster
.
Discover NAS devices
column for the device.
Product
5 NAS Cluster Configuration
. If the
Rediscover