Dell FluidFS Version 5.
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Contents About This Guide......................................................................................................4 Revision History..................................................................................................................................... 4 Related Documentation........................................................................................................................4 Documents Intended for Dell Customers...................................................
Preface About This Guide The Dell FluidFS Version 5.0 FS8600 Appliance Firmware Update Guide provides information about updating the software on a Dell FS8600 FluidFS cluster. The document describes how to update the FluidFS software from version 4.0 to version 5.0 and also includes a list of related documentation. Revision History Document number: 680-112-001 Table 1. Revision History Revision Date Description A Initial release of FluidFS version 5.
• Dell FS8600 Appliance Service Guide – Provides information about FS8600 appliance hardware, system component replacement, and system troubleshooting. • Dell NAS Appliance SFP+ Replacement Procedure – Provides information about replacing SFP+ transceivers on an inactive system. • Dell FluidFS FS8600 Appliance 1Gb to 10Gb Upgrade Procedure – Provides information about upgrading a Fibre Channel FS8600 appliance from 1Gb Ethernet client connectivity to 10Gb Ethernet client connectivity.
Updating FluidFS Software on FS8600 Appliances This section provides information that you need to update the FluidFS software on your FS8600 cluster. The section contains the following topics: • Supported update paths • Update considerations • Pre-update tasks • Update instructions • Post-update tasks Supported Update Paths For the supported update paths to FluidFS version 5.0, see the Dell Fluid File System Version 5 Support Matrix. This matrix is available from dell.com/support.
– . – .. – .snapshots – acl_stream – cifs – smb – int_mnt – unified – Any name starting with locker_ • Make sure local groups do not have the names in the following list. These names are reserved for internal FluidFS cluster functions. – Backup Operators – Local Users – nobody_group – Users • Make sure all the defined DNS servers are accessible using ping and dig (DNS lookup utility).
rule is enabled, use Enterprise Manager to automatically download the service pack from SupportAssist. Right-click the cluster name, then select Actions → Check for Upgrade. • Request an FTP link from Dell Technical Support, manually download the service pack, and use FTP to upload the service pack to the FS8600 cluster. NOTE: When you upload a FluidFS ISO file to the FTP folder, it will disappear from the FTP folder after a few minutes.
