Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
Change the VLAN Tag for an iSCSI Fabric
Change the VLAN tag for an iSCSI fabric. When a VLAN spans multiple switches, the VLAN tag specifies which ports and
interfaces to send broadcast packets to.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the NAS Pool tab.
3. Click the Network tab.
4. In the iSCSI Fabrics panel, select an appliance and then click Edit Settings. The Modify Settings for Fabric SAN dialog
box opens.
5. In the VLAN Tag field, type the new VLAN tag for the iSCSI fabric.
6. Click OK.
Change the NAS Controller IP Addresses for an iSCSI Fabric
Change the NAS controller IP addresses for an iSCSI fabric.
Steps
1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the Network tab.
3. In the iSCSI Fabrics panel, select an appliance and then click Edit Settings. The Modify Settings for Fabric SAN dialog
box opens.
4. Select a controller from the list of controllers and then click Edit Settings. The Edit Controller IP Address dialog box
opens.
5. In the IP Address field, type in the address for the controller and then click OK to close the Edit dialog box.
6. Click OK.
FluidFS Account Management and Authentication
This section contains information about managing FluidFS cluster accounts and authentication. These tasks are performed using
the Storage Manager Client.
Account Management and Authentication
FluidFS clusters include two types of access:
Administrator-level access for FluidFS cluster management
Client-level access to SMB shares, NFS exports, and FTP folder
Administrator accounts control administrator-level access. Users and groups control client-level access to SMB shares and NFS
exports.
The FluidFS cluster supports administrator-level and client-level authentication for both local and remote users and groups:
Local users and groups User and group identities defined and managed on and by the FluidFS system. Local
management is useful when you have only a limited number of users and groups. In addition, authentication does not depend
on external servers.
External users and groups User and group identities defined and managed on and by an external repository. External
management is useful when managing access of many users and groups to many different resources, but depends on the
availability of the external database. FluidFS supports the following external identity repositories:
Active Directory Configure the FluidFS cluster to access an Active Directory database to authenticate Windows
users.
NOTE: Active Directory can also be used as an LDAP database for UNIX/Linux users.
NIS or LDAP Configure the FluidFS cluster to access an NIS or LDAP database to authenticate UNIX and Linux users.
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