Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Pre-Deployment Requirements

Network Credentials

Make sure the following network credentials are available to complete the deployment successfully.

■	Prerequisite
□	(Fibre Channel only) Credentials to update Fibre Channel zoning
□	(Active Directory only) Site information and credentials to join the FluidFS cluster to Active Directory Any of the following domain users can be used to join the cluster to Active Directory: Domain administrator account (preferred method) Domain account that has been delegated the `join a computer to the domain` privilege and full control over all computer objects in the domain Domain Organizational Unit (OU) administrator account that has been delegated the `join a computer to the domain` privilege and full control over objects within that OU, including computer objects Before joining the FluidFS cluster to the domain, a computer object must be created by the OU administrator for the FluidFS cluster. The FluidFS cluster computer object name and NetBIOS name must match. The FluidFS cluster computer object permissions must be configured to allow the OU administrator account to join it to a domain.
□	(LDAP/NIS only) Site information and credentials to configure LDAP or NIS directory services for the FluidFS cluster
□	(Optional) Credentials to add DNS records for the FluidFS cluster