Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Pre-Deployment Requirements

IP Addresses and Network Infrastructure

Reserve IP addresses for the FluidFS cluster and record relevant network infrastructure information.

■	Prerequisite
□	IP addresses reserved for the FluidFS cluster on the client network Two controller IP addresses for each appliance (one for each controller) Client VIPs (virtual IPs): Minimum – One client VIP for each cluster Flat network recommendation – One client VIP for each cluster Routed network recommendation – One client VIP for each FS8600 client network port
□	(iSCSI only) Four IP addresses reserved on the iSCSI SAN network for each appliance (two for each controller)
□	Network resource information for FluidFS cluster configuration Client network default gateway IP address (Optional) DNS server IP addresses (Optional) NTP server host name or IP addresses (Optional) Active Directory FQDN and administrator credentials to join domain or OU in a domain. (Optional) LDAP server host name or IP addresses (Optional) NIS server host name or IP addresses (Optional) NDMP DMA server IP addresses (Optional) Antivirus server host names or IP addresses