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Dell FluidFS V3 NAS Solutions For PowerVault NX3500, NX3600, And NX3610Administrator's Guide

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Detaching a NAS Controller

Detach a NAS controller only if the NAS controller needs to be replaced with a new NAS controller. After you detach a NAS controller, it resets to its factory defaults and powers off, if possible. Otherwise, you must reinstall the FluidFS software to reset the NAS controller to its factory defaults.

Only one NAS controller at a time can be detached in a NAS appliance. Detaching a NAS controller disconnects client connections while clients are being transferred to other NAS controllers. Clients will then automatically reconnect to the FluidFS cluster. While a NAS controller is detached from the FluidFS cluster, CIFS shares and NFS exports remain available (although performance might decrease because data is no longer cached); however, most FluidFS cluster configuration changes are not allowed.

  • CAUTION: Only detach a NAS controller under the direction of Dell Technical Support Services.
  1. Click the Hardware tab on the left.
  2. Click the NAS Appliances tab on the top.
  3. In the Overview pane, click Settings icon. in the row of the NAS appliance whose controller you want to detach.
  4. Click Detach. The Detach NAS Controller dialog box appears.
  5. In the NAS controller dropdown, select the controller you want to detach.
  6. Click OK. The progress of the detach process is displayed in the Detach dialog box. If you close the dialog box, the process will continue to run in the background. The NAS controller is detached when the NAS controller State changes to Detached.

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