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Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Attach a NAS Controller

Attach a new NAS controller when replacing an existing NAS controller. After it is attached, the new NAS controller inherits the FluidFS cluster configuration settings of the existing NAS controller.

Prerequisites

Verify that the NAS controller being attached is in standby mode and powered on. A NAS controller is on and in standby mode if the power LED is flashing green at around two flashes per second.

Steps

  1. In the Storage view, select a FluidFS cluster.
  2. Click the Hardware tab.
  3. In the Hardware view, expand Appliances to select an appliance ID and a NAS controller ID.
  4. Click Attach.
    The Attach dialog box opens.
  5. Click OK.
    The Attach dialog box displays the progress of the attach process . If you close the dialog box, the process will continue to run in the background.

    The NAS controller is attached when the state of the NAS controller changes to Formatted. (Click the System tab→ AppliancesController to display the state of the controller.)

  6. (Fibre Channel only) After the attach operation completes, record the new WWNs and manually update fabric zoning on the Fibre Channel switch.

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