Dell Fluid File System Version 5.0 Support Matrix

Introduction

FluidFS version 5.0.400014 supports FS8600 systems.

Table 1. Glossary of Terms
Term	Definition
FluidFS (FluidFS firmware)	A special-purpose, Dell-proprietary operating system providing enterprise-class NAS services using SAN storage systems
FluidFS controller	A Dell hardware device capable of running the FluidFS firmware
NAS (FluidFS) appliance	A Dell hardware product containing two FluidFS controllers in a single enclosure
FluidFS system / cluster	Multiple FluidFS controllers appropriately connected and configured together into a single functional unit
NAS pool	The Storage Center system LUNs (and their aggregate size) allocated and provisioned to a FluidFS system
NAS volume	File system (single-rooted directory/folder and file hierarchy), defined using FluidFS management functions over a portion of the NAS pool
SMB share	A file system sub-hierarchy available to SMB clients via the SMB protocol
NFS export	A file system sub-hierarchy available to NFS clients via the NFS protocol