Dell PowerStore Configuring SMB

Create a Fail-Safe Network

1. Select Hardware > [Appliance] > Ports.
2. If you plan to use aggregated links for the FSN, first create the Link Aggregation Groups. For details, see Create LACP bonds for NAS traffic.
3. From the list, select two ports or two link aggregations, or a combination of a port and a link aggregation group that you want to use for the FSN on node A and select FSN > Create FSN.
4. In the Create FSN panel, select which ports or link aggregation to use as the primary (active) network.
   NOTE:The primary port cannot be modified once it is used to create a NAS server.
5. Optionally, add a description of the Fail-Safe Network.
6. Click Create.
   PowerStore Manager automatically creates a name for the Fail-Safe Network using the format: "BaseEnclosure-<Node>-fsn<nextLACPbondcreated>"

   • BaseEnclosure is constant.
   • Node is the node that is displayed in the Node-Module-Name list.
   • nextLACPbondcreated is a numeral value that is determined by the order in which the bond was created in PowerStore Manager, starting with zero for the first created bond.
   The first FSN created in PowerStore Manager on node A would be named BaseEnclosure-NodeA-FSN0.
   The same FSN is configured on the opposite node. For example, if you configured the FSN on node A, the same FSN would be configured on node B.
7. Create a NAS server with the Fail-Safe Network.
   The Fail-Safe Network is applied to the NAS server while creating the NAS server in PowerStore Manager. See Create NAS server for SMB file systems.