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Dell PowerStore PowerStore T and Q Networking Guide for Storage Services

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Create NAS networks in PowerStore Manager

Once you have configured the ToR switches for Network Attached Storage (NAS) networks, you must create the NAS networks in PowerStore Manager.

This topic describes how to configure the NAS network in PowerStore Manager. For steps to configure networks for the iSCSI, NVMe/TCP, Replication and Import, or Cluster networks in PowerStore Manager, see Create Storage networks in PowerStore Manager.

NAS services are enabled when you select Unified mode in the PowerStore ManagerInitial Configuration Wizard the first time you create a cluster in PowerStore Manager.

Get the completed Network configuration worksheet for NAS storage services.

The following Network configuration worksheet for NAS storage services has been completed with the resources that are used in this guide for NAS networks. If you did not configure the Top-of-Rack switches with the resources that are used in this guide, complete a new Network configuration worksheet for NAS storage services with the information relevant to your environment. To download a blank worksheet, see the Network configuration worksheet for NAS storage service (blank).

NAS networks are configured while creating a NAS server in PowerStore Manager. You need the following information to set up the NAS network while creating a NAS server. For additional requirements to set up a NAS server and detailed steps see the PowerStore Configuring NFS Guide or the PowerStore Configuring SMB Guide.

NAS networks require that you configure an LACP bond in PowerStore Manager.

Table 1. Network configuration worksheet for NAS storage service (completed)Lists the resources that are reserved in the sample configuration for the NAS networks.
Resource NAS
Network Name NAS_Network
(Optional) VLAN ID

For better security and performance, it is recommended that you specify a unique VLAN ID for each type of network.

If you are deploying into a single VLAN, ensure that you configure a unique subnet for the Management, Storage, and NAS networks.

Use the same VLAN IDs that were used to configure your storage networks on the switch.

500
Netmask/Prefix Length 24
Gateway 192.168.5.1
Network IP addresses

You must reserve a minimum of one IP address for NAS Server production. Optionally, you can reserve additional IP addresses for NAS Server backups.

Production: 192.168.5.11

Backup: 192.168.5.12

Map Storage for Appliance/Network Interface Include the Node ports, or port channel on which the networks are configured. Node A:
  • Port 3 on I/O Module 0
  • Port 3 on I/O Module 1

Node B:

  • Port 3 on I/O Module 0
  • Port 3 on I/O Module 1

The ports are configured into BaseEnclosure-NodeA-Bond1

  1. Configure the Link Aggregation in PowerStore Manager for the LACP bond that you created for the NAS network on the switch.
    1. From PowerStore Manager, go to the Hardware page and select the appliance for which you configured the bond.
    2. Open the Ports card.
    3. Select the two ports on Node A which were configured for the bond on Node A.
    4. Click Link Aggregation > Aggregate Links.
      PowerStore Manager automatically creates a name for the bond using the following format: "BaseEnclosure-<Node>-<nextLACPbondcreated>" where:
      • BaseEnclosure is constant.
      • Node is the node that is displayed in the Node-Module-Name list.
      • nextLACPbondcreated is the numbered by the order in which the bond was created in PowerStore Manager, starting with 0 for the first created.

      For example, the second LACP bond that is created in PowerStore Manager on Node A would be named: BaseEnclosure-NodeA-Bond1.

    5. Optionally, provide a Description of the bond.
      It is recommended to put the name of the bond that is created on the switch that maps to this bond.
      The same LACP bond is configured on the opposite node. For example if you configured the LACP bond on Node A, then the same LACP bond would be configured on Node B.
  2. Create a NAS server.
    NAS networks are created in PowerStore Manager when you create NAS servers. See the PowerStore Configuring NFS Guide or the PowerStore Configuring SMB Guide for detailed steps.

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