Create the Fail-Safe Network in
PowerStore Manager
Once you have configured the ToR switches with the networks that are required to create a Fail-Safe Network (FSN) for NAS, you must create the Fail-Safe Network in
PowerStore Manager.
You must have the following information before creating the Fail-Safe Network (FSN) in
PowerStore Manager:
The node ports that are used to create the FSN
If creating the FSN with Link Aggregation, you must know which ports to include in the Link Aggregation.
You need the following information to create the NAS Server with a Fail-Safe Network:
Network Name
Netmask/Prefix Length
Gateway
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.
Fail-Safe Network name
Create the Link Aggregation in
PowerStore Manager for the LACP bond you configured on the switch as the primary network in your Fail-Safe Network.
From
PowerStore Manager, go to the
Hardware page and select the appliance for which you configured the bond.
Open the
Ports card.
Select the two ports on Node A which were configured for the bond on Node A.
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 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.
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.
Repeat step 1 for the LACP bond you configured on the switch for the secondary network in your Fail-Safe Network.
NOTE:The sample uses an LACP bond for the secondary (standby) network. You can skip this step if you are using a single port for the secondary network.
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.
Select the Link Aggregations that you created in steps 1 and 2, and click
FSN > Create FSN.
Select the Link Aggregation that is used as the primary network.
NOTE:The primary port cannot be changed once is used to create a NAS Server.
Optionally, add a description of the Fail-Safe Network.
Click
Create.
PowerStore Manager automatically creates a name for the Fail-Safe Network using the following format: "BaseEnclosure-<Node>-fsn<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 first FSN created in
PowerStore Manager on Node A would be named:
BaseEnclosure-NodeA-FSN0.
The same Fail-Safe Network (FSN) is configured on the opposite node. For example if you configured the FSN on Node A, then the same FSN would be configured on Node B.
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 the
PowerStore Configuring NFS Guide or the
PowerStore Configuring SMB Guide for detailed steps.
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