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Dell FluidFS NAS Solutions Administrator's Guide

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Adding LUNs To The PowerVault NX3500/NX3600/NX3610 NAS Cluster Solution

This procedure requires the MD Storage Array to have additional capacity to allocate to the NAS cluster solution. For more information on disk group and virtual disk expansion on the MD array, see the MD Series Storage Array Administrator's Guide, at dell.com/support/manuals.
  • WARNING: FluidFS supports a maximum of 32 LUNs and maximum LUN size of 32 TB; however, this limit can be exceeded using the MDSM. Exceeding the maximum number of supported LUNs may result in performance and/or access issues.
  • NOTE: It is recommended that you use fewer LUNs of larger size instead of using a larger number of smaller LUNs. Expand existing LUNs when possible to increase the NAS pool size.
  1. In MDSM, create additional virtual disks in pairs.
    • NOTE: For more information, see the MD Series Storage Array Administrator's Guide, at dell.com/support/manuals.
  2. Add the virtual disks that you just created to the cluster's Host Group.
  3. Start NAS Manager on your management station and log on as admin.
    • NOTE: By default, the admin password is Stor@ge!.
  4. Select Cluster Management > Maintenance > Add LUNs. The page may take a few minutes to display. It runs the iSCSI discovery for all virtual disks/LUNs allocated to the NAS cluster solution.

    Each LUN can be identified using its world-wide name. In the NAS Manager, the world-wide name of a LUN is prefixed by Dell FluidFS. The unique set of numbers and characters following the prefix is the worldwide name.

    The Add Luns page is displayed.
  5. Click Add LUNs to add the new LUNs to the NAS cluster solution. The system performs an incremental file system format on the new LUNs. This process takes some time depending on the size and the number of the LUNs.

    When complete, the new space is available for use.

  6. Click Finish.

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