Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Operating System

Specifies the operating system.

The server is deployed based on this selection.

Use Node For Dell PowerFlex

Indicates that this node component is used for a PowerFlex deployment.

Select the check box for software only (software management).

PowerFlex Role

Specifies a deployment type

Enable PowerFlex File

Enables NAS capabilities on the node.

Select or clear the check box.

Client Storage Access

Determines how clients access storage.

For a compute-only role, the Client Storage Access control is not displayed, and the client access is set to SDC automatically.

For a hyperconverged role, the Client Storage Access control is not displayed, and the client access is set to SDC/SDS automatically.

Enable Compression

Enables compression on the protection domain.

Select or clear the check box.

Enable Replication

Enables replication for a storage-only or hyperconverged resource group.

Select or clear the check box.

Indicates the node component name.

Select Node (Software Only).

Selects the number of instances that you want to add.

If you select more than one instance, a single component representing multiple instances of an identically configured component are created.

Edit the component to add extra instances. If you require different configuration settings, you can create multiple components.

The limit on the number of instances for software only is 128.

Associates all or specific components to the new component.

Node Pool

Specifies the pool from which nodes are selected for the deployment.

You can select the default Global setting from the menu or create one.

Add New Interface

Creates a network interface where network settings are specified for a node.

Click Add New Interface.

A minimum of one PowerFlex data network that PowerFlex Manager can reach is required.

PowerFlex Manager requires a VLAN to create a network. If there is no VLAN configured on the network, enter 1.

Each network has one interface. The recommendation is to create one interface per IP address that you want PowerFlex Manager to reach.

Determines what can be chosen for deployment.

Click Validate Settings to determine what can be chosen for a deployment with this template component.

The Validate Settings wizard displays a banner when one or more resources in the template do not match the configuration settings that are specified in the template. The wizard displays the following tabs:

• Valid (number) lists the resources that match the configuration settings.
• Invalid (number) lists the resources that do not match the configuration settings.

  The reason for the mismatch is shown at the bottom of the wizard. For example, you might see Network Configuration Mismatch as the reason for the mismatch if you set the port layout to use a 100-GB network architecture, but one of the nodes is using a 25 GB architecture.