Dell Compellent FluidFS Version 3.

0 FS8600 Appliance
Pre-Deployment Requirements
UsethisdocumenttoprepareforFS8600appliancedeploymentbeforethedeploymentteamarrives.Items
listedherearerequiredforasuccessfuldeployment.
Revision

Date

Description

October2013

InitialreleaseforFluidFSversion3.0onFS8600appliancehardware.

December2013

UpdatedforEnterpriseManager2014R1.2.

Contents
RackandInfrastructure ...................................................................... 2
Materials .................................................................................. 3
NetworkCredentials ........................................................................ 4
SANandInternalNetworkforFibreChannelAppliances ........................................ 5
SANandInternalNetworksforiSCSIAppliances ............................................... 6
ClientNetwork ............................................................................. 7
IPAddressesandNetworkInfrastructure ...................................................... 7
NetworkPorts .............................................................................. 8
SANConfiguration ......................................................................... 9

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Rack and Infrastructure

MakesuretherackspaceandrelatedinfrastructureisavailablefortheFS8600appliance(s).

Prerequisite

2UrackspaceforeachFS8600applianceinanindustrystandard48.3cm(19inch)rack
Therackmustbefourpost,squareholeorroundhole,andtoolless.
Therackmustberatedfor540kg(1200pounds)staticloadorgreater.
Therackdepthmustbeatleast100cm(40inches)fromthefronttothebackoftherack.
Thedistancebetweentheinsideofthefrontandbackrackposts(themountingsurfaces)must
be61cm(24inches)to90cm(36inches).
Theremustbeatleast4.1cm(1.6inches)betweentherackdoorandthefrontofthehardware
toaccommodatethefrontbezel.
Therack(withinstalledhardware)mustmeetthesafetyrequirementsofUL609501andIEC
609501.

RackhaspowersourcesforbothcontrollersineachFS8600appliance,preferablyfromdifferent
circuits
Thevoltagerangemustbe90to264VAC.
Eachpowersourcemusthavesufficientelectricaloverloadprotection.
InNorthAmerica,connecttheappliancetoasourceofpowerwithovercurrentprotection
providedbya20Aorlessdevice(UL489circuitbreakers).
InEurope,theovercurrentprotectionmustbeprovidedbya20Aorlessdevice(IEC
circuitbreakers).

RackhasconnectivitytotheSANandclientnetworks

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Materials
Makesurethefollowingmaterialsareavailable.

Prerequisite

CompletedSolutionIntegrationDocument(SID)

VGAmonitorandUSBkeyboard(forinitialconfiguration)

CablesforSAN
FibreChannelwith1GbEapplianceorFibreChannelwith10GbEappliance:FourLCFibre
Channelcablesforeachappliance
10GbEiSCSIappliance:FourLCopticalfibercablesorTwinaxcablesforeachappliance

Cablesforclientnetwork
FibreChannelwith1GbEappliance:EightRJ45/Cat5eorbettercablesforeachappliance
FibreChannelwith10GbEapplianceor10GbEiSCSIappliance:FourLCopticalfibercables
orTwinaxcablesforeachappliance

Cablesforinternalnetwork
FibreChannelwith1GbEappliance:
Singleappliance:FourRJ45/Cat5eorbettercablesforeachappliance(controllersare
directlyconnectedtoeachother)
Multipleappliances:EightRJ45/Cat5eorbettercablesforeachappliance
FibreChannelwith10GbEappliance:
Singleappliance:TwoLCopticalfibercablesorTwinaxcables(controllersaredirectly
connectedtoeachothertwoTwinaxcablesshippedwitheachappliance)
Multipleappliances:FourLCopticalfibercablesorTwinaxcablesforeachappliance
10GbEiSCSIappliance:None(sharedwithSANcables)

(10GbEopticalnetworksonly)IntelSFP+transceiverspurchasedfromDellforuseinanFS8600
appliance
FibreChannelwith10GbEappliance:
Clientnetwork:FourIntelSFP+transceiversforeachappliance
Internalnetwork:FourIntelSFP+transceiversforeachappliance
10GbEiSCSIappliance:
Clientnetwork:FourIntelSFP+transceiversforeachappliance
SAN/internalnetwork:FourIntelSFP+transceiversforeachappliance
Note: TheFS8600applianceiscompatiblewithspecificIntelSFP+transceiverspurchasedonly
fromDell.OtherSFP+transceivermodelsdonotworkintheFS8600Appliance.

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Network Credentials
Makesurethefollowingnetworkcredentialsareavailabletocompletethedeploymentsuccessfully.

Prerequisite

(FibreChannelonly)CredentialstoupdateFibreChannelzoning

(ActiveDirectoryonly)SiteinformationandcredentialstojointheFluidFSclustertoActive
Directory
AnyofthefollowingdomainuserscanbeusedtojointheclustertoActiveDirectory:
DomainAdminaccount(preferredmethod)
Domainaccountthathasbeendelegatedthejoinacomputertothedomainprivilegeandfull
controloverallcomputerobjectsinthedomain
DomainOrganizationalUnit(OU)adminaccountthathasbeendelegatedthejoinacomputer
tothedomainprivilegeandfullcontroloverobjectswithinthatOU,includingcomputer
objects
BeforejoiningtheFluidFSclustertothedomain,acomputerobjectmustbecreatedbythe
OUadminfortheFluidFScluster.
TheFluidFSclustercomputerobjectnameandNetBIOSnamemustmatch.
TheFluidFSclustercomputerobjectpermissionsmustbeconfiguredtoallowtheOU
adminaccounttojoinittoadomain.

(LDAP/NISonly)SiteinformationandcredentialstoconfigureLDAPorNISdirectoryservicesfor
theFluidFScluster

(Optional)CredentialstoaddDNSrecordsfortheFluidFScluster

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SAN and Internal Network for Fibre Channel Appliances

ThefollowingprerequisitesapplytoFibreChannelwith1GbEappliancesandFibreChannelwith10GbE
appliances.

Fibre Channel SAN Fabric

MakesuretheFibreChannelSANfabricisreadyfordeployment.

Prerequisite

FibreChannelswitch(es)canbereachedfromtherack
AtleastoneswitchmustbeavailabletoconnecttheFluidFSclustertotheStorageCenter.An
FS8600appliancecannotbedirectlyconnectedtoaStorageCenter.
Forhighavailability,deploytwoswitches(oneforeachStorageCenterfaultdomain).

FibreChannelswitchinfrastructurehasfourportsavailableforeachFS8600appliance(allfour
portsmustbeconnected)

Internal Network for Multi-Appliance Clusters

ThefollowingprerequisitesapplytoFluidFSclustersthatcontainmultipleFS8600appliances.Insingle
applianceFluidFSclusters,theinternalnetworkportsaredirectlyconnectedtoeachothersonoswitch
prerequisitesapply.

Prerequisite

1GbEor10GbEswitch(es)canbereachedfromtherack
Inamultiapplianceconfiguration,aswitchisrequired.Althoughthebestpracticeistoisolate
internalandclienttrafficonseparatephysicalnetworks,itispossibletousethesameswitchand
useseparatelogicalnetworksbyconfiguringVLANs.

Switchinfrastructurehassufficientportsavailable
FibreChannelwith1GbEappliance:EightRJ45connectionsforeachappliance
FibreChannelwith10GbEappliance:FourLCopticalfiberorSFP+(Twinax)connectionsfor
eachappliance

AllswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliancescancommunicatewitheachotheroveran
untaggedVLAN

FlowControlisenabledontheswitch(es)

Unicaststormcontrolisdisabledontheswitch(es)

Jumboframesareenabledontheswitch(es)tosupportaframesizeof9000bytes
DellPowerConnectandForce10switchesmustbeconfiguredto9216MTU.
SwitchesfromvendorsotherthanDellmightrequireadifferentMTUconfigurationtoaccept
9000byteframes.

Switch(es)allowmulticastbetweenallportsconnectedtoFS8600appliances

IPv6isenabledontheswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliances
IPv6linklocaladdressingisusedforinternalnetworkcommunication.RoutingofIPv6trafficis
notrequiredontheinternalnetworkswitches.

IGMPand/orMLDsnoopingaredisabledontheswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliances

AllswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliancesaresetasedgeportsorPortFasttoskipSpanning
Treenegotiation

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SAN and Internal Networks for iSCSI Appliances

Thefollowingprerequisitesapplyto10GbEiSCSIappliances.Fortheseappliances,theiSCSInetworkand
internalnetworkshare10GbEportsandswitchinfrastructure.

Prerequisite

10GbEswitch(es)canbereachedfromtherack
AtleastoneswitchmustbeavailabletoconnecttheFluidFSclustertotheStorageCenter.An
FS8600appliancecannotbedirectlyconnectedtoaStorageCenter.
Forhighavailability,deploytwoswitches(oneforeachStorageCenterfaultdomain).

10GbEswitchinfrastructurehasfourLCOpticalorSFP+(Twinax)connectionsavailableforeach
FS8600appliance

AllswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliance(s)cancommunicatewitheachotheroveran
untaggedVLAN
Note: Ifmultipleswitchesareused,communicationbetweenthemmustbeallowed.

OneuniqueVLANisconfiguredforeachiSCSIsubnet(StorageCenterfaultdomain)

FlowControlisenabledontheswitch(es)

Unicaststormcontrolisdisabledontheswitch(es)

Jumboframesareenabledontheswitch(es)tosupportaframesizeof9000bytes
DellPowerConnectandForce10switchesmustbeconfiguredto9216MTU.
SwitchesfromvendorsotherthanDellmightrequireadifferentMTUconfigurationtoaccept
9000byteframes.

Switch(es)allowmulticastbetweenallportsontheiSCSI/internalnetwork

IPv6isenabledontheswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliance(s)
IPv6linklocaladdressingisusedforinternalnetworkcommunication.RoutingofIPv6trafficis
notrequiredontheiSCSI/internalnetworkswitches.

IGMPand/orMLDsnoopingaredisabledontheswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliance(s)

AllswitchportsconnectedtoFS8600appliance(s)aresetasedgeportsorPortFasttoskip
SpanningTreenegotiation

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Client Network
Makesuretheclientnetworkmeetsthefollowingprerequisites.Theclientnetworkisusedbyclientsto
accessCIFSsharesorNFSexports.Itisalsothenetworkusedforreplication,backup,andadministration.

Prerequisite

1GbEor10GbEswitch(es)canbereachedfromtherack
Toensurehighavailabilitytotheclientnetwork,DellrecommendsusingaswitchstackorDirector
classswitches.Distributingtheclientnetworkportsacrossdiscreteswitches/bladesinthestack
createsaredundantconnectiontothecorenetwork,allowingfileaccesstocontinueafterasingle
switchfailure.

EthernetswitchinfrastructurehasportsavailableforeachFS8600appliance
FibreChannelwith1GbEappliance:EightRJ45portsforeachappliance
FibreChannelwith10GbEapplianceor10GbEiSCSIappliance:FourLCOpticalorSFP+
(Twinax)connectionsforeachappliance

AllclientportsareinthesamebroadcastdomainorportbasedVLAN

Switch(es)areconfiguredtouseMTUsizeequaltoorgreaterthantheminimumsupportedMTU
DellForce10switchesmustbeconfiguredtouseMTU1554orgreater.
DellPowerConnectswitchesmustbeconfiguredtouseMTU1518orgreater.
Ifjumboframesareusedontheclientnetwork,theswitch(es)andclientsmustbeconfigured
touseMTU9000.

(Recommendedbutnotrequired)Flowcontrolisenabledontheswitch(es)

IP Addresses and Network Infrastructure

ReserveIPaddressesfortheFluidFSclusterandrecordrelevantnetworkinfrastructureinformation.

Prerequisite

IPaddressesreservedfortheFluidFSclusterontheclientnetwork
TwocontrollerIPaddressesforeachappliance(oneforeachcontroller)
ClientVIPs:
Minimum:OneclientVIPforeachcluster
Flatnetworkrecommendation:TwoclientVIPsforeachappliance(oneforeach
controller)
Routednetworkrecommendation:OneclientVIPforeachFS8600clientnetworkport

ClassCsubnetreservedfortheFluidFSclusterontheinternalnetwork

(iSCSIonly)FourIPaddressesreservedontheiSCSISANnetworkforeachappliance(twofor
eachcontroller)

NetworkresourceinformationforFluidFSclusterconfiguration
ClientnetworkdefaultgatewayIPaddress
(Optional)DNSserverIPaddress(es)
(Optional)NTPserverhostname(s)orIPaddress(es)
(Optional)ActiveDirectorydomaincontrollerhostnameorIPaddress(es)
(Optional)LDAPserverhostnameorIPaddress(es)
(Optional)NISserverhostnameorIPaddress(es)
(Optional)NDMPDMAserverIPaddress(es)

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Network Ports
Makesuretherequiredandfeaturespecificportsareallowedonthenetwork.

Prerequisite

Requiredportsareallowed

Featurespecificportsareallowedasneeded

Required Ports
ThefollowingtablesummarizesportsthatarerequiredforallFluidFSclusters.
Port

Protocol

Service Name

22

TCP

SSH

53

TCP

DNS

80

TCP

Internalsystemuse

111

TCPandUDP

portmap

427

TCPandUDP

SLP

443

TCP

Internalsystemuse

445

TCPandUDP

CIFS/SMB

20492049+(domainnumber1)

TCPandUDP

NFS

35451

TCP

EnterpriseManagercommunication

40004000+(domainnumber1)

TCPandUDP

statd

40504050+(domainnumber1)

TCPandUDP

NLM(lockmanager)

50015001+(domainnumber1)

TCPandUDP

mount

50515051+(domainnumber1)

TCPandUDP

quota

44421

TCP

FTP

4443044439

TCP

FTP(Passive)

Feature-Specific Ports
Thefollowingtablesummarizesportsthatarerequired,dependingonenabledfeatures.
Port

Protocol

Service Name

88

TCPandUDP

Kerberos

123

UDP

NTP

135

TCP

ADRPC

138

UDP

NetBIOS

139

TCP

NetBIOS

161

UDP

SNMPAgent

162

TCP

SNMPtrap

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Port

Protocol

Service Name

389

TCPandUDP

LDAP

464

TCPandUDP

Kerberosv5

543

TCP

Kerberoslogin

544

TCP

Kerberosremoteshell

636

TCP

LDAPoverTLS/SSL

711

UDP

NIS

714

TCP

NIS

749

TCPandUDP

Kerberosadministration

1344

TCP

AntivirusICAP

3268

TCP

LDAPglobalcatalog

3269

TCP

LDAPglobalcatalogoverTLS/SSL

8004

TCP

ScanEngineserverWebUI(AVhost)

10000

TCP

NDMP

1055010551,
1056010568

TCP

Replication

SAN Configuration
MakesureStorageCenterandEnterpriseManagerareinstalledandsatisfythedeploymentprerequisites.

Prerequisite
StorageCenter6.3.10orlaterdeployedtoprovidestoragefortheNASpool.
AsingleFluidFSclustersupports12StorageCenters.
Fordeploymentinstructions,seetheDellCompellentStorageCenterDeploymentGuide.
Forupgradeinstructions,seetheDellCompellentStorageCenterSoftwareUpdateGuide.

EachStorageCentercertificatecontainsthehostnameormanagementIPaddressusedtoaddthe
StorageCentertoEnterpriseManager.ForinstructionsonregeneratinganSSLcertificate,seethe
StorageCenterAdministratorsGuide.

(Optional)StorageCenter(s)canbereachedbyCopilotthroughSecureConsoletoassistwith
troubleshooting.

EnterpriseManager2014R1orlaterinstalledandconfigured.
DellCompellentrecommendsusingthelatestEnterpriseManagerversion.
SeetheDellCompellentEnterpriseManagerInstallationGuidefordetailedinstructions.

StorageCenter(s)addedtoEnterpriseManager.

EnterpriseManagercansuccessfullysenddatatoDellTechnicalSupportServicesusingPhone
Home.

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