Release Notes

Limitations in FluidFS Version 6.0
The following limitations exist in FluidFS v6.0.
Area Description
System Management When you issue the hardware NAS-appliances status <ApplianceID> CLI
command, it can take up to a minute for the information to be displayed. NIC status is not
acquired directly from the operating system but from the relevant collector service agent,
which has a polling interval of 60 seconds. Therefore, it is normal to have a one-minute delay in
the CLI after an actual status change.
Do not use the following names. These names are reserved for internal FluidFS cluster
functions:
NAS Volumes (Containers)
.
..
.snapshots
acl_stream
cifs (or smb)
int_mnt
unified
Any name starting with locker_
NAS Snapshots
rep_*
rollback
current
Attempts to create or modify reserved names will be denied.
Account Management and
Authentication
FluidFS shows open files of SMB and NFSv4 protocols only. Open files for NFSv3 are not
displayed.
If you have a cluster joined to Active Directory and NIS domains, the Domain drop-down list
displays the UNIX and Windows user names in different windows.
To use Metadata tiering, you must have an even number of Storage Centers.
NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports If you enter a value as a Unicode character string, fewer characters are accepted because
Unicode characters take up a variable number of bytes.
Maintenance Attaching a v5 controller to a v4 cluster is not supported.
If you enter the EULA (end-user license agreement) approver name and approver title as a
Unicode character string, note that fewer characters are accepted because Unicode
characters take up a variable number of bytes.
Known Issues in FluidFS Version 6.0
The following known issues exist in FluidFS v6.0.
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