Owners Manual

Contents
1 Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Product Overview....................................................6
Key Features...........................................................................................................................................6
Connectivity...........................................................................................................................................6
2 Requirements for Fluid Cache............................................................................8
3 Fluid Cache Deployment Overview................................................................. 11
4 Downloading Firmware, Drivers, and Software............................................ 12
5 Preparing the Fluid Cache Components........................................................ 13
Checking Security Settings..................................................................................................................13
Checking Network Connections........................................................................................................ 13
Checking Guest Virtual Machine Settings.......................................................................................... 14
Preparing the Servers.......................................................................................................................... 14
Preparing the Cache Devices..............................................................................................................14
Non-NVMe Cache Devices........................................................................................................... 15
Preparing the Cache Network Adapters.............................................................................................15
Preparing the Cache Network Switch................................................................................................ 15
6 Installing and Setting up Fluid Cache............................................................. 17
Enabling SSH on the ESXi Host........................................................................................................... 17
Marking Devices for Passthrough....................................................................................................... 17
Configuring the Network Adapters.....................................................................................................18
Configuring Access to Compellent Storage.......................................................................................18
Configuring the iSCSI Network...........................................................................................................19
Two vSwitches on Separate Subnets with a Single VMNIC......................................................... 19
One vSwitch with Multiple VMNICS..............................................................................................19
Configuring Fibre Channel................................................................................................................. 20
Installing the Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA)....................................................................................20
Mapping Hardware.............................................................................................................................. 21
Configuring the VSA for Two iSCSI Subnets...................................................................................... 22
Configuring the VSA............................................................................................................................22
Fluid Cache Dependencies.................................................................................................................24
Fluid Cache Dependencies for Creating a Fluid Cache Cluster..................................................24
Fluid Cache Dependencies for Fluid Cache Configuration.........................................................24
Fluid Cache Dependencies for Starting Fluid Cache VSAs..........................................................24
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