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
RDMA Functionality....................................................................................................................... 14
Multipathing Support.....................................................................................................................14
Checking Application Settings............................................................................................................ 14
Preparing the Servers.......................................................................................................................... 14
Preparing the Cache Devices..............................................................................................................15
NVMe Cache Devices.................................................................................................................... 15
Non-NVMe Cache Devices........................................................................................................... 15
Preparing the Cache Network Adapters.............................................................................................15
Bonding Network Adapter Ports................................................................................................... 16
Preparing the Cache Network Switch................................................................................................ 18
6 Installing and Setting up Fluid Cache............................................................. 19
Installing the Fluid Cache Software.................................................................................................... 19
Setting up the Fluid Cache Servers.....................................................................................................19
7 Configuring and Managing Fluid Cache Clusters......................................... 21
Creating a Fluid Cache Cluster........................................................................................................... 21
Mapping Volumes in Fluid Cache.......................................................................................................22
Mapping Volume to Servers..........................................................................................................22
Mapping Volumes to a Subcluster................................................................................................23
Adding Servers to a Fluid Cache Cluster............................................................................................23
Adding Cache Devices to a Fluid Cache Cluster............................................................................... 24
Adding a Storage Center to a Fluid Cache Cluster............................................................................24
A Maintaining Fluid Cache Installations............................................................ 27
Removing Volume Mappings..............................................................................................................27
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