Administrator Guide

Contents
1 Preface........................................................................................................................................ 6
Audience.......................................................................................................................................6
Related Documentation............................................................................................................6
Accessing Enterprise Manager and Storage Center Documentation........................8
Dell Online Services................................................................................................................... 8
Technical Support and Customer Service.............................................................................8
Contacting Dell........................................................................................................................... 8
2 Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Product Overview........................................................................9
Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Features..........................................................................................9
Fluid Cache for SAN Environment.......................................................................................... 9
Example Cabling Diagram................................................................................................. 11
Fluid Cache for SAN Deployment Requirements...............................................................12
Fluid Cache for SAN in Enterprise Manager GUI................................................................13
3 Preparing the Fluid Cache Components............................................................................14
Checking Security Settings.....................................................................................................14
Checking Network Connections...........................................................................................15
RDMA Functionality............................................................................................................ 15
Multipathing Support..........................................................................................................15
Checking Application Settings............................................................................................... 16
Preparing the Servers...............................................................................................................16
Preparing the Cache Devices.................................................................................................16
NVMe Cache Devices.........................................................................................................16
Non-NVMe Cache Devices...............................................................................................17
Preparing the Cache Network Adapters.............................................................................. 17
Bonding Network Adapter Ports......................................................................................18
Preparing the Cache Network Switch..................................................................................19
Configuring a Dell Networking Switch................................................................................20
4 Installing and Setting up Fluid Cache................................................................................. 21
Installing the Fluid Cache Software...................................................................................... 21
Setting up the Fluid Cache Servers....................................................................................... 21
5 Fluid Cache for SAN Cluster Creation and Management Operations...........................23
Creating a Fluid Cache Cluster..............................................................................................23
Managing a Fluid Cache Cluster Environment...................................................................25
Configuring Fluid Cache Volumes..................................................................................25
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