Managing The System; Managing Client Access; Viewing The Defined Subnets - Dell PowerVault NX3500 Administrator's Manual

Table 8-1. System Management Options
Field
Add LUNs

Managing the System

You can perform management operations on the cluster using the NAS
Manager.
A NAS Management virtual IP address is required in order to access the NAS
Manager. This IP address allows you to manage the cluster as a single entity.
Additional IP addresses are required for the individual controllers in the
system cluster. These IP addresses must not be accessed by clients directly.

Managing Client Access

The Subnets page enables you to set one or more virtual IP addresses through
which clients access the system's shares and exports. If your network is routed,
that is, some clients reside on a different subnet than the system, it is
recommended to define more than one virtual IP address.
You can define multiple subnets to allow clients to access PowerVault NX3500
directly, not through a router.
Configure a single name on your DNS servers for each subnet, to enable load-
balancing between these IP addresses.
NOTE:
All the virtual IP addresses must be valid IP addresses on the networks
allocated by the site system administrator.
The Subnets page also lets you update the IP address ranges used internally
by the system, for management and interconnect purposes.
You can view the current configuration of the system subnets, add new subnet
information and remove or modify existing subnets.

Viewing the Defined Subnets

To view the defined subnets, click System ManagementNetwork
Subnets.
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Description
Runs discovery of controllers, assigned LUNs, and
allows you to add LUNs to the system.
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