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FluidFS 3.0 Monitoring

Viewing the Status of Hardware Components

FluidFS Manager displays the status of the following NAS appliance and NAS controller hardware components:

Networks

Disks

Power supplies

Backup power supply

Fans

In the Hardware\NAS Appliances view, each NAS appliance has its own pane, in which its controllers and their components are displayed in a tree view. You can expand each node by clicking its [+] button, and collapse it by clicking its [-] button.

Viewing the Status of the Interfaces

View the status of the interfaces in a NAS controller.

1.Click the Hardware tab on the left.

2.Click the NAS Appliances tab on the top.

3.In the pane of the NAS appliance you want to view, expand the NAS Controllers node.

4.Expand the node of the controller you want to view.

5.Under the controller node, expand the Client Network, SAN Network and Internal Network nodes to view their NIC components and their statuses.

Viewing the Status of the Disks

View the status of the interfaces in a NAS controller.

1.Click the Hardware tab on the left.

2.Click the NAS Appliances tab on the top.

3.In the pane of the NAS appliance you want to view, expand the NAS Controllers node.

4.Expand the node of the controller you want to view.

5.Under the controller node, expand the Local Disks node to view each disk and its status.

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Dell NX3500, NX3610, NX3600 manual Viewing the Status of Hardware Components, Viewing the Status of the Interfaces

NX3500, NX3600, NX3610 specifications

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