Feature

Version 2.0

Version 3.0

Userdefined

Only local administrator

management accounts

accounts can be created.

Command Line

Administrator accounts log

Interface (CLI) access

into the CLI directly.

and commands

 

Dell Technical Support

The remote troubleshooting

Services remote

account is named fse (field

troubleshooting

service engineer).

account

 

FluidFS cluster name

The FluidFS cluster name and

and NetBIOS name

NetBIOS name do not have

 

to match. The NetBIOS name

 

can begin with a digit.

Data reduction

Version 2.0 does not include

overhead

a data

 

reduction feature.

Antivirus scanning

You can specify which file

 

types to scan.

Supported NFS

Version 2.0 supports NFS

protocol versions

protocol version 3.

Supported SMB

Version 2.0 supports SMB

protocol versions

protocol version 1.0.

remember this password because it is required to manage the FluidFS cluster in version 3.0.

You can create local administrator accounts or create administrator accounts for remote users (members of Active Directory, LDAP or NIS repositories).

During the upgrade, any userdefined administrator accounts from version 2.0 are deleted.

Workaround: Use one of the following options:

Convert the administrator accounts to local users before upgrading and convert them back to administrator accounts after upgrading.

Recreate administrator accounts after the upgrade.

Version 3.0 introduces a cli account that must be used in conjunction with an administrator account to log into the CLI.

In addition, the command set is significantly different in version 3.0.

The remote troubleshooting account is named support. During the upgrade, the fse account from version 2.0 is deleted. After the upgrade, the support account is disabled by default.

The FluidFS cluster name is used as the NetBIOS name.

Before upgrading, the FluidFS cluster name and NetBIOS name must be changed to match. Also, the FluidFS cluster name cannot be longer than 15 characters and cannot begin with a digit.

Version 3.0 introduces a data reduction feature. If data reduction is enabled, the system deducts an additional 100GB per NAS appliance from the NAS pool for data reduction processing. This is in addition to the amount of space that the system deducts from the NAS pool for internal use.

You cannot specify which files types to scan— all files smaller than the specified file size threshold are scanned.

You can specify whether to allow or deny access to files larger than the file size threshold.

As in version 2.0, you can specify file types and directories to exclude from antivirus scanning.

Version 3.0 supports NFS protocol version 3 and 4.

Version 3.0 supports SMB protocol version 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1.

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NX3500, NX3600, NX3610 specifications

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