Viewing The Event Log

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Viewing Event Details

33

Sorting The Event Log

33

Searching the Event Log

33

4 FluidFS 3.0 System Management

35

Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster

35

Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster Using the FluidFS Manager Web Client

35

Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster CLI Using a VGA Console

35

Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster CLI through SSH Using a Password

36

Connecting to the FluidFS Cluster CLI through SSH without Using a Password

36

Managing Secured Management

36

Adding a Secured Management Subnet

37

Changing the Netmask for the Secured Management Subnet

38

Changing the VLAN ID for the Secured Management Subnet

38

Changing the VIP for the Secured Management Subnet

38

Changing the NAS Controller IP Addresses for the Secured Management Subnet

39

Deleting the Secured Management Subnet

39

Enabling Secured Management

39

Disabling Secured Management

40

Managing the FluidFS Cluster Name

40

Viewing the FluidFS Cluster Name

40

Renaming the FluidFS Cluster

40

Managing Licensing

41

Viewing License Information

41

Accepting the End-User License Agreement

41

Managing the System Time

41

Viewing the Time Zone

41

Setting the Time Zone

42

Viewing the Time

42

Setting the Time Manually

42

Viewing the NTP Servers

42

Add or Remove NTP Servers

43

Enabling NTP

43

Disabling NTP

43

Managing the FTP Server

44

Accessing the FTP Server

44

Enabling or Disabling the FTP Server

44

Managing SNMP

44

Obtaining SNMP MIBs and Traps

45

Changing the SNMP Read-Only Community

45

Changing the SNMP Trap System Location or Contact

45

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Dell NX3610, NX3500, NX3600 manual FluidFS 3.0 System Management

NX3500, NX3600, NX3610 specifications

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