Usage Considerations

Migrating Clients to Another Controller

If there is an imbalance in the network load, the system can rebalance the load by migrating clients between controllers, either automatically or manually. Choose whether the clients or routers in the list may be migrated to other controllers.

Select the connections you want to migrate from the list and click Assign Interface. The Assign Interface page displays, and lists the selected connections for approval.

Choose the controller you want to migrate the selected clients to. You can either choose a specific controller as the target or choose Assigned Controller.

•To migrate all the selected clients to a specific controller, choose a specific controller from the list.

•To migrate all the selected clients back to their original controllers after a failed controller is revived, choose the Assigned Controller. Each client can have a different assigned controller.

You can either let the system select the target interface on the controller, or choose a specific one.

NOTE: This operation will disconnect CIFS connections if they are migrated to a different controller.

•To enable automatic rebalance, select Allow these clients to migrate to other controllers when rebalancing the network load.

•To keep the selected clients assigned controller permanent (except during fail-over) clear Allow these clients to migrate to other controllers when rebalancing the network load.

Setting the Migration Policy

In case of a controller failure, the system automatically migrates each connection from the failed controller to another controller to allow clients to continue their work. This causes disconnections to CIFS clients. When the failed controller revives, the system can rebalance the load by migrating clients back to the revived controller automatically. This operation is called fail-back.

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NX3500 specifications

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