View file node inventory
Network-attached storage is a file-level storage architecture that makes stored data more accessible to networked devices.
About this task
See Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems for an overview of PowerMax File.
Click
in the top right corner to see a
Initial Configuration
window that outlines the configuration sequence. An overview of this configuration sequence is provided in
Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems.
A file node facilitates hosting one or more NAS Servers. Each File node exposes one or more physical Ethernet SLICs to enable access to Filesystem data.
Steps
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Select
and click the
NODE INVENTORY tab.
The following properties display:
- FILE Version—File version
- Name—Name of the node
- ID—Node ID
- Director—Director associated with the node
- Health—Health indicator
- Services Status—Services status indicator
Click
to view additional properties.
The following properties display:
- Status—Description of node status. The Node and Port status are the last known status and may not be available if the director hosting the nodes is out of service.
- NAS Server Count—Number of NAS servers associated with the node
- Network Devices—Number of network devices associated with the node
- Alerts—Associated alerts.