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1 Before You Begin
Proper planning and adherence to requirements help ensure a successful installation. Before you begin the
installation, review the steps for getting started and perform all the preliminary tasks.
Introduction to the EqualLogic FS7610
The Dell™ EqualLogic® FS Series NAS appliances add Network Attached Storage (NAS) capability to the
EqualLogic product line to provide a high-performance, scalable unified storage platform. EqualLogic FS Series
appliances are powered by the Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS), Dell’s high-performance, clustered, and
network-accessible file system.
A PS Series group provides iSCSI-accessible block storage. With the latest version of the PS Series firmware
and the addition of a Dell EqualLogic FS7610
NAS appliance, the same PS Series group can provide block
storage and support for Network Attached Storage.
The EqualLogic FS7610 NAS appliance consists of two 10Gb controllers with battery backup, and two
power supplies in one 2U chassis.
FS7610 appliances are available with either SFP+ controllers or 10GBASE-T controllers.
• You cannot use both SFP+ and 10GBASE-T controllers in the same appliance.
• An EqualLogic FS7610 requires a PS Series group running the PS Series firmware version 6.0 or
later. The 10GBASE-T model requires firmware version 7.0 and FluidFS version 3.0 or later. For
information on updating your PS Series group to the latest firmware version, see the
Release Notes
and the Updating Storage Array Firmware document on the customer support website.
A NAS cluster can support multiple, scalable NAS containers. In each container, you can create multiple CIFS
shares and NFS exports. Clients with the correct credentials can then access the shares and exports through the
NAS client VIP addresses.
The NAS cluster network configuration requires a client network and a SAN/internal network.
For security reasons, the internal network is usually a private network, and the client network is separate from
the SAN and internal network. See
Network Configuration Overview on page 17 .
Figure 1 and Table 1 describe the NAS cluster hardware configuration.
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