Viewing operating statistics for file serving nodes........................................................................51
9 Maintaining the system.............................................................................53
Shutting down the system.........................................................................................................53
Shutting down the X9000 Software......................................................................................53
Powering off the hardware..................................................................................................53
Starting the system..................................................................................................................53
Starting the X9000 Software...............................................................................................53
Powering file serving nodes on or off.........................................................................................54
Performing a rolling reboot......................................................................................................54
Starting and stopping processes...............................................................................................55
Tuning file serving nodes and X9000 clients...............................................................................55
Migrating segments................................................................................................................56
Removing storage from the cluster.............................................................................................57
Maintaining networks..............................................................................................................58
Cluster and user network interfaces......................................................................................58
Adding user network interfaces............................................................................................59
Setting network interface options in the configuration database................................................60
Preferring network interfaces................................................................................................60
Unpreferring network interfaces...........................................................................................61
Making network changes....................................................................................................61
Changing the IP address for a Linux X9000 client..............................................................61
Changing the IP address for the cluster interface on a dedicated management console..........61
Changing the cluster interface.........................................................................................62
Managing routing table entries.......................................................................................62
Deleting a network interface...........................................................................................62
Viewing network interface information.......................................................................................62
10 Migrating to an agile managment console configuration..............................64
Backing up the configuration....................................................................................................64
Performing the migration..........................................................................................................64
Removing the dedicated Management Server.............................................................................67
11 Upgrading the X9000 Software................................................................69
Automatic upgrades................................................................................................................69
Manual upgrades...................................................................................................................70
Preparing for the upgrade...................................................................................................70
Saving the node configuration.............................................................................................71
Performing the upgrade......................................................................................................71
Restoring the node configuration..........................................................................................72
Completing the upgrade.....................................................................................................72
Upgrading Linux X9000 clients.................................................................................................73
Upgrading Windows X9000 clients..........................................................................................73
Troubleshooting upgrade issues................................................................................................74
Automatic upgrade............................................................................................................74
Manual upgrade...............................................................................................................75
12 Licensing...............................................................................................76
Viewing license terms..............................................................................................................76
Retrieving a license key...........................................................................................................76
Using AutoPass to retrieve and install permanent license keys........................................................76
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