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Dell DX Object Storage – File Gateway Deployment Guide

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Contents

Section I – Overview and Architecture .............................................................................. 5

Scope of this Document and Requirements ........................................................................ 5

Conventions Used in This Document ................................................................................ 5

Working with Files and Commands .................................................................................. 5

Deployment Checklist .................................................................................................. 6

Single-Server, Standalone Authentication, Local Spooler .................................................... 6

Single-Server, Active Directory Member, Local Spooler ...................................................... 6

Failover, Standalone Authentication, External Spooler ....................................................... 6

Failover, Active Directory Member, External Spooler ......................................................... 7

Site Survey ............................................................................................................... 7

Architecture ............................................................................................................. 7

Standard hardware .................................................................................................. 7

Specific CFS Configurations ........................................................................................ 8

Single-server Configuration ..................................................................................... 8

Failover Configuration............................................................................................ 9

Gateway Protocols .............................................................................................. 10

Other hardware .................................................................................................... 10

Software ............................................................................................................. 11

How it all works together ........................................................................................ 12

DX Object Storage File Gateway (single-server) ........................................................... 12

DX Object Storage File Gateway (Failover) ................................................................ 13

See the DX6000 User’s guide for Information on how to setup the DX6000 Cluster. .................. 13

See the DX Optimizer Node Deployment guide for information on how to setup the DX6000G

Optimizer Node. ................................................................................................... 13

Set up the DX6000G Cluster File Server .......................................................................... 14

Assumptions and Requirements ................................................................................. 14

Verify BIOS settings ................................................................................................ 14

Install and Configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux .............................................................. 15

Run Deployment Scripts .......................................................................................... 20

Set up Repositories and Packages ............................................................................ 20

Configure Internal Spool/Cache (Single-Server Solution) ................................................ 21

Configure External Spool/Cache (Failover Solution) ...................................................... 22

Configure Compression on a CFS Mount (Optional) ............................................................. 25

Configure Gateway Protocols ....................................................................................... 26

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