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Feature Version 2.0 Version 3.0
remember this password because it is required
to manage the FluidFS cluster in version 3.0.
User‐defined
management accounts
Only local administrator
accounts can be created.
You can create local administrator accounts or
create administrator accounts for remote users
(members of Active Directory, LDAP or NIS
repositories).
During the upgrade, any user‐defined
administrator accounts from version 2.0 are
deleted.
Workaround: Use one of the following
options:
Convert the administrator accounts to local
users before upgrading and convert them back
to administrator accounts after upgrading.
Re‐create administrator accounts after the
upgrade.
Command Line
Interface (CLI) access
and commands
Administrator accounts log
into the CLI directly.
Version 3.0 introduces a cli account that must
be used in conjunction with an administrator
account to log into the CLI.
In addition, the command set is significantly
different in version 3.0.
Dell Technical Support
Services remote
troubleshooting
account
The remote troubleshooting
account is named fse (field
service engineer).
The remote troubleshooting account is named
support. During the upgrade, the fse account
from version 2.0 is deleted. After the upgrade,
the support account is disabled by default.
FluidFS cluster name
and NetBIOS name
The FluidFS cluster name and
NetBIOS name do not have
to match. The NetBIOS name
can begin with a digit.
The FluidFS cluster name is used as the
NetBIOS name.
Before upgrading, the FluidFS cluster name and
NetBIOS name must be changed to match.
Also, the FluidFS cluster name cannot be
longer than 15 characters and cannot begin
with a digit.
Data reduction
overhead
Version 2.0 does not include
a data
reduction feature.
Version 3.0 introduces a data reduction
feature. If data reduction is enabled, the system
deducts an additional 100GB per NAS
appliance from the NAS pool for data reduction
processing. This is in addition to the amount of
space that the system deducts from the NAS
pool for internal use.
Anti‐virus scanning You can specify which file
types to scan.
You cannot specify which files types to scan—
all files smaller than the specified file size
threshold are scanned.
You can specify whether to allow or deny
access to files larger than the file size
threshold.
As in version 2.0, you can specify file types and
directories to exclude from anti‐virus scanning.
Supported NFS
protocol versions
Version 2.0 supports NFS
protocol version 3.
Version 3.0 supports NFS protocol version 3
and 4.
Supported SMB
protocol versions
Version 2.0 supports SMB
protocol version 1.0.
Version 3.0 supports SMB protocol version 1.0,
2.0, and 2.1.
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