Dell NX3600 Riding Toy User Manual


 
Managing Client Connections
Displaying the Distribution of Clients between NAS Controllers
Display the current distribution of clients between NAS controllers.
1. Click the Performance & Connectivity tab on the left.
2. Click the Load Balancing tab on the top.
In the Current Activity pane, the client/router IPs and the NAS Controllers they are connected to are
displayed.
Viewing Clients Assigned to a NAS Controller
View clients that are currently assigned to a particular NAS controller.
1. Click the Performance & Connectivity tab on the left.
2. Click the Load Balancing tab on the top.
In the Current Activity pane you can see all clients and the controllers and corresponding interfaces
to which they are connected (in the NAS Controller column).
Assigning a Client to a NAS Controller
You can permanently assign one or more clients to a particular NAS controller. However, for effective
load balancing, Dell does not recommend manually assigning clients to NAS controllers.
Assigning a client to a NAS controller disconnects the client’s connection. Clients automatically
reconnect to the assigned NAS controller.
1. Click the Performance & Connectivity tab on the left.
2. Click the Load Balancing tab on the top.
3. In the Current Activity pane, click in the row of the client that you want to assign to the NAS
controller.
4. Click Pin Client to NAS Controller.
The Pin Client to NAS Controller dialog box appears.
5. Select the Pin this client to NAS controller check box.
6. Select the NAS controller to which to assign the client.
7. Select the client interface on the NAS controller to which to assign the client.
8. Click OK.
Unassigning a Client from a NAS Controller
You can permanently unassign one or more clients from a particular NAS controller so the client is
subject to the regular FluidFS cluster load balancing.
1. Click the Performance & Connectivity tab on the left.
2. Click the Load Balancing tab on the top.
3. In the Current Activity pane, click in the row of the client that you want to unassign from a NAS
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