Dell PowerVault NX3500 Technical Manual page 16

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Transition Guide for PowerVault MD3200i and MD3220i Series Arrays

its NAS clients using this network. NAS storage pool Virtual disks created on the PowerVault

MD32x0i/MD36x0i storage arrays dedicated to the PowerVault NX3500 system.

NAS volume (NAS container or virtual volume) – A virtualized volume that consumes

storage space in the NAS storage pool. Administrators can create CIFS shares and NFS

exports on a NAS volume and share them with authorized users. A PowerVault NAS system

supports multiple NAS volumes.

NAS replication – Replication between two PowerVault NAS systems or between two NAS

volumes.

NAS replication partners – PowerVault NAS systems participating in a replication activity.

PowerVault NX3500 Architecture – The PowerVault NX3500 clustered NAS solution consists

of a pair of controllers and the PowerVault Modular Disk (MD) iSCSI storage array. In

addition, both controllers are protected by a backup power supply (BPS), which helps

protect data during power failure.

Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) – Network Data Management Protocol is

used for backup and restore.

Peer controller – The peer NAS controller with which a specific NAS controller is paired in a

PowerVault NAS system.

Power module (battery unit) – One of the battery units in a Backup Power Supply.

PowerVault MD3xx0i – Refers to the PowerVault MD3200i, MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i

iSCSI storage solutions.

PowerVault NAS Configuration Utility – The setup wizard used to initially discover and

configure a PowerVault NAS system. This utility is only used for initial setup.

PowerVault NAS Manager – The web-based user interface, which is part of the PowerVault

NX3500 software, used to manage the PowerVault NAS system.

PowerVault NAS system – A fully configured, highly-available and scalable NAS appliance,

providing NAS (CIFS and/or NFS) services, which is comprised of a pair of NAS controllers, a

BPS, a PowerVault storage subsystem and the NAS Manager.

Standby controller – A server appliance that is not installed with the PowerVault NX3500

DSFS software. For example, a new or replacement controller from the Dell factory is

considered as a standby controller.

SAN network (iSCSI network) – The network that carries the block level

(iSCSI) traffic and to which the storage subsystem is connected. NOTE: It

is recommended that this network be isolated from the LAN/client

network.