External Storage

Fudo Enterprise supports storing session data on external storage devices attached through a Fibre Channel interface.

Caution

  • External Storage is supported only on physical appliances equipped with Fibre Channel cards. Virtual machines and emulated environments are not supported.

  • Fibre Channel cards are not included in the standard hardware configuration and are installed only if ordered with the appliance.

Note

External storage in cluster configuration

  • In a cluster configuration, each node must have a dedicated WWN object.

  • Data stored on external storage is not replicated between cluster nodes.


Configuring External Storage

  1. Select Settings > External storage.

Note

Fiber channel cards status is depicted by the icons.

  • - both fiber channel cards are operational.

  • - external storage volume is degraded - one of the fiber channel card is down.

  • - both fiber channel cards are down.

  1. Select fiber channel cards operating mode.

    • Failover - data is transmitted using one fiber channel interface. If the card fails, the other one takes over ensuring continuous availability of the external storage device.

    • Load balancing - both fiber channel interfaces are used to transfer data between Fudo Enterprise and the external storage device.

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  1. In the External storage devices section, select the desired WWN object by clicking the Select button next to it.

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Note

Click the Refresh to refresh the list of available storage devices.

  1. Proceed with enabling session data retention.


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