What is SmartConnect service IP in Isilon?

What is SmartConnect service IP in Isilon?

Select Networking Configuration. Under Subnet > Settings, define the SmartConnect service IP (SSIP) address. The SSIP address is the IP address that the DNS uses for the Isilon Authoritative name service. Under Pool settings: Define the SmartConnect zone name, which is the name to which clients connect.

What is SmartConnect zone in Isilon?

Clients can connect to the EMC Isilon cluster through a specific IP address or though a domain that represents an IP address pool. You can configure a SmartConnect DNS zone name for each IP address pool. The zone name must be a fully qualified domain name.

How does Isilon SmartConnect work?

SmartConnect leverages the customer’s existing DNS server by providing a layer of intelligence within the OneFS software application. Specifically, all clients are configured to make requests from the resident DNS server using a single DNS host name.

How do I find my DNS Isilon?

Procedure

1. Click Cluster Management > Networking Configuration .
2. In the DNS Settingsarea, click Edit.
3. In the Domain name server(s) field, enter up to three domain name server IP addresses.
4. In the DNS search list field, enter up to six DNS search suffixes.

What is SmartConnect service IP?

The SmartConnect service IP address handles client DNS requests and is configured as a subnet setting. The SmartConnect DNS service handles all incoming DNS requests on behalf of each associated pool’s SmartConnect zone and it distributes the requests according to each pool’s connection balancing policy.

How do I set up SmartConnect?

Configure a SmartConnect service IP address

1. Click Cluster Management > Network Configuration > External Network.
2. Click View/Edit next to the subnet that you want to modify. The system displays the View Subnet Details window.
3. Click Edit.
4. In the SmartConnect Service IP field, type the IP address.
5. Click Save Changes.

How do I check my Isilon performance?

You can monitor the health, performance, and status of your EMC Isilon cluster. Using the OneFS dashboard from the web administration interface, you can monitor the status and health of the OneFS system.

What is Isilon NAS?

Isilon, founded in 2001 in Seattle by Sujal Patel and Paul Mikesell, is a scale-out NAS storage platform composed of a cluster of independent nodes that are integrated using the OneFS OS, and it supports up to 50PB of data. Isilon Systems was acquired by EMC in November 2010 for $2.25 billion.

How do I set up Isilon storage?

Isilon Storage Configuration

1. Create a directory on EMC Isilon cluster where you want to store the Syncplicity data.
2. Configure the permissions on the directory via an ssh session to the Isilon Cluster.
3. Create NFS Export via the WebUI.