Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) Configuration

Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) is a private cloud object storage offering from Dell Technologies. Nasuni enables customers to leverage Dell EMC ECS for high-performance file storage. By using Nasuni’s object storage-based global file system with Dell EMC ECS, customers can modernize legacy NAS and file server infrastructure and achieve new levels of cross-office file collaboration.

Configuration

Nasuni supports Dell EMC ECS using the Nasuni Connector for Dell EMC ECS.

To configure Nasuni for Dell EMC ECS, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that port 443 (HTTPS) is open between the Nasuni Edge Appliance and Dell EMC ECS. The ECS Data Service access point redirects all incoming traffic from port 443 to port 9021 on the data service nodes that it is load-balancing.

2. Click Configuration. On NMC, click Account.

3. Select Cloud Credentials.

4. Click Add New Credentials, then select EMC ECS from the drop-down menu.

5. Enter the following from the Dell EMC ECS service account:
   Name: A name for this set of credentials, which is used for display purposes, such as ObjectStorageCluster1.
   Access Key ID: The user name recognized by Dell EMC ECS for this set of credentials.
   Secret Access Key: The object data store key from Dell EMC ECS for this set of credentials.
   Hostname: The hostname for the location of Dell EMC ECS. Path-Based Addressing should be used with ViPR/ECS. If using a namespace, add it to the end of the path: vipr1.yourco.com/mynamespace
   Note: If adding the namespace to the end of the path is unsuccessful, remove the namespace and add :9021 to the end of the path: vipr1.yourco.com:9021

   
   

   Verify SSL Certificates: For self-signed certificates, certificates generated with a private root CA, or a default certificate: Off. For fully valid SSL certificate: On.
   Filers (on NMC only): The target Nasuni Edge Appliance(s).

6. Click Save Credentials.

At this point, you can begin adding volumes to the Nasuni Edge Appliance.

Adding volumes

To add volumes with Dell EMC ECS, follow these steps:

1. Click Volumes, then click Add New Volume. The Add New Volume page appears.

2. Enter the following information for the new volume:
   Name: Enter a human-readable name for the volume.
   Cloud Provider: Select EMC ECS.
   Credentials: Select the Cloud Credentials you defined in step 5 for this volume, such as ObjectStorageCluster1.
   
   For the remaining options, select what is appropriate for this volume.

3. Click Save.

This creates a new volume with Dell EMC ECS.

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