Clients, Replication page – Dell PowerVault DR2000v User Manual

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Replication Page

To display the Replication page, click Storage Replication. The Replication page displays the number of source
replications, the names of the local and remote containers, the peer state, and the bandwidth selected per container.
The Replication page lets you perform the following tasks:

Create a new replication relationship (source and target pair or cascaded replication) and select the type of

encryption to use.

Edit or delete an existing replication relationship.

Start or stop replication.

Set the bandwidth (or speed limit) for the replication process.

Display statistics for an existing replication relationship.

The Replication page contains a Replication summary table that lists the following replication-related information:

Source Container Name—SRC container name (IP address or hostname)

Replica Container Name—Target in the replication process (IP address or hostname)

Cascaded Replica Container Name—Remote container name (IP address or hostname) (optional)

Bandwidth—Settings include Kibibytes per second (KiB/s), Mebibytes per second (MiB/s), Gibibytes per second

(GiB/s), or default (an unlimited bandwidth setting)

NOTE: Mouse over status for Peer State—Online, Offline, Paused, or Disconnected. When started the Peer

State displays the status as Online for the selected container. When stopped, the Peer State initially displays

the status as Paused, and then changes to Offline.

Clients

To display the Clients page, click Storage → Clients. This page displays the total number of clients that are connected to
the DR Series system, which can be a combination of NFS, CIFS, RDS, and OST clients, and this total is listed above the
Client tabs (NFS, CIFS, and RDA tabs).
In addition, depending upon the tab type you select, the number of clients for each connection type is displayed. For
example, in the Clients page, if the RDA tab is selected, this displays the number of current OST or RDA clients that
correspond to this type (OpenStorage Technology or Rapid Data Storage clients) that are connected to the system, and
provides the following information client-related information:

Number of RDA Clients — Lists the number of OST and RDS clients.

Name — Lists each client by name.

Type — Lists the type of RDA clients.

Plug-In — Lists the plug-in type installed on each client.

Backup Software — Lists the backup software used with each client.

Idle Time — Lists the idle time (non-activity) for each client.

Connection — Lists the number of connections for each client. For a definition of connections and streams, see

Streams_vs_Connections

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Mode — Lists the current mode type for each client.

For more information about using this page and its tabs, see

Clients Page (Using the NFS or CIFS Tab)

or

Clients Page

(Using the RDA Tab)

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Clients Page (Using the NFS or CIFS Tab)

To display the Clients page, click Storage Clients. This page displays the total number of clients that are connected to
the DR Series system, and this number reflects all of the clients based listed under the Clients tabs (NFS, CIFS, and RDA).

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