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OneFS Web Administration Guide
OneFS Event Reference Guide

OneFS Web Administration GuideThe OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor PowerScale clusters.
- About this guideThis guide describes how the PowerScale OneFS web administration interface provides access to cluster configuration, management, and monitoring functionality. For information about APEX File Storage Services, see the Dell Technologies APEX File Storage Services Administration Guide.
- Scale-out NAS overviewThe scale-out NAS storage platform combines modular hardware with unified software to harness unstructured data. The OneFS operating system powers the platform to deliver a scalable pool of storage with a global namespace.
- Where to get help
- PowerScale scale-out NASPowerScale OneFS combines the three layers of storage architecture—file system, volume manager, and data protection—into a scale-out NAS cluster.
- General cluster administration
- Access zones
- Authentication
- Administrative roles and privileges
- Identity management
- Home directoriesWhen you create a local user, OneFS automatically creates a home directory for the user.
- Data access controlOneFS supports two types of permissions data on files and directories that control who has access: Windows-style access control lists (ACLs) and POSIX mode bits (UNIX permissions).
- File sharingYou can access files and directories using SMB for Windows file sharing, NFS for Unix file sharing, secure shell (SSH), FTP, and HTTP.
- File filteringFile filtering enables you to allow or deny file writes based on file type.
- Auditing
- Snapshots
- Deduplication with SmartDedupe
- Data replication with SyncIQ
- Data layout with FlexProtect
- NDMP backup
- File retention with SmartLock
  - SmartLock overviewWith the SmartLock software module, you can protect files on a PowerScale cluster from being modified, overwritten, or deleted. To protect files in this manner, you must activate a SmartLock license.
  - Compliance modeSmartLock compliance mode enables you to protect your data in compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule 17a-4. Rule 17a-4 is aimed at securities brokers and dealers, and specifies that records of all securities transactions must be archived in a nonrewritable, nonerasable manner.
  - Enterprise modeYou can create SmartLock domains and apply WORM status to files by activating a SmartLock license on a cluster in standard configuration. This is referred to as SmartLock enterprise mode.
  - SmartLock directoriesIn a SmartLock directory, you can commit a file to a WORM state manually or you can configure SmartLock to commit the file automatically. Before you can create SmartLock directories, you must activate a SmartLock license on the cluster.
  - Replication and backup with SmartLockOneFS enables both compliance and enterprise SmartLock directories to be replicated or backed up to a target cluster.
  - SmartLock license functionalityYou must activate a SmartLock license on a PowerScale cluster before you can create SmartLock directories and commit files to a WORM state.
  - SmartLock considerations
  - Set the compliance clockBefore you can create SmartLock compliance directories, you must set the compliance clock.
  - View the compliance clockYou can view the current time of the compliance clock.
  - Creating a SmartLock directoryYou can create a SmartLock directory and configure settings that control how long files are retained in a WORM state and when files are automatically committed to a WORM state. You cannot move or rename a directory that contains a SmartLock directory.
  - Managing SmartLock directoriesYou can modify SmartLock directory settings, including the default, minimum, maximum retention period and the autocommit time period.
  - Managing files in SmartLock directoriesYou can commit files in SmartLock directories to a WORM state by removing the read-write privileges of the file. You can also set a specific date at which the retention period of the file expires. Once a file is committed to a WORM state, you can increase the retention period of the file, but you cannot decrease the retention period of the file. You cannot move a file that has been committed to a WORM state, even after the retention period for the file has expired.
- Protection domains
- Data-at-rest encryption
- S3 Support
- SmartQuotas
- Storage pools
- Pool-based tree reporting in FSAnalyze (FSA)
- Job management
- Networking
- Partitioned Performance Monitoring
- Antivirus
- File system explorer
OneFS Event Reference Guide

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OneFS Web Administration GuideThe OneFS Web Administration Guide describes how to activate licenses, configure network interfaces, manage the file system, provision block storage, run system jobs, protect data, back up the cluster, set up storage pools, establish quotas, secure access, migrate data, integrate with other applications, and monitor PowerScale clusters.
File retention with SmartLock

File retention with SmartLock