Configuring the Isilon SmartLock device

Before you can create a Content Platform Engine object to represent an Isilon SmartLock fixed content device, you must configure the device, and the device must be accessible to the Content Platform Engine network.

About this task

Isilon fixed content device (FCD) accesses the Isilon file system data on the Isilon namespace through the RESTful Access to the Namespace (RAN) API that is provided by Isilon. The Isilon namespaces are accessed through a URL, in the format of: https://cluster:port/namespace/access_point/resource_path

The URL denotes the root of the corresponding fixed storage area that is associated with the Isilon FCD, where:
cluster
The IP address or the host name of the Isilon cluster.
port
The port number.
access_point
The name of the access point.
resource_path
The file path to the directory to access.
Note: To access through RAN, the Isilon storage administrator must configure an Isilon access point and configure an Isilon user with RAN privileges.

Procedure

To configure a connection on the Isilon SmartLock device:

  1. Configure the domain and the access according to your mode choice:
    • Compliance mode
      Note: For Isilon OneFS in Compliance mode, use the compliance root user, compadmin, as the Fixed Content Device user.
      1. Log on to the Web Administration console as the compliance root user, compadmin.
      2. Create a directory path under /if/data/.
      3. Create a SmartLock domain with the directory path.
    • Enterprise mode
      1. Create an Isilon user account by using a CLI command. This user account is the user for the Isilon FCD to access the device.
        Important: A root user is required in OneFS 7.1 for retention date update and inquiry.
      2. Create a SmartLock directory and grant the Isilon user permission to access the directory.
      3. Important: For more assistance in creating a RAN user account, contact Isilon support.
        Follow the instruction in RESTful Access to the Namespace (RAN) API Reference that is published by EMC Isilon to complete these two steps:
        1. Create a RAN access point by using the RESTful API PUT method. Follow the instructions in "Create a namespace access point" in the RAN API Reference and set the path of the access point to the configured directory.
        2. Set an access control list for the access point. Follow the instructions in "Get or set an access control list for a namespace access point" in the RAN API Reference and grant the user read/write privilege to a RAN access point by using the RESTful API PUT method.
  2. Create a resource path after the access point.
  3. If you want to use the SmartConnect load balancing feature, configure the Isilon connection to use the cluster FQDN (fully qualified domain name).
  4. Optional: For Isilon versions prior to 9.10.0, if your cluster uses the SmartConnect load balancing feature, you need to configure the Isilon connection to use the authorization header to prevent connection problems caused by different nodes issuing different HTTP session cookies. To configure the authorization header, add or update the following configuration parameter in the FileNet.properties file, or as a JVM parameter: 
    Content.IsilonUseHTTPAuthHeader=true