When Platform is running, it augments the Swarm UI with additional pages and capabilities.
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Platform Settings
Primary to the Platform UI is the Platform Settings page. This page supports administration of the Swarm platform, so that you can:
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Storage Version — The Platform Settings page also lets you manage your allows managing versions of Swarm Storage. You can:
- Upload a new version of Swarm Storage software (the ZIP file of the storage firmware boot image)
- See all versions that have been installed
- Delete an unneeded version, but not while any chassis is still using it (the chassis must first be changed to a different version and restarted)
- See how many chassis are currently running each version (a trashcan/delete icon instead of a counter means there are none)
Chassis Settings
The other major area of Platform functionality is the Chassis Details, Settings tab, which lets you view and control allows viewing and controlling all chassis-specific Swarm settings. These are the key reasons to edit settings on a specific machine:
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See the Swarm Storage Settings Reference.
Restarting Hardware
From the Swarm UI, you can perform either an immediate cluster restart or a minimally disruptive rolling restart, in addition to restarting individual machines. (v10.0)
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