--- title: "Adding and Editing Storage Nodes" slug: "adding-and-editing-storage-nodes-5" tags: ["8.2", "Portal"] updated: 2026-11-05T12:12:21Z published: 2026-11-05T12:12:21Z canonical: "kb.ctera.com/adding-and-editing-storage-nodes-5" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Adding and Editing Storage Nodes **Note** All data in transit to and from a storage node, and stored in the storage node is encrypted by the CTERA Portal. **To add or edit a storage node:** 1. For NFS storage nodes, EMC Isilon (NFS), Generic (NFS), and NetApp (NFS): 1. Log in to the server as `root`, using SSH. 2. Create a folder for the NFS mount on the server. 3. Mount the NFS storage node to each server, except the preview server, by running the following script on each server: `portal-mount.sh mount_storage_node NFS_IP:/NFS_FOLDER` where *NFS_IP* is the IP address of the NFS mount point, and *NFS_FOLDER* is the name of the folder you created on the NFS server. 2. In the global administration view, select **Main > Storage Nodes** in the navigation pane. The **Storage Nodes** page is displayed. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-DJNEFB0D.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A23%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A23%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=4Mt2a2fQK7MyEbl2g8d1q90V8KMkXcnIO3uSqYrJWDE%3D) 3. Either, Or, - Add a storage node, click **New Storage Node**. The **New Storage Node** window is displayed. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-DR455URO.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A23%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A23%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=4Mt2a2fQK7MyEbl2g8d1q90V8KMkXcnIO3uSqYrJWDE%3D) - Edit an existing storage node; click the node's name. The storage node window is displayed with the storage node name as the window title. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-QGN35XBL.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A23%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A23%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=4Mt2a2fQK7MyEbl2g8d1q90V8KMkXcnIO3uSqYrJWDE%3D) The details displayed depend on the type of storage node. When editing a storage node you can only edit enabled values, such as **Storage Node Name**. 4. Enter the generic details for the storage node. These details are the same for every type of storage node. **Type** – The type of storage node you are adding. When you select the type, more fields are displayed so that you can add the specific details for the storage node, as described for each storage node listed below. **Storage Node Name** – A unique name to identify the storage node. **Storage Class** – The storage class that will include this storage node. After defining the storage node, the storage class cannot be changed. **Note** The storage classes are defined using CLI. For details, see [Defining a Storage Class](/v1/docs/managing-storage-nodes-6#storage-node-usage) under *Cloud Storage Routing: Grouping Storage Nodes*. **Dedicated to Portal** – Dedicate the storage node to one team portal selected from the drop-down list. The storage node is used for this team portal and no other team portal uses it. The team portal will only write to storage nodes that are dedicated to it and not to other storage nodes. **Note** When defining an Amazon S3 storage node with AWS Snowball, you **must** dedicate the storage node to one virtual portal. Once data is written to a dedicated storage node, you cannot change this setting. 5. Complete the additional fields that are displayed when you choose the type and then click **Save**. - [Amazon S3](/v1/docs/amazon-s3-7) - [Caringo (S3)](/v1/docs/caringo-s3-5) - Ceph, see [OpenStack Swift](/v1/docs/openstack-swift-5) - [Cloudian](/v1/docs/cloudian-5) - [Cohesity SmartFiles (S3)](/v1/docs/cohesity-smartfiles-s3-4) - [DDN Web Object Scaler](/v1/docs/ddn-web-object-scaler-5) - [EMC ECS (S3)](/v1/docs/emc-ecs-s3-5) - [EMC Isilon (NFS)](/v1/docs/emc-isilon-nfs-5) - [Generic (NFS)](/v1/docs/generic-nfs-5) - [Generic (S3)](/v1/docs/generic-s3-5) - [Google Cloud Storage (S3)](/v1/docs/google-cloud-storage-s3-5) - [HGST Active Archive](/v1/docs/hgst-active-archive-5) - [HGST Active Scale](/v1/docs/hgst-active-scale-5) - [Hitachi HCP](/v1/docs/hitachi-hcp-5) - [Hitachi Vantara HCP (S3)](/v1/docs/hitachi-vantara-hcp-s3-3) - [IBM Cloud Object Storage (S3)](/v1/docs/ibm-cloud-object-storage-s3-5) - [IBM Cloud Object Storage (Simple Object API)](/v1/docs/ibm-cloud-object-storage-simple-object-api-5) - [Isilon (S3)](/v1/docs/isilon-s3-1) - [Local Filesystem](/v1/docs/local-filesystem-5) - [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage](/v1/docs/microsoft-azure-blob-storage-5) - [MinIO (S3)](/v1/docs/minio-s3-1) - [NetApp (NFS)](/v1/docs/netapp-nfs-5) - [NetApp StorageGRID/NetApp StorageGRID Webscale (S3)](/v1/docs/netapp-storagegridnetapp-storagegrid-webscale-s3-2) - [Nutanix (S3)](/v1/docs/nutanix-s3-5) - [OpenStack Swift](/v1/docs/openstack-swift-5) - [OpenStack Swift (KeyStone)](/v1/docs/openstack-swift-keystone-5) - [Oracle Storage Cloud Service](/v1/docs/oracle-storage-cloud-service-5) - [Quantum ActiveScale (S3)](/v1/docs/quantum-activescale-s3-3) - [Scality ARTESCA (S3)](/v1/docs/scality-artesca-s3-2) - [Scality RING](/v1/docs/scality-ring-5) - [Seagate Lyve Cloud Object Storage](/v1/docs/seagate-lyve-cloud-object-storage-1) - [VSP One Object (S3)](/v1/docs/vsp-one-object-s3-1) - [Wasabi (S3)](/v1/docs/wasabi-s3-5) - [Zadara (S3)](/v1/docs/zadara-s3-3)