ONTAP 9.2 Cluster Configuration and Management

Power on the NetApp Storage and Access via Serial Console or Service Processor.

Press Ctrl+c to get advanced boot menu options.

New AFF FAS systems has Advanced Drive Partitioning.

First Time Clean the configuration and Initialise the disk for root volume.

Ontap 9.1 onward you can configure the cluster using CLI console or Oncommand System Manager.

Ref: http://senthil-it-infrastructure.blogspot.in/2017/02/netapp-ontap-91-cluster-setup.html

 Once setting the Node Management IP address then you can access via System Manager.

Access through web browser.

Either you can use Template file or Guided cluster setup.

Ref : http://senthil-it-infrastructure.blogspot.in/2017/05/ontap-91-guided-cluster-setup-using.html

Now 9.2 version, you can setup the following:
1. Cluster
2. Network
3. Support
4. Storage
5. SVM

Or else you can create using CLI also.

Check the version and Cluster status.

This is the new System Manager view with new features.

List the  SSD disks.

Create a new storage tiers (Fabric Pool) internal and External (AWS/Storgewebscale)

Add pool from AWS

You can add a Node from System Manager.

Listing the Disk Information.

Login via SSH and list the unassigned Disks.

Assign the Disks.

Second Node Joined to this cluster.

System Manager's Dash Board view.

Disk View

Aggregate View

Creating an New Aggregate using System Manager.

Aggregate successfully created.

Creating SVM.

SVM successfully created and running.

This is the New Application Specific NAS/SAN Provisioning.

Select your application type.

Create VMWare NAS Data Store.

One step will create volume, export policy and export access rule also.

Application provisioning created successfully.

List the LIF information.

Export policy rule information.

Now you can access from unix client.

Now you can create NAS Data Store in Vcenter server.

Data Store Created.

For SAN Provisioning also you can add the initiator group with details.

Now you can see the new disk from NetApp vis iSCSI.

Create a new SAN Data Store.

SAN Data Store is created.

Configuring CIFS Protocol .

Create an CIFS Application for Windows Share.

You can access from Windows Server.

New QOS feature like you can set the Minimum IOPS also.

Complete Network Management:

Removing ports from existing Broadcast domain.

Creating a new IPSPACE.

Creating interface group.

Creating Broadcast Domain.

You can also enable the on-board Security Key Manager.

ONTAP 9.1 Guided Cluster Setup using Template File

For setting up ONTAP 9.1 cluster, first you have to do the node initialise and set the node management ip address.

Then we can do the cluster setup using CLI or GUI.

After adding the node management ip address, then you can access through web browser.

You access through web browser, you will the welcome screen.

Now you download the template file.

You download the file as .csv or .xlsx format. However you can upload a file in .csv format.

 The sample file looks like this only.

You provide all the information like, Cluster name, cluster management ip, switch or switch less cluster, Base license etc.

Then upload this file.

Then this will automatically get the value from the file and configure the cluster.

Network Information.

Support and Event Information.

Now you configured cluster successfully using the template file.
 You can view complete summary also.

 Complete Summary.

Now you can manage the cluster through System Manager for SVM and Storage provisioning.

In console automatically take you to the login prompt.

View the Cluster status and network interface.

From ONTAP 9 onward, you can also upgrade your node from System Manager.

NetApp EF Series Disaster Recovery (Mirroring)

Configuring Synchronous Mirroring:

Check the Mirroring premium feature.

Then Activate the source and Destination Storage system mirroring.

Select the Source Storage System and Activate the Mirror Feature.

Now select the Mirror type.

This mirror activation, will create a mirror repository volumes to manage the mirror relationships.

Now Mirror feature is activated.

You can see the repository volumes also.

Same steps you have to do it in destination storage system also.

Now select the source volume and create a Sync Mirror relationship.

Now select the destination storage system

Then select the destination volume.

Set the priority level.

Mirror Preview and Summary.

Now the mirror was successfully created.

To check the Mirror status and all the information.

Now the status is synchronised.

Then you can create a consistency group also.

NetApp Oncommand Unified Manager

NetApp Oncommand Unified Manager:



Access the NetApp Oncommand Unified Manager through browser and login.


First step to add the cluster which you want to manage.

Provide Cluster Management IP and user credentials, this would automatically discover all the node information.

This will discover all the nodes in the cluster.

Now you can manage the Cluster health, capacity, configuration, disks and nodes.

You can view and Manage the Nodes and all connectivity.
Also manage the disk shelves and Ports.

Listing the physical ports.

To manage the Aggregates.

To list and Manage the disk information of an Aggregate.

To list and Manage volumes like capacity, configurations and Protection.

List and Manage SVMs.

All LIFs, Qtrees, NAS Shares and SAN LUN's.

Oncommand Unified Manager Health Dash board view.

To view and Manage Volume Data protection.

Creating customised reports.

NFS Export Report Sample.

Managing Report Schedule.

Creating Alerts.

Select resources.

Select Event information.

Select delivery method.