Setup Guide for NetApp Installs

Pre-Install: Infrastructure

• Ensure physical cabling done (Verified the appropriate amount of ethernet/FC switch ports are available and the cables have been run to the location the NetApp will reside)
  • Ethernet
    • Management port cable run (1 per head)
    • IP address to use for management port(s)
    • Ethernet port(s) cable(s) run (varies per configuration)
    • Document all IP addresses that will be assigned to interfaces
    • Ethernet switches configured properly and relevant information sent to implementation engineer
      • Jumbo frames if required
      • EtherChannel configuration if required
      • Necessary vlans configured
  • Fibre Channel
    • Cables run (varies per configuration)
    • Appropriate zoning done on switches
  • Power available

Pre-Install: Administrative

• Document contact info for all parties involved (technical resources, project managers, etc)
• Document address for where the NetApp controller(s) will be located
• Document licenses for all protocols
• Document hostname(s) to use for NetApp controller(s)
• Document the following information and verify compatibility with support matrix
  • For all hosts connecting to the NetApp via a FC/iSCSI connection
    • OS Version (eg Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x86)
    • HBA Models
      • Current driver version
      • Current firmware version
    • MPIO version
    • Host Utilities Kit version
    • SnapDrive version
  • FC Switches
    • Switch model(s)
    • Firmware version
  • ONTAP version

Install: Administrative

• Register customer info on NOW site
• Obtain, document and install all software licenses

Install: Upgrade to Latest Versions

• Upgrade ONTAP to latest
• Upgrade RLM/BMC to latest
• Upgrade system firmware to latest
• Upgrade disk firmware to latest
• Upgrade shelf firmware to latest

Install: Initial Setup Best Practices

• Configure RLM/BMC
• Configure SSH

options ssh.access "host=host1,host2 AND if=e0"

• Disable telnet
• Configure SSL
• Disable HTTP
• Configure AutoSupport
• Configure NTP/timed

options timed.log off
options timed.log on
options timed.proto ntp
options timed.servers 0.us.pool.ntp.org,1.us.pool.ntp.org,2.us.pool.ntp.org
options timed.sched 1h
options timed.window 5m
options timed.max_skew 3h

• Adjust aggregate snap reserve (if necessary)

snap reserve -A aggr0 0

• Set RAID group size appropriately
• Assign odd disks to 1st head and even disks to 2nd head
  • Ensure appropriate spare disks are kept
• Resize vol0
  • Set to 20g for smaller filers and 50g for larger filers
• Set ucode options on vol0 (new volumes will inherit this option)

vol options vol0 create_ucode on
vol options vol0 convert_ucode on

• Set appropriate security style for vol0 (unix or ntfs)

options wafl.default_security_style unix (or ntfs)

Protocol Configuration

Configure NFS:

• Disable auto export of NFS volumes

options nfs.export.auto-update off

Configure iSCSI:

• Disable iSCSI on unused interfaces/vifs

iscsi interface disable vif1

• Disable protocols on ethernet ports if required (7.3 and later)

options interface.blocked.cifs e5b
options interface.blocked.nfs e1a,e1b
options interface.blocked.iscsi e5b
options interface.blocked.cifs "" (undoes the previous restriction)

• Disable WINS on unnecessary interfaces (-wins on ifconfig)

Configure CIFS:

• Make sure snapshots are visible from CIFS clients

options cifs.show_snapshot on

• Make sure the previous versions tab is integrated

options cifs.ms_snapshot_mode xp

• Disable default home share

Add on Software Configuration

Installing SnapDrive

• Install necessary patches
• Install .NET
• Install Host Utilities Kit

Verify Configuration

• Run cf-config-check.cgi
• Ensure system has appropriate number of spare disks

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