February 5, 2012

NetApp Reference

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

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