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
- Ethernet
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
- For all hosts connecting to the NetApp via a FC/iSCSI connection
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
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