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Cisco UCS Director displays all managed and discovered components in a NetApp OnCommand account that manages the NetApp ONTAP accounts. These components can be hardware or software. You can also add a component and set up a component, and view reports for each of the discovered or added components.
The components in the NetApp OnCommand account are as follows:
Disks are grouped together in an aggregate. These aggregates provide storage to the volumes that are associated with the aggregate.
When you click the Disks tab, all the disks that are available in that account are displayed. Choose a disk and click View Details to view the summary details of the disk.
The NetApp filer, known also as NetApp Fabric-Attached Storage (FAS), functions in an enterprise-class storage area network (SAN) as well as a networked storage appliance. It can use file-based protocols such as NFS, CIFS, FTP, TFTP, and HTTP. Filers can also serve data over block-based protocols such as Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and iSCSI. NetApp Filers implement their physical storage in large disk arrays.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose Physical > Storage. | ||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp OnCommand account. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Click the Storage Accounts tab. The accounts that have been added to the pod are displayed. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the NetApp
OnCommand account and click
View
Details.
The following
tabs appear:
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Step 5 | Click the
Filers tab.
Alternately, you can expand pods and choose the NetApp OnCommand account to view the list of filers in the account. When you choose a filer, you will get the following actions:
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Step 6 | Click the filer
and click
View
Details.
The Storage Filer window displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window to view more details about the filer component. |
You can partition a single layer-2 network to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers. This domain is referred to as a VLAN.
Step 1 | Navigate to the
Storage
Filer window.
For information about how to navigate to the Storage Filer window, see Managing Filers. | ||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Interfaces tab. Cisco UCS Director displays a list of VLAN interfaces available in the filer. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Click Create VLAN. | ||||||||
Step 4 | In the Create vLAN
dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Create. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click the VLAN
to perform the following actions:
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Assign an IP space to a VLAN where an IP space defines a distinct IP address space in which Filer units can participate.
An IP space defines a distinct IP address space in which vFiler units can participate. IP addresses defined for an IP space are applicable only within that IP space. A distinct routing table is maintained for each IP space. No cross-IP space traffic is routed.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp OnCommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the
filer and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
IP
Spaces tab.
Cisco UCS Director displays a list of IP spaces available
in the filer. The
IP
Spaces tab provides the following actions:
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Ensure that the VLAN interface is added to the filer.
Step 1 | Navigate to the
Storage
Filer window.
For more information about how to navigate to the Storage Filer window, see Managing IP Spaces. |
Step 2 | Click the IP Spaces tab. Cisco UCS Director displays a list of IP spaces available in the filer. |
Step 3 | Click Create. The Create IP Space dialog box appears. |
Step 4 | In the IP Space Name field, enter the IP space name. |
Step 5 | Click Create. |
Assign an IP space to a VLAN.
Ensure that the VLAN interface is added to the filer.
Step 1 | Navigate to the
Storage
Filer window.
For more information about how to navigate to the Storage Filer window, see Managing Filers. |
Step 2 | Click the IP Spaces tab. Cisco UCS Director displays a list of IP spaces available in the filer. |
Step 3 | Click the row of an IP Space to which you want to assign a VLAN interface. |
Step 4 | Click Assign. The Assign IP Space to a vLAN dialog box appears. |
Step 5 | From the Select VLAN Interface drop-down list, choose the VLAN interface. |
Step 6 | Click Assign. |
vFilers are ONTAP 7-mode virtual containers that create separate virtual filer instances within a physical controller. Using vFiler, you can partition the storage and network resources of a single storage system so that it appears as multiple storage systems on the network.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose Physical > Storage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp Oncommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the row of
a filer and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
vFilers tab.
The vFilers
available under the account are displayed. The
vFiler tab provides the following actions:
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Create an IP Space and assign it o a VLAN.
Step 1 | Navigate to the
vFiler tab.
For more information about how to navigate to the vFiler tab, see Managing vFilers. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
vFiler dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the
vFiler tab.
For more information about how to navigate to the vFiler tab, see Managing vFilers. | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the vfiler and click Setup. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Setup
vFiler dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the
vFiler tab.
For more information about how to navigate to the vFiler tab, see Managing vFilers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the vfiler and click Setup CIFS. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the Setup CIFS
dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. The CIFS service starts automatically when this configuration is completed. You can stop the CIFS service by clicking Stop CIFS. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the
vFiler tab.
For more information about how to navigate to the vFiler tab, see Managing vFilers. | ||||||||
Step 2 | Click the vFiler to which you want to assign a group and click Assign Group. | ||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Select
Group dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. |
An aggregate is a collection of one or two plexes, depending on whether you take advantage of RAID-level mirroring. A plex is a collection of one or more RAID groups that provide the storage for one or more file system volumes. If the aggregate is unmirrored, it contains a single plex.
Aggregates are used to manage plexes and RAID groups because these entities only exist as part of an aggregate. You can increase the usable space in an aggregate by adding disks to existing RAID groups or by adding new RAID groups. After disks are added to an aggregate, you cannot remove them to reduce storage space without deleting the aggregate.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp OnCommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the filer
and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
Aggregates tab.
The Aggregates
available under the account are displayed. The
Aggregate tab provides the following actions:
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An initiator group (igroup) specifies which initiators can have access to a LUN. When you map a LUN on a storage system to an initiator group, you grant all the initiators in that group access to that LUN.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose Physical > Storage. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp OnCommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the filer
and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
Initiator Groups tab.
Cisco UCS Director
displays the initiator groups available in the account. The
Initiator Groups tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | Navigate to
the Initiator
Groups tab.
For more information about how to navigate to the Initiator Groups tab, see Managing Initiator Groups. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Add. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | In the Create Initiator
Group dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create. |
In a NetApp SAN environment, hosts are initiators and storage appliances are targets which have storage target devices that are referred to as LUNs.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose Physical > Storage. | ||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp OnCommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Click the filer
and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
Initiators tab.
The initiators
available under the account are displayed. The
Initiators tab provides the following actions:
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An initiator is a part of an initiator group. You can add an initiator to an initiator group.
Step 1 | Navigate to the
Initiators tab.
For more information about how to navigate to the Initiators tab, see Managing Initiators. | ||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create. | ||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
Initiator dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create. |
A logical unit number (LUN) is used to identify a logical unit, which is a device that is addressed by the SCSI protocol or similar protocols such as Fibre Channel or iSCSI. LUNs are central to the management of block storage arrays shared over a storage area network (SAN).
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp Oncommand account and select the NetApp Oncommand account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the filer and click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
LUNs tab.
The LUNs
available in the volume are displayed. The
LUNs tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | Navigate to the LUNs tab. For more information about how to navigate to the LUNs tab, see Managing LUNs. | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
LUN dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create. |
A volume is a logical file system whose structure is made visible to users when you export the volume to a UNIX host through an NFS mount or to a Windows host through a CIFS share. A volume is the most inclusive of the logical containers. It can store files and directories, qtrees, and LUNs.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose Physical > Storage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp Oncommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the row of
a filer and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
Volumes tab.
The volumes
available under the account are displayed. The
Volumes tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | Navigate to the Volumes tab. For more information about how to navigate to the Volumes tab, see the "Managing Volumes" topic. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
Flexible Volume dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create. |
NetApp SnapMirror software is an enterprise-level disaster recovery and data distribution solution. SnapMirror mirrors data to one or more network filers at high speed over LAN or WAN connections.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, expand pods and select the NetApp Oncommand account to view the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the row of
a filer and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
SnapMirrors tab.
Cisco UCS Director displays a list of SnapMirror relationships created in the account. The SnapMirror tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | Navigate to the SnapMirrors tab. For more information about how to navigate to the SnapMirrors tab, see Managing SnapMirror Relationship. | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create Connection. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Configure dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the SnapMirrors tab. For more information about how to navigate to the SnapMirrors tab, see Managing SnapMirror Relationship. |
Step 2 | Click Schedules. |
Step 3 | In the
Schedules window, do the following:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. |
A QTree is similar in concept to a partition. It creates a subset of a volume to which a quota can be applied to limit its size. As a special case, a QTree can be the entire volume. A QTree is more flexible than a partition because you can change the size of a QTree at any time.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp Oncommand account to view the list of filers. | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the filer
and click
View
Details.
Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. Click the tabs in the window for more details about the filer component. | ||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
Qtrees tab.
Cisco UCS Director
displays the Qtrees available in the account. The
QTree tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | Navigate to the Volumes tab. For more information about how to navigate to the Volumes tab, see Managing Volumes. |
Step 2 | Choose the volume in which you want to create the QTree. |
Step 3 | From the purple drop-down list, choose Create QTree. |
Step 4 | In the Create QTree dialog box, do the following: |
Step 5 | Click Create. |