Chapter 1. Release Notes for NetApp ONTAP Connector Pack

- Cisco UCS Director

- Connector Packs

- NetApp ONTAP Connector Pack

- New and Changed Features in Release 6.7.2.1

- Open Bugs

- Resolved Bugs

- Communications, Services, and Additional Information

Cisco UCS Director

Cisco UCS Director delivers unified, highly secure management for supported compute, network, storage, and virtualization platforms and for the industry's leading converged infrastructure solutions, which are based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco Nexus platforms. Cisco UCS Director extends the unification of computing and network layers through Cisco UCS to provide data center administrators with comprehensive visibility and management capabilities for compute, network, storage, and virtualization. For more information, see Cisco UCS Director on Cisco.com.

- Revision History

Revision History

Release

Date

Description

6.7.2.1

July 4, 2019

Created for Release 6.7.2.1.

Connector Packs

Connector packs help you perform connector level upgrade in Cisco UCS Director without impacting other connectors and without having to upgrade the entire software version. After claiming Cisco UCS Director in Cisco Intersight, as a system administrator, you can view information on new versions of connector packs that are available for upgrade. The top header pane of the user interface displays a Download icon indicating that new connector pack versions are available. You can select and upgrade the connector packs in Cisco UCS Director.

NetApp ONTAP Connector Pack

Cisco UCS Director supports the NetApp storage infrastructure. Cisco UCS Director provides auto-discovery, monitoring, and complete visibility for all NetApp filer components, such as nodes, SVMs, IPspaces, aggregates, and SnapMirrors. The NetApp ONTAP connector pack provides features and defect fixes for NetApp storage infrastructure. Using the connector pack, you can upgrade to the latest version of NetApp ONTAP connector pack.

- Upgrading Connector Packs

- Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information

Upgrading Connector Packs

Before you begin

- You must have system administrator privileges in Cisco UCS Director.

- Cisco UCS Director has been claimed in Cisco Intersight. For information on claiming a device, see the integrated guided walkthrough titled Learn How to Claim a Device available within the Online Help menu in the Cisco Intersight user interface.

- Cisco UCS Director is successfully connected to Cisco Intersight.

- Take a snapshot of Cisco UCS Director before you initiate the upgrade.

Procedure

Step 1

On the header, click New Upgrades Available.

The Available System Upgrades screen appears and will display all available connector packs for upgrade along with version information. Upon login, if you clicked Yes to the pop-up message, then the very same upgrade screen appears.

Note

The New Upgrades Available icon is visible on the header only when new versions of the current running connector packs are available for upgrade.

Step 2

Check the check box of a connector pack from the list.

You can check the check boxes of multiple connector packs.

Step 3

Click Upgrade.

Step 4

In the Confirm Upgrade dialog box, click Yes.

After you confirm that the connector version must be upgraded, the validation process is initiated. If the validation process completes successfully, the upgrade process is initiated and the System Upgrade Status screen displays the upgrade status. After the upgrade process is successful, the Logout option is enabled.

Step 5

Click Logout.

While upgrading a base platform pack that includes changes to all infrastructure components, all Cisco UCS Director services are restarted. As a result, after clicking Logout, the screen could appear to be unresponsive for a few minutes. After all the services are restarted, and the upgrade process is complete, you can login to Cisco UCS Director .

What to do next

You can view the upgrade reports by choosing Administration > System > System Updates. From this screen, you can double-click on a report, and view additional details on the upgrade process. For more information, see Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information.

Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Administration > System.

Step 2

On the System page, click System Updates.

Information such as upgrade request ID, user that initiated the upgrade, upgrade start time and end time, and the upgrade status are displayed.

Step 3

Select a connector pack and choose View Details to view details such as connector pack name, upgraded version, and prior version.

Step 4

Click State History to view the various states of the connector pack upgrade process. For example, upgrade request received, upgrade process initiated or upgrade process completed.

Step 5

Click Stages to view the entire lifecycle of the connector pack upgrade request.

New and Changed Features in Release 6.7.2.1

This section provides an overview of the significant new and changed features in this release.

Enhancement to enable services while creating logical interface

Creating logical interface (LIF) allows you to enable services, such as Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS), Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI). You can perform this using user interface, workflow task, and REST API.

To do so, in the user interface, choose Physical > Storage, click the row that includes the NetApp C-Mode account, click Logical Interfaces, and click Create LIF. On the Create LIF screen, complete the following fields:

Name

Description

Role drop-down list

Choose any one of the following as a role of the LIF:

- Data

- Intercluster

- Cluster Management

SVM Name list

Choose an SVM from the list.

Home Node list

Choose a node from the list.

Allowed Protocols list

Choose the allowed protocols from the following list:

- NFS

- CIFS

- iSCSI

- FCP

Home Port drop-down list

Choose a port from the list.

Logical Interface Name field

Enter the name of the logical interface.

IP Address field

Enter the IP address of the network.

Subnetmask field

Enter the subnet mask of the network.

Failover Policy drop-down list

Choose the failover policy for the LIF:

- nextavail

- disabled

- priority

Note

For iSCSI and FCP LIFs, the failover policy is Disabled. For CIFS LIFs, the default policy is Nextavail.

Use Failover Group drop-down list

Choose the failover group type to specify whether the failover rules are system defined, manually created by the administrator, or disabled:

- system-defined

- enabled

- disabled

Failover Group drop-down list

Choose the failover group to specify the failover group created by the administrator. This field is applicable only when Enabled is selected as the Use Failover Group.

NFS Service Start check box

Check this box to start the NFS service on the SVM.

This field is displayed when NFS is selected from the Allowed Protocols list.

Is NFS Access Enabled

Check this box to enable NFS access.

This field is displayed only when NFS Service Start is checked.

Is Vstorage Enabled

Check this box to enable Vstorage.

This field is displayed only when NFS Service Start is checked.

FCP Service Start

Check this box to start the FCP service on the SVM.

This field is displayed when FCP is selected from the Allowed Protocols list.

FCP Target Node Name

Enter the World Wide Node Name (WWNN) that is used to identify the FC node.

This field is displayed only when FCP Service Start is checked.

CIFS Setup

Check this box to setup CIFS on the SVM.

This field is displayed when CIFS is selected from the Allowed Protocols list.

CIFS Server

Enter a name for the CIFS server.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

Domain Name

The name of the domain that the CIFS server will join. It can be NetBIOS or any fully qualified domain name of the active directory, such as cifsdomain or cifs.domain.com.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

Admin User

The name of the admin user who has the ability to add the CIFS server to the domain given in the Domain Name field.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

Admin Password

The password of the admin user.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

Organizational Unit field

The distinguished name of the organizational unit that the CIFS service will become a member of. By default, the filer will join the 'CN=Computers' organizational unit.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

Schema drop-down list

Choose the LDAP schema from the list.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

IP Address

Enter a comma-separated list of LDAP IP addresses.

This field is displayed only when CIFS Setup is checked.

iSCSI Service Start

Check this box to start the iSCSI service on the SVM.

This field is displayed when iSCSI is selected from the Allowed Protocols list.

Alias Name

Enter the iSCSI target alias name for the iSCSI service.

This field is displayed only when iSCSI Service Start is checked.

ISCSI Node Name

Enter the iSCSI target node name for the SVM. The name must start with the prefix "iqn".

This field is displayed only when iSCSI Service Start is checked.

Open Bugs

There are no open bugs in this release.

Resolved Bugs

All resolved bugs for this release are available in the Cisco Bug Search Tool.

Bug ID

Headline

CSCvp91761

Unable to rollback snapmirror relationship.

CSCvo75013

Unable to inventory the NetApp snapmirror.

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