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Cisco UCS Director displays all managed components in each of the 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.
You can monitor each component and perform tasks such as creating, deleting, and modifying these components. The following components are monitored in an ONTAP account:
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 is a type of disk storage device that owns and controls a file system and presents files and directories over the network. It uses an operating system called Data ONTAP.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account and select the NetApp ONTAP account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the filer and click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
VMs tab.
The VMs
available in the filer are displayed. The
VMs tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account and select the NetApp ONTAP 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
Interfaces tab.
Cisco UCS Director
displays the interfaces available in the account. The interfaces tab provides
the following actions:
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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 ONTAP 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
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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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 Add. 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.
vFilers are ONTAP 7-mode virtual containers that create separate virtual filer instances within a physical controller. When you use a 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 ONTAP 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
vFilers tab.
The vFilers
available under the account are displayed. The
vFiler tab provides the following actions:
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Ensure that IP Space is created and assigned to 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. |
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 file system volumes. If the aggregate is unmirrored, it contains a single plex. If the SyncMirror feature is licensed and enabled, Data ONTAP adds a second plex to the aggregate, which serves as a RAID-level mirror for the first plex in the aggregate.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP 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
Aggregates tab.
Cisco UCS Director
displays the Aggregates available in the account. The
Aggregate tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | Navigate to the Aggregates tab. For more information about how to navigate to the Aggregates tab, see Managing Aggregates. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
Aggregate dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Submit. |
Initiator groups (igroups) specify which hosts can access specified LUNs on the storage system. Initiator groups are protocol-specific.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account and select the 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 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 Initiators Groups tab, see Managing Initiator Groups. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Create
Initiator Group dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Create. |
An initiator is a part of an initiator group. You can add an initiator to an initiator group.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account and select the 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 Initiators tab. You can add a new initiator to an initiator group using the Create option or remove it from an initiator group using the Delete option. | ||||||||
Step 5 | To create a new initiator, click Create. | ||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
Initiator dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | 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 ONTAP account and select the NetApp ONTAP 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 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP 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
Volumes tab.
Cisco UCS Director
displays the volumes available in the account. 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, choose the pod that includes NetApp ONTAP 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
SnapMirrors tab.
Cisco UCS Director displays a list of SnapMirror relationships that are 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 Relationships. | ||||||||||||||
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 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account and select 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 SnapMirrors tab. |
Step 5 | Click Schedules. |
Step 6 | In the
Schedules window, do the following:
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SnapVault is a collection of snapshot copies of the primary volume, which can be restored with minimal downtime when there is data loss or when a system is corrupted. The SnapVault relationships can be managed through the SnapMirrors tab.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the left
pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account.
The NetApp ONTAP account displays the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose the filer and then click View Details. Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the
SnapVault tab.
Cisco UCS Director displays a list of SnapVault relationships that have been created on the filer. For each SnapVault relationship, the SnapVault tab displays information such as the source volume, the destination volume, the source system, transfer rate, and tries count. The SnapVault tab provides the following actions:
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Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the left
pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account.
The NetApp ONTAP account displays the list of Filers in the account. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Choose the filer and then click View Details. Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the SnapVault tab. Cisco UCS Director displays a list of SnapVault relationships that have been created on the filer. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | On the SnapVault tab, click Create. The Create SnapVault dialog box appears. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | In the
Create
SnapVault dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click Submit. |
You can view the schedules and status history of the SnapVault relationships through the SnapMirrors tab.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | On the left
pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account.
The NetApp ONTAP account displays the list of Filers in the account. |
Step 3 | Choose the filer and then click View Details. Cisco UCS Director displays information about the selected filer. |
Step 4 | Click the
SnapVault tab.
Cisco UCS Director displays a list of SnapVault relationships that have been created on the filer. For each SnapVault relationship, the SnapVault tab displays information such as the source volume, the destination volume, the source system, transfer rate, and tries count. |
Step 5 | Double-click the SnapVault relationship for which you want to view the schedules and status history. By default, the Schedules report appears. The Schedules report displays the available schedules for the selected SnapVault relationship. |
Step 6 | To view the status history of the SnapVault relationship, from the Report list, select Status History. The Status History report displays the status of the schedules for the selected SnapVault relationship. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the Volumes tab. For more information about how to navigate to the Volumes tab, see Managing Volumes. | ||||||
Step 2 | Click the volume. | ||||||
Step 3 | Choose Create CIFS Share from the drop-down list. | ||||||
Step 4 | In the
Add CIFS
Share dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Share. |
Step 1 | Navigate to the Volumes tab. For more information about how to navigate to the Volumes tab, see Managing Volumes. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Volume. You get various actions to perform on the selected volume. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Expand the drop-down list and choose Set CIFS Share Access. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Set CIFS
Share Access dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | 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 ONTAP account and select the 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 QTrees tab. For more information about how to navigate to the QTrees tab, see the "Managing QTrees and Creating Quotas" topic. |
Step 2 | To create a new QTree, click the Volumes tab and select the volume in which you want to create the QTree. |
Step 3 | Choose Create QTree from the purple drop-down list on the right pane. |
Step 4 | In the Create QTree dialog box, complete the following fields: |
A multi-node setup improves scalability by offloading the processing of system tasks, such as inventory data collection, from the primary node to one or more service nodes. You can assign certain system tasks to one or more service nodes. The number of nodes determines how the processing of system tasks are scaled.
Step 1 | On the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | In the left pane, choose the pod that includes the NetApp ONTAP account and select the ONTAP account. |
Step 3 | Click the
System
Tasks tab.
The tasks that are defined for the account is displayed. For more information about how to manage system tasks, see the Cisco UCS Director Administration Guide. |