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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 Disks, all the disks that are available in that account are displayed. Click the row of the disk and then 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.
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 | Choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||
Step 7 | Click Interfaces. | ||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create VLAN. | ||||||||
Step 9 | On the Create VLAN screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | Click Create. | ||||||||
Step 11 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | Click the
IP
Spaces tab.
When you
choose an IP Space, the following additional actions appear:
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Ensure that the VLAN interface is added to the filer.
Step 1 | Choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. |
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. |
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. |
Step 5 | Click Filers. |
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. |
Step 7 | Click IP Spaces. |
Step 8 | Click Create. |
Step 9 | In theIP Space Name field, enter the IP space name. |
Step 10 | Click Create. |
Assign an IP space to a VLAN.
Ensure that the VLAN interface is added to the filer.
Step 1 | Choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. |
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. |
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. |
Step 5 | Click Filers. |
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. |
Step 7 | Click IP Spaces. |
Step 8 | Click the row of an IP Space to which you want to assign a VLAN interface. |
Step 9 | Click Assign. TheAssign IP Space to a vLAN screen appears. |
Step 10 | From the Select VLAN Interface drop-down list, choose the VLAN interface. |
Step 11 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click vFilers. When you choose a vFiler, the following additional actions appear:
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Create an IP Space and assign it o a VLAN.
Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | Click vFilers. | ||||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 9 | On the Create vFiler screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | Click Create. |
Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click vFilers. | ||||||||||||
Step 8 | Click the vfiler and click Setup. | ||||||||||||
Step 9 | On the Setup vFiler screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click vFilers. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 8 | Click the vfiler and click Setup CIFS. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 9 | On theSetup CIFS screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | Click Submit. The CIFS service starts automatically when this configuration is completed. You can stop the CIFS service by clicking Stop CIFS. |
Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||
Step 7 | Click vFilers. | ||||||||
Step 8 | Click the vFiler to which you want to assign a group and click Assign Group. | ||||||||
Step 9 | On the Select Group screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click Aggregates. When you choose an aggregate, the following additional actions appear:
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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 | Choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | Click Initiator Groups. When you choose an initiator group, the following additional actions appear:
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Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | Click Initiator Groups. | ||||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create. | ||||||||||
Step 9 | On theCreate Initiator Group screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | 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 | Choose . | ||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||
Step 7 | Click Initiators. The following action appears:
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An initiator is a part of an initiator group. You can add an initiator to an initiator group.
Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||
Step 7 | Click Initiators. | ||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create. | ||||||||
Step 9 | On the Create Initiator screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click LUNs. When you choose a LUN, the following additional actions appear:
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Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click LUNs. | ||||||||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||
Step 9 | On the Create LUN screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click Volumes. When you choose a volume, the following additional actions appear:
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Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click Volumes. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create. | ||||||||||||||||||
Step 9 | On the Create Flexible Volume screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click SnapMirrors.
The following actions appear:
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Step 1 | Choose . | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click SnapMirrors. | ||||||||||||||
Step 8 | Click Create Connection. | ||||||||||||||
Step 9 | On the Configure screen, complete the following fields:
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Step 10 | Click Submit. |
Step 1 | Choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. |
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. |
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. |
Step 5 | Click Filers. |
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. |
Step 7 | Click SnapMirrors. |
Step 8 | Click Schedules. |
Step 9 | On the Schedules screen, do the following: |
Step 10 | 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 | Choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. | ||||||
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. | ||||||
Step 5 | Click Filers. | ||||||
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. | ||||||
Step 7 | Click Qtrees. When you choose a QTree, the following additional actions appear:
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Step 1 | Choose . |
Step 2 | On the Storage page, choose the pod. |
Step 3 | On the Storage page, click Storage Accounts. |
Step 4 | Click the row with the NetApp OnCommand account and then click View Details. |
Step 5 | Click Filers. |
Step 6 | Click the row of the filer you want to manage and then click View Details. |
Step 7 | Click Volumes. |
Step 8 | Choose the volume in which you want to create the QTree. |
Step 9 | From the More Actions drop-down-list, choose Create QTree. |
Step 10 | On the Create QTree screen, do the following: |
Step 11 | Click Create. |