Managing NetApp Cluster with NetApp OnCommand System Manager

OnCommand® System Manager is the simple yet powerful browser-based management tool that enables administrators to easily configure and manage individual NetApp storage systems or  clusters of them.System Manager is designed with wizards and workflows, simplifying common storage tasks such as creating volumes, LUNs, qtrees, shares, and exports, which saves time and prevents errors.

It works across all NetApp storage:

FAS2000, 3000, and 6000 series as well as V-Series systems.

Fast, simple configuration With System Manager, you can rapidly configure NetApp storage systems, typically within minutes after installation. Automated storage discovery further simplifies locating and configuring existing systems.

The management utility is Web based, can be installed on a laptop or server, and runs on either a Windows®  or a Linux® environment.

Simplified management

System Manager provides simple to-use, workflow-based wizards to automate the most common device management tasks. A dashboard unifies important system information, and this one view allows management of both SAN and NAS storage.

Real-time system performance is displayed in a single multiframe display, including CPU utilization, I/O throughput, operations, and latency.

OnCommand System Manager Key Features

• Intuitive browser-based graphic user interface

• Easy wizard-driven configuration

• Storage provisioning and disk aggregate management

• Support of all NetApp FAS and V-Series systems

• CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC, FCoE configuration in one view

• Flash Pools and Flash Cache

• Content repository / InfiniteVol support

• Capacity-optimized disk shelves

• Snapshot, SnapMirror® , and SyncMirror® management

• SnapVault and SnapLock® technology support

• vFiler® unit and Vserver management

• VMware ESX integration

• Active Directory®  and LDAP

• Support of Data ONTAP 7.2.3 and beyond

• Support of Data ONTAP 8.1x operating in Cluster-Mode

• Support for up to 24 nodes

• Secure access via password and RSH

• Secure communications via SSH and SSL

Access the NetApp OnCommand System Manager

You can manage the multiple Filers in a single console.


4 Filers are added in the system manager console.
1. FAS5051
2. FASSENTHIL
3. FASC1/FASC2 ---- Active Active Cluster

You can manage the NetApp Cluster HA Configuration status.

If you click the HA configuration, you will see the status of the filers and Configuration.

Same in check with command line also accessing through SSH.

List the partners in command line.
FASC1> cf partner

List the CIFS Shares.

Check the Network card information and the partner's ip mapped.

Access the CIFS share through windows client.

run \\ipaddress

You can access the myshare 

In this share i am creating a new file.

Some maintenance is required for FASC1, so i takeover the FASC1 to FASC2.


Press FASC1 ---- takeover button.

Takeover is processing.

FASC2 takeover successfully.

Check with the command line.

Now access the same CIFS share with FASC1's ipaddress. Because the FASC1 ipaddress is taken over with FASC2.

Now you can access the same CIFS share if the FASC1 is in Poweroff of maintenance Mode.

Check the HA status through the NetApp Oncommand system manager.

Now , if you press the giveback button, then it will start the give back process to FASC1.

Giveback successfully completed.
Now both the filers are in active active connection.

Both the filers are in active state.

Check with the command line also.

You can manage a multiple filers in a single system manger console.

You can provision a NAS(NFS) storage to ESX/ESXi is very fast.
Click the provision for ESX 

Create a new volume.

Add the ESX/ESXi ipaddress or hostname information.

Successfully NFS share created and it will be available at the ESX/ESXi server specified.

Now the NAS share is ready for the ESX server.

NetApp Cluster Tutorial

NetApp Cluster:


Requirements:


Two Filers :


FASC1


FASC2

 Add the cluster license on the both the filers.


FASC1> license add "XXXXXXXX"


FASC2> license add "XXXXXXXX"


Reboot the filers.


Enable the cluster on both the Filers.


FASC1> cf enable


FASC2> cf enable


FAS> cf status   ---- to check the status of cluster configuration.

 While cluster configuration, add the takeover partner ipaddress.






To check the cluster status, 


FASC1> cf status


FASC1> partner

ifconfig -a  
The output shows the ipaddress of the network interface with the patrner takeover ip also. 

FASC2> cf takeover

Now, FASC1 taken over by FASC2.


FASC2> patner


now you enter into the FASC1 console.

If you check the network interface,


All NIC taken over by the FASC2.

FASC1's ipaddress is 10.5.5.121.


And the cifs shares is myshare.


Even if the FASC1 is failed and take over by the FASC2, you can access the cifs shares.


Accessing through the winows7 client.

Now, able to access the cifsshares(myshare) even if the FASC1 is down.

FASC2> cf giveback

Giveback is successfully done.


cf status

NetApp : LUN Setup using Filerview

NetApp :  LUN Setup

To open a filerview: http://HOSTNAME

 If you press filerview, it asks for an authentication.

Once successfully authenticated you get this page.

Open LUN setup wizard.

Create a LUN with the volumename and size specification.

Successfully LUN created.

To Manage a LUN. After creating a LUN we need to map it. For mapping, we need to create a initiator group.

Press to Add an initiator group.

In windows 2003 server, install the iscsi initiator. Open the iscsi initiator and find the iqn value.

To create an iscsi initator group add the iqn value in netapp.

To check, go to manage.

Map the LUN to the existing Igroup name.

 Select the igroup name.

Successfully mapped.

In windows 2003 server add the iscsi target portal.

Now the LUN connected.

To check this, open the device manager.

To initialize the disk.

Disk Added. 

Disk Formatted and healthy.

 Now the disk mounted in drive.

We can able to create a files and folders.