NetApp Setup Cheat Sheet

This is getting a little closer to something I am happy with.  I have tried to list both telnet(SSH) and FilerView for everything up to the volume level.  I will fill in the rest later.  After that, my next major update will be to add Systems Manager for each step.  I am waiting on Systems Manager version 1.1 to be released before I update that piece.  I have also noted where vifs will be changed to interface groups (ifgrp) in ONTAP8.


Latest Revision Date: 10/28/2009 tested on ONTAP 7.3.1

Setting Up a Filer:

1. Check version and licenses

• (telnet) license to list
• (telnet) license add (key) to add a license
• (FilerView) Filer -> Manage Licenses
  

2. Setup Network Interfaces (set up single-mode and multi-mode vifs or ifgrps)

• NOTE: You can't modiy a vif once it is created.  I usually have to delete the vif and start over to modify it.  This also means network service will go down on that port group!
  
• (telent) ifconfig -a to list the interfaces
• (telnet) ifconfig command to manage the interfaces
  
• (telent) To manage vifs in ONTAP 7: vif command, in ONTAP 8: ifgrp
• (telnet) You can also run setup, will probably require a reboot!
  
• (FilerView) Network -> Manage Interfaces -> i.e. vif1a or vif1b

3. Enable SSH on the filer

• (telnet)  secureadmin setup ssh
  
• (FilerView) Secure Admin ->SSH -> Configure -> Generate Keys -> OK -> Apply

4. Set Snap reserve on Aggr0 if not MetroCluster

• The default for this is 5%.  I have seen some set this to 0% if not using MetroCluster.  I set it to 3% because I have seen issues if set to 0% and NetApp support likes at least a little reserve at this level for disaster recovery
• (telnet) snap reserve -A aggr0 3
• (FilerView) I don't think this is possible from FilerView
  

5. Resize Vol0

• (telnet) vol size vol0 15g for 2000 series (20gb on 3000 series)
• (telnet) vol size vol0 to check
• (FilerView) Volumes -> Manage -> Click on vol0
• Click Resize Storage
• Click Next -> Click Next -> Enter New Volume Size -> Next -> Commit -> Close
  

6. Iscsi & FCP status

• (telnet) iscsi status to check
• (telnet) iscsi start to enable
• (telnet) same commands for fcp
  
• (FilerView) LUNs -> Enable/Disable ->Check Enable Box
  

7. NTP Setup

• (telnet)  to list all time options: options timed
• (telnet) options timed.servers 0.us.pool.ntp.org,1.us.pool.ntp.org,2.us.pool.ntp.org (or enter your time servers for your site)
  
• (telnet) options timed.proto ntp (if not already set to ntp)
• (telent) options timed.log on (if you would like the updates to go to console and log)
• (telnet) options timed.enable on
  
• (FilerView) Filer -> Set Date/Time -> Modify Date/Time
• Choose Time Zone -> Click Next
• Choose Automatic -> Click Next
• Change Protocol to ntp -> Click Next
• Enter ntp servers 0.us.pool.ntp.org (1&2) - or any other ntp server you have
• Click Commit -> Click Close
  

8. Enable and Test Autosupport

• (telnet) to list all options: options autosupport 
• (telnet) options autosupport.from (userid) - sets the userid autosupport is sent from
• (telnet) options autosupport.mailhost (host ip or name)
• (telnet) options autosupport.to (user1,user1)
• (telnet) options autosupport.enable on
• (telnet) options.autosupport.doit test - generates a test autosupport
  
• (FilerView) Filer -> Configure Autosupport
• Change Autosupport enabled to Yes
• Enter mailhosts
• Enter To: fields -> Click Apply
• Click Test Autosupport on the left -> Click Send Mail
  

9. Check Cluster Failover

• (telnet) cf status – Check Cluster Failover Status
• (telnet) cf partner - Lists the partner head
  
• (telent) cf monitor – more details on failover
• (telnet) cf  takeover - This will reboot the host you are taking over!
• (telnet) cf giveback - when partner is ready to receive back
  
• (FilerView) Cluster - Click the buttons!  :)
  

10. Disk Commands (Assign Drives to Controller)

• Typically I would assign the odd disks to the first controller and the evens to the second controller.  I have also assigned the majority of drives to one controller and a minimum (3-4 drives) to the other controller to maximize capacity
  
• (telnet) disk show –n - show disks NOT owned
• (telnet) disk show –o (controller name) - show disks owned by a controller
• (telnet) disk show –v - show all disks owned and not owned
• (telnet) disk assign (drive#)
• (telnet) disk remove_ownership (drive#) (This is a priv set advanced command!)
  
• (telent) disk zero spares
• (FilerView) - I don't think this is possible from FilerView
  

11. Aggregate Commands (Assign Drives to Aggregate)

• In RAID-DP environments, if there are 2 hot spares, I often add one back in.  You already have 2 drive failure with RAID-DP and this way you have one more drive capacity
• (telnet) aggr status -v - shows status with volume information
  
• (telnet) aggr status –r - shows which drives are in the aggr already including raid groups
  
• (telnet) aggr options (aggr) - shows all options for the aggr (raid groups, raid type, etc.) 
• (telnet) aggr show_space -m OR -g
  
• (telnet) aggr add (aggr) –d (drive#)
• (FilerView) Aggregates -> Click on the aggregate
• Click Show Raid to see existing disk configuration
• Click Add Disks to add new disks and follow the wizard

12. Volume Commands (Create Volumes From Aggregates)

• (telnet) vol status - shows all volumes and options
• (telnet) vol create (volumename) -s none (aggr) (size) - create volume with no guarantee
• (telnet) vol create (volumename) -s volume (aggr) (size) - create volume with volume guarantee
• (telnet) vol size (volume) - check the volume size
  
• (telnet) vol size (volume) (size) - set volume to new size
• (telnet) vol autosize (volume) on - turn on volume autogrow, the volume will grow by default in 5% increments until 20% growth achieved by default
  
• (telnet) vol autosize volume -m (new max size) -i (new increment amount) - notice that even though the defaults are 20% max and 5% increments, if you change the value the new values have to be in space (MB or GB)!
• (telnet) vol autosize (volume) - reports the current setting
• (telnet) vol options (volume) - list the volume options
  
• (telnet) vol options (volume) guarantee volume OR none - sets the volume guarantee to volume or none
  (telnet) vol options (volume) fractional_reserve (value) - sets fractional reserve to (value) but only works if volume guarantee is volume.
• (telnet) vol options (volume) try_first snap_delete OR volume_grow - sets the value to which method a volume will use when it runs out of space.  It will either grow the volume or delete snap shots.  The defaults is to grow the volume.
  
• (FilerView) Too much here to list.  Just click on volumes and poke around.  The following aren't possible in FilerView that I can tell: volume autosize, volume try_first option, changing fractional reserve
  

13. Check and Modify Snapshot Settings as Needed per Volume

• NOTE: Disable the snapshot schedule on the volume if SnapManager is protecting the volume
  
• (telnet) vol options (volume) nosnap on - Turn off the SnapShot Schedule but leave the schedule in place. I do this to disable snapshots in favor of the following command
  
• (telnet) snap sched (volume) 0 0 0 - Disable SnapShots by modifying the schedule.  I like the first option better.
• (telnet) snap reserve (volume) (#) - Sets the snap reserve to #% of the volume
  
• (telnet) snap autodelete (volume) - shows the snapshot autodelete settings
• (telnet) snap autodelete (volume) on - turns on snapshot autodelete (Check the settings!  Too many default settings to list here!)
• (FilerView) Too much here to list.  Just click on Volumes -> Snapshots and poke around.  The snap autodelete option is not possible in FilerView that I can tell.
  

14. Set DeDupe Settings per Volume

• DELETE EXISTING SNAPSHOTS FIRST ON THE TARGET VOLUME!
• Note: For the sis command you need the full volume path, /vol/vol0 for instance
  
• (telnet) sis on (full volume path) - enables dedupe on that volume
  
• (telnet) sis start (full volume path) - runs dedupe on that volume now
  
• (telnet) df –sh - To check space saving on DeDupe
• (telnet) sis config and sis status to check settings
• (telnet) sis config -s sun,mon-fri,sat@0,3-9,12 (full volume path) - The -s option allows you to change the schedule.  You can list the days separated by commas or a range by dash, same with hours.
  
• (FilerView) This is not possible in FilerView
  

15. Cifs setup (set up ntp first!)

• (telnet) cifs setup
• OR (Filer View) CIFS -> Configure -> Setup Wizard

16. To Set-up a CIFS Share (Add Volume First!)

• (Filer View) CIFS -> Shares -> Add
• (Filer View) CIFS -> Shares -> Manage -> Change Access
  

17. NFS Setup (Add Volume First!)

• Need to Add NFS Export Permissions

18. LUN Setup (Add Volume First!)

• Need more information here
  
• (telnet) lun setup - wizard to create the lun and map the igroup all in one
• (telnet) lun set reservation (full path to lun) enable OR disable - disable space reservation to thin provision the LUN
  
• (Filer View) LUNS -> Add (Name Lun with aggr.LUN file convention)
• Add an igroup and assign initiators
• LUNS -> Manage -> No Maps
  

Other Common Information Commands That I Still Need to Add and Document:
Sysconfig

snap reclaimable
snap delta
aggr show_space (aggr) -g
shelfchk
Wrfile /etc/hosts
Rdfile /etc/hosts
Rdfile /etc/rc
rdfile /etc/messages

Priv set advanced
Led_on (drive#) (get nmber from disk show) (need priv set advanced first)
(priv set) disk shm_stats 
(need to add deswizzle status command)
sysstat
statit (disk utilization)
stats (performance data)
reallocate measure or
reallocate start
to see raid groups: sysconfig -r OR aggr status -R
fcstat device_map - command to show shelf layout
sysconfig -d
interface alias process

storage show
vif favor