... or ‘How to do a
Basic Setup of an ONTAP 8.3 2-Node Simulator Cluster with VMware Workstation’.
I needed to refresh
my lab (a bit late really), so thought I’d chronicle how to do a basic setup of
a 2-Node ONTAP 8.3 Simulator cluster.
Initial VM Setups
Skipping the downloading from support.netapp.com,
unpacking the files, opening in VMware Workstation bits - that really hasn’t
changed much since I did this
this post in January 2013...
- First thing to point out is that the ONTAP 8.3
Simulator VMX file has 5GB of memory configured; you can of course lower this
if you want (say to 2GB).
- Secondly, you’ll probably want to change the virtual
networks settings to work for you, I’ve stuck them all on my “Custom (VMnet1)”
network, it really doesn’t matter much for the SIM (in the real world your
Cluster Network is totally separate.)
- Thirdly, I always untick the “Connect at power on” for
the Serial Port & Serial Port 2 (if you have multiple simulators using the
same named pipe, VM Workstation errors and disconnects them anyway.)
Image: ONTAP 8.3
Simulator in VMware Workstation - Virtual Machine Settings
1.0 Cluster
Node 1
1.1 Wipeconfig Procedure
Click the “Power on...”
When it says:
Hit
[Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Press any other
key.
At the VLOADER> prompt type
setenv bootarg.vm.no_poweroff_on_halt false
boot_ontap
N.B.: The
no_poweroff just means when you halt ONTAP, the VM doesn’t power off. I prefer
the VM to power off after I’ve halted it.
When it says:
Press
Ctrl-C for Boot Menu
Press Ctrl-C
At the Boot Menu, select option 4 -
(4)
Clean configuration and initialize all disks.
- and press Enter.
Zero
disks, reset config and install a new file system?:
Type y and
press Enter.
This
will erase all the data on the disks, are you sure?:
Type y and
press Enter.
... and wait ...
1.2 Node Setup
After completing the wipeconfig procedure, the SIM will
come to:
Welcome
to node setup.
And it will tell you that AutoSupport will be enabled
from the start.
Type yes
to confirm and continue {yes}:
Type y and
press Enter.
Enter
the node management interface port [e0c]:
Press Enter to
accept e0c.
Supply the appropriate detail to the below prompts:
Enter
the node management interface IP address:
Enter
the node management interface netmask:
Enter
the node management interface default gateway:
1.3 Cluster Setup
At this stage you can either use System Setup software, or continue in the console. For this post I’ll
use the console.
At the login prompt enter admin and press Enter.
At the ::> prompt type cluster setup and press Enter.
Do you
want to create a new cluster or join an existing cluster?
Type create
and press Enter.
Do you
intend for this node to be used as a single node cluster?
Type no and
press Enter.
Will the
cluster network be configured to use network switches?
Type no and
press Enter.
It will then list the System Defaults for the cluster
network.
Do you
want to use these defaults?
Type yes and
press Enter.
Supply the appropriate detail to the below prompts:
Enter
the cluster administrator’s (username “admin”) password:
Retype
the password:
... and wait ...
Step 1
of 5: Create a Cluster
Enter
the cluster name:
Enter
the cluster base license key: SMKQROWJNQYQSDAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
N.B.: There's 14 A's in that key.
... and wait ...
Step 2
of 5: Add Feature License Keys
Enter an
additional license key:
Step 3
of 5: Set Up a Vserver for Cluster Administration
Enter
the cluster management interface port [e0d]:
Enter
the cluster management interface IP address:
Enter
the cluster management interface netmask:
Enter
the cluster management interface default gateway:
Enter
the DNS domain names:
Enter
the name server IP addresses:
Step 4
of 5: Configure Storage Failover (SFO)
Step 5
of 5: Set Up the Node
Where is
the controller located:
Enter
the node management interface port [e0c]:
Enter
the node management interface IP address:
Enter
the node management interface netmask:
Enter
the node management interface default gateway:
Press
enter to continue:
DONE!
2.0 Cluster
Node 2
2.1 Wipeconfig Procedure
Click the “Power on...”
When it says:
Hit
[Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Press any other
key.
At the VLOADER> prompt type
setenv SYS_SERIAL_NUM 4034389-06-2
setenv bootarg.nvram.sysid 4034389062
setenv bootarg.vm.no_poweroff_on_halt false
boot_ontap
N.B.: The
no_poweroff just means when you halt ONTAP, the VM doesn’t power off. I prefer
the VM to power off after I’ve halted it.
N.B.: IMPORTANT!
The only change from 1.1 is that we change the SYS_SERIAL_NUM and sysid, this
is so we can apply licenses to node 2 later.
When it says:
Press
Ctrl-C for Boot Menu
Press Ctrl-C
At the Boot Menu, select option 4 -
(4)
Clean configuration and initialize all disks.
- and press Enter.
Zero
disks, reset config and install a new file system?:
Type y and
press Enter.
This
will erase all the data on the disks, are you sure?:
Type y and
press Enter.
... and wait ...
2.2 Node Setup
After completing the wipeconfig procedure, the SIM will
come to:
Welcome
to node setup.
And it will tell you that AutoSupport will be enabled
from the start.
Type yes
to confirm and continue {yes}:
Type y and
press Enter.
Enter
the node management interface port [e0c]:
Press Enter to
accept e0c.
Supply the appropriate detail to the below prompts:
Enter
the node management interface IP address:
Enter
the node management interface netmask:
Enter
the node management interface default gateway:
2.3 Cluster Setup
At the login prompt enter admin and press Enter.
At the ::> prompt type cluster setup and press Enter.
Do you
want to create a new cluster or join an existing cluster?
Type join and
press Enter.
It will then list the System Defaults for the cluster
network.
Do you
want to use these defaults?
Type yes and
press Enter.
... and wait ...
Supply the appropriate detail to the below prompts:
Step 1
of 3: Join an Existing Cluster
Enter
the name of the cluster you would like to join:
... and wait ...
Step 2
of 3: Configure Storage Failover (SFO)
Step 3
of 3: Set Up the Node
Enter
the node management interface port [e0c]:
Enter
the node management interface IP address:
Enter
the node management interface netmask:
Enter
the node management interface default gateway:
Press
enter to continue:
DONE - 2 node cluster basic setup complete!
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