Upgrading the ONTAP Simulator to 9.3RC1

In order to try out the latest version of ONTAP - with ONTAP 9.3RC1 being the latest as I write this - then you’ll need to upgrade the ONTAP Simulator (assuming you don’t have suitable hardware to play with). Fortunately it is very easy to do this and to get a basic cluster setup up and running.

Note: Here I show you my way - there are other ways.

Walkthrough

1) Download the latest version of the simulator from:

Since I’m using VMware Workstation, I go for:
Simulate ONTAP 9.2 for VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware Fusion (vsim-netapp-DOT9.2-cm.ova)

2) Download the ONTAP 9.3RC1 from:

The file is: 93RC1_q_image.tgz

3) Open the downloaded vsim-netapp-DOT9.2-cm.ova in VMware Workstation, and follow the prompts to import the VM.
4) (If you need to) Modify any hardware settings (networks, add extra vNICs).
5) Power on the VM
6) (Optional) Press {SPACE} at the “Hit [Enter] to boot immediately...” to get to the VLOADER> prompt
7) (Optional) A few things I like to do at the VLOADER> prompt - enable to use more and larger vDisks, and allow the VM to power itself off:

setenv bootarg.sim.vdevinit 31:14:0,31:14:1,31:14:2,31:14:3
setenv bootarg.vm.sim.vdevinit 31:14:0,31:14:1,31:14:2,31:14:3
setenv bootarg.vm.no_poweroff_on_halt false
boot

8) When prompted, press Ctrl-C to access the boot menu
9) From the Boot Menu select option (7) “Install new software first”, and follow the prompts to install ONTAP 9.3RC1.

Note: You need to have already presented the ONTAP image via a webserver for this step (if you don’t have a webserver, Mongoose.exe from https://cesanta.com/ is good and light, or you could try hfs.exe which I’m using here)

... Do you want to continue? y
... port ... for the download? e0c
... Reboot now? y

Enter the IP address for port e0c: 10.9.3.11
Enter the netmask...: 255.0.0.0
... default gateway: 10.0.0.1
What is the URL for the package? http://10.0.0.1/93RC1_q_image.tgz
... user name ... if any?

... default ... for subsequent reboots? y
... reboot now? y

Image: Boot Menu from ONTAP 9.2 SIM
10) When prompted, press Ctrl-C to access the boot menu
11) From the Boot Menu select option (4) “Clean configuration and initialize all disks”, and follow the prompts.

Zero disks...? y
... are you sure? y

And wait...

12) Complete the node setup part of the “cluster setup wizard”:

Type yes to confirm and continue? y
Enter the node management interface port? e0c
Enter the node management interface IP address: 10.9.3.11
Enter the node management interface netmask: 255.0.0.0
Enter the node management interface default gateway: 10.0.0.1

A node management interface ... has been created.

13) I don’t like using the VM console any more than I have to, so at this point press Ctrl+C and login as “admin”.
14) To enable SSH, run the following commands::>


security login password

security login create -vserver Default -user-or-group-name admin -application ssh -authmethod password -role admin


15) Now connect via SSH to the node management IP.
16) Create the cluster::>


cluster create -clustername C93A -node-count 1


Note 1: ‘Cluster Setup’ kept on prompting for node management addressing, then kicked me out of SSH, hence using the cluster create.
Note 2: I did try the Guided Setup with the 9.3RC1 SIM, but it wouldn’t discover my node.

17) Basic cluster setup.
The following commands:
- Create a cluster management LIF
- Configure cluster DNS
- Configure timezone
- Configure NTP
- Assign disks
- Create a couple of data aggregates
- Install the feature licenses from the 9.2 SIM (with serial: 4082368507)


net int create -vserver C93A -lif cluster_mgmt -role cluster-mgmt -home-node C93A-01 -home-port e0c -address 10.9.3.10 -netmask 255.0.0.0

vserver services name-service dns create -domains lab.priv -name-servers  10.0.1.10

timezone -timezone Europe/London
cluster time-service ntp server create -server 10.0.1.10

disk assign -all true -node C93A-01
aggr create -aggregate data1 -diskcount 26 -maxraidsize 26
aggr create -aggregate data2 -diskcount 26 -maxraidsize 26

license add YVUCRRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # CIFS                      
license add WKQGSRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # FCP                
license add SOHOURRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # FlexClone          
license add YBSOYRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # Insight_Balance   
license add KQSRRRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # iSCSI                     
license add MBXNQRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # NFS                
license add QDDSVRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # SnapLock           
license add CYAHWRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # SnapManager       
license add GUJZTRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # SnapMirror        
license add OSYVWRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # SnapProtect       
license add UZLKTRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # SnapRestore           
license add EJFDVRRRYVHXCFABGAAAAAAAAAAA # SnapVault
 

And we’re done!

APPENDIX: What’s behind option (9) Configure Advanced Drive Partitioning?

Image: Advanced Drive Partitioning Boot Menu Options

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