A Few Tweaks to My Clustered ONTAP 8.2.1RC1 Simulator Golden Image

Introduction

Below I list out a few tweaks to my current Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2.1RC1 Simulator Golden Image(s*) for VMware Worksation.

*Golden Images if you’ve got more than 1 set of serial number and sysid.

Changing the serial number and sysid for the 2^nd (and subsequent) node(s) in a SIM cluster has been covered before here - NetApp Simulator for Clustered ONTAP 8.2 RC Setup Notes. And that post (and many others) also contains the “Boot Menu - press Ctrl+C when prompted - and option 4 to initialize the disks.”

So, this post starts from a position that you already have a Golden Image(s) - added any additional NICs (see here), serial number/sysid settings have already been applied via the boot loader (as required), the wipe process has completed, the nodes come to the “Cluster setup wizard” and you’ve type exit, halted the node, and then taken a snapshot. This is your “pre-Cluster Setup Wizard” snapshot.

My starting place for this is a Golden Image with 7 NICs - this is to more closely replicate a FAS62XX with 6 onboard NICs and an e0M (onboard NICs are e0a,b,c,d,e,f).

Summary of Tweaks

1. (Via Console - Boot loader) Set bsdportname to e0g - this is for consistency with the SIM not having an e0M. The e0M on say a FAS62XX is effectively e0g in my SIM.

2. (Via Console - Boot loader) Set the VM to power off when you halt it - can’t see any reason for the SIM to stay on after you issue a halt, especially since it does not drop to a loader prompt…

3. (Via Console - Clustershell) Configure a temporary node-mgmt IP, give the admin account a password (so we can enable SSH), and enable ssh. This is so we can connect via SSH before running the Cluster Setup Wizard.

4. (Via SSH - Clustershell) Set up the ports so that they are like a FAS62XX with e0c and e0e for cluster (and node-mgmt for e0g which is simulating e0M.)

5. (Via SSH - Systemshell) Trash 1 of the 2 shelves of 14 x 1GB disks that originally comes with the SIM (not the shelf with the root aggregate’s disks on), then add 3 shelves of 14 x 4GB disks (could have gone for 9GB, all depends if you have the space on your system - see http://www.cosonok.com/2013/08/clustered-ontap-82-sim-maximizing.html)

6. (Via SSH - Clustershell) Finally, add 9 additional 1GB disks to the 3 x 1GB aggr0, and expand vol0 to less than 75% of the aggregate’s size (it’s a common issue with the SIM to experience the original < 1GB sized vol0 filling up.)

The Tweaks

## Console - Boot Loader ##

At the "Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt" prompt, hit any key other than [Enter]

At the boot loader prompt (>) enter

setenv bootarg.bsdportname e0g

setenv bootarg.vm.no_poweroff_on_halt false

boot_ontap

## Console - Clustershell ##

Welcome to the cluster setup wizard…

Do you want to create a new cluster or join an existing cluster?

Type "exit"

login: admin (there is no password)

At the clustershell (::>) enter the following replacing the IP Address, NetMask, node routing-group, and gateway, with entries of your choice

net int cre mgmt1 -role node-mgmt -home-node local -home-port e0g -address 10.0.0.101 -netmask 255.255.255.0

net ro ro cre n10.0.0.0/24 -destination 0.0.0.0/0 -gateway 10.0.0.1

sec log pass admin

Please enter your current password: [NO PASSWORD]

Enter a new password: *********

Enter it again: *********

sec log cre admin -application ssh -authmethod password -role admin

Now we can connect via SSH!

## SSH - Clustershell ##

login: admin

password: *********

net po mod -port * -role data

net po mod -port e0c,e0e -role cluster -node local

net po mod -port e0g -role node-mgmt -node local

sec log unlock diag

sec log pass diag

Enter a new password: *********

Enter it again: *********

set d

Warning: These diagnostic commands are for use by NetApp personnel only.

Do you want to continue? y

systemshell

## SSH - Systemshell ##

login: diag

password: *********

At the systemshell (%) type (or copy and paste) the following commands

setenv PATH "${PATH}:/usr/sbin"

cd /sim/dev/,disks

ls

sudo rm v0*

sudo rm ,reservations

cd /sim/dev

vsim_makedisks -h

sudo vsim_makedisks -n 14 -t 31 -a 0

sudo vsim_makedisks -n 14 -t 31 -a 2

sudo vsim_makedisks -n 14 -t 31 -a 3

exit

Back in the clustershell (::*>) type

node reboot

Warning: Are you sure you want to reboot the node? y

## SSH - Clustershell ##

After reboot, login and run the following commands in the clustershell

login: admin

password: *********

sto agg add-disks -agg aggr0 -diskcount 9

node run local vol size vol0 +5632m

node halt

Warning: Are you sure you want to halt the node? y

## AND FINALLY ##

After the node halts, take a snapshot!

THE END!

!!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!!

If you mean to change mgmt1 during cluster setup, you should instead do this via the console before you run the Cluster Setup Wizard since otherwise you might encounter some issues… Also, if you change the subnet, remember to add the route in also.

Run the below to set the mgmt1 lif correctly before running Cluster Setup Wizard:

net int mod mgmt1 -home-node local -home-port ??? -address ?.?.?.? -netmask ?.?.?.?

net ro ro cre n?.?.?.?/?? -destination 0.0.0.0/0 -gateway ?.?.?.?