Showing posts with label How to setup Netapp Cluster. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 15, 2013

How to setup Netapp 8.1.x Cluster with Replication in 25 mins


How to setup Netapp 8.1.x Cluster with Replication in 25 mins 


Pre requisites to setup Netapp 8.1.2 Cluster:

Hypervisor: ESX, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Fusion

VMware Player is free you can download it from here

Netapp Simulator: You can download it from Netapp.com, before the download you need to register and create an account

Management Software: You can download the On Command System Manager to Configure and Manage your Netapp Simulators

Compute Resources: 

Per simulator:  2vCPU, 1.7GB RAM 260GB, we need two simulators so total compute requirement is  4vCPU, 3.4GB memory, 320GB disk space.

IP address: we need at least 15 ip addresses for the complete setup: list of interfaces to be created
Cluster 1 vServer Cluster 1 Interfaces        ipaddr
Cluster 1 Cluster Management 
Cluster 1 Node Management
Cluster 1 vServer1 vServer data
Cluster 1 vServer1 vServer  Management
Cluster 1 vServer1 CIFS & NFS
Cluster 1 vServer1 iSCSi Lif 1
Cluster 1 vServer1 iSCSi Lif 2




Cluster 2 Cluster Management 
Cluster 2 Node Management
Cluster 2 vServer1 vServer data
Cluster 2 vServer1 vServer  Management
Cluster 2 vServer1 CIFS & NFS
Cluster 2 vServer1 iSCSi Lif 1
Cluster 2 vServer1 iSCSi Lif 2
Inter-Cluster communication

You can setup Netapp 8.1.2 Cluster on ESX, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Fusion


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                              Netapp 8.1.2 Cluster Setup Part2

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