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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