Testing F800 series clusters

Verify the network addresses by entering the following command from one node:

ifconfig -a

Result

The local node and partner node IP addresses are listed.

Verify that you can create and retrieve files on both nodes for each licensed protocol.

Enable the clustering licenses by entering the following command on the local and partner nodes:

license add xxxxx 

xxxxx is the license code for your cluster.

Note
If you are using a version of Data ONTAP earlier than 6.4, the command is license option=code.

Result

Clustering is enabled on your system.

From the same node, enter the following command:

cf enable

Result

Takeover of the partner node is enabled.

Run the cluster configuration checker (cf-config-check.cgi) script, as described in Setting options and parameters with the cluster configuration checker.

Test communication between the local node and partner node.

For example, you can use the fcadmin device_map command to ensure that one node can access the other node's disks.

Example:

filer-1> fcadmin device_map

Loop Map for channel 8: 

Translated Map: Port Count 32

                  7  16  17  18  19  32  33  34  35  48  
49  50  51  24  26  27 57  61  42  43  44  45  28  29  30  
52  53  54  37  38  21  22 

Shelf mapping: 

                Shelf 2:  22  21 XXX  19  18  17  16 

                Shelf 3:  30  29  28  27  26 XXX  24 

                Shelf 4:  38  37 XXX  35  34  33  32 

                Shelf 5: XXX  45  44  43  42 XXX XXX 

                Shelf 6:  54  53  52  51  50  49  48 

Loop Map for channel 5: 

Translated Map: Port Count 22

                  7  38  35  22  20  19  30  29  28  27  
14  41  42  43  26  25 24  18  16  34  33  32 

Shelf mapping: 

                Shelf 2:  22 XXX  20  19  18 XXX  16 

                Shelf 3:  30  29  28  27  26  25  24 

                Shelf 4:  38 XXX XXX  35  34  33  32 

                Shelf 5: XXX XXX XXX  43  42  41 XXX 

Loop Map for channel 7a: 

Translated Map: Port Count 10

                  7  40  42  43  44  45  46  58  59  60 

Shelf mapping: 

                Shelf 5:  46  45  44  43  42 XXX  40 

                Shelf 7: XXX XXX  60  59  58 XXX XXX 

Loop Map for channel 7b: 

Translated Map: Port Count 13

                  7  16  17  18  19  20  32  33  34  35  
36  37  38 

Shelf mapping: 

                Shelf 2: XXX XXX  20  19  18  17  16 

                Shelf 4:  38  37  36  35  34  33  32 

From the local node console, enter the following command and verify that the partner node halted:

cf takeover

Result

The local node takes over the partner node. You see a message similar to the following:

takeover completed

Make sure that all clients and client applications can access data.

From the same node, enter the following command:

cf giveback

Result

The partner node reboots and functions normally. A successful giveback ends with the following message on the local node:

giveback completed

Repeat Step 1 through Step 9 on the other node.