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Cluster Guide
FAS900 Series Appliance

Preface

 

Chapter 1: Preparing for the Installation

Required documentation, tools, and equipment

Clustering concepts

 

Standard clusters

 

Mirrored clusters and MetroClusters

 

Fabric Attached MetroCluster

 

Chapter 2: Cabling a Standard or Mirrored Cluster

Cluster installation types

Cabling the cluster

 

Step 1: Preparing your equipment

 

Step 2: Cabling Channel A

 

Step 3: Cabling the cluster adapters

 

Step 4: Cabling Channel B

 

Chapter 3: Cabling a MetroCluster

Cabling a new Fabric Attached MetroCluster

 

Step 1: Planning the Fabric Attached MetroCluster

 

Step 2: Configuring the local switches

 

Step 3: Cabling the local node

 

Step 4: Cabling the remote switches and node

 

Step 5: Configuring the nodes

Cabling a nonswitched MetroCluster

Converting an existing cluster to a Fabric Attached MetroCluster

 

Chapter 4: Configuring the Cluster

Step 1: Bringing up the cluster for the first time

Step 2: Enabling licenses

Step 3: Setting options and parameters

Step 4: Configuring networking interfaces

Step 5: Checking and testing cluster configuration

 

Chapter 5: Basic Troubleshooting

Takeover or giveback failures

Hot-swap disk loop error messages on Fabric Attached MetroClusters

Recovering from a disaster

Out-of-date software and firmware

 

Updating Data ONTAP

 

Updating node, disk, or shelf firmware only

Not enough storage

LRC needs upgrading to ESHs or LRC/ESH fails

Failed adapters

Removing clustering

 

Appendix A: Communications Regulations

Regulatory notices

Declaration of Conformity

 

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