gFiler™ Gateway Series
Software Setup, Installation, and Management Guide

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Preface

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Software Setup
Overview of setup and installation
Getting started with terms
Tools for administering your gFiler

Chapter 2: Planning for Software Setup of a gFiler
Planning overview
Requirement for enabling gFilers to read from and write to LUNs
Rules for the disk (LUN) ownership software scheme
Planning for disk (LUN) ownership assignment
Planning for RAID mirroring for data protection
Gathering data needed for the setup program
Where to go from here

Chapter 3: Providing Setup Information
Providing disk (LUN) ownership and system identification data

Chapter 4: Installing Data ONTAP Software
Installing licenses on the gateway
Installing the software from a UNIX client
Installing the software from a Windows client
Downloading Data ONTAP
Additional CIFS setup

Chapter 5: Completing the Initial Setup
Setup completion process
Setting up host name resolution
Verifying network connections
Making gateway data available to NFS hosts
Making gateway data available to CIFS hosts
Verifying configuration for clustered gateways
Configuring networking interfaces for clustered gateways
Checking and testing the configuration for clustered gateways
Verifying the RMC connections and setup
Setup if your deployment includes a shared switch
Where to go from here

Chapter 6: Managing Volumes, RAID Groups, and LUNs
Volume configuration and management
Management of RAID groups associated with NetApp volumes
Managing LUNs and LUN ownership

Chapter 7: Managing Workload Distribution with SnapMover
Planning for using SnapMover to change workload distribution
Changing workload distribution with SnapMover

Appendix A: Configuration Worksheet

Appendix B: Time Zones

Appendix C: Supported Languages

Index

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gFiler™ Gateway Series Software Setup, Installation, and Management Guide

gFiler™ Gateway Series
Software Setup, Installation, and Management Guide