Overview of setup and installation

Overview of setup and installation tasks

The following table shows the major tasks in setting up a gFiler.

Step	Action	For information see...
1	Configuring specific gFilers to be able to read data from and write data to LUNs on the storage subsystem. This process is referred to as assigning disk (LUN) ownership.	Chapter 2, Planning for Software Setup of a gFiler and Chapter 3, Providing Setup Information
2	Providing answers to prompts about the system using the data that you gathered in Gathering data needed for the setup program.	Chapter 3, Providing Setup Information
3	Installing the gFiler storage system license and an NFS or a CIFS license. Before you can install the Data ONTAP software on a gFiler, you must install the gateway storage system license and an NFS license (when installing from a UNIX client) or a CIFS license (when installing from a Windows client). Licenses for other Data ONTAP features can be installed before or after the Data ONTAP software is installed.	Chapter 4, Installing Data ONTAP Software
4	Installing and downloading Data ONTAP software.	Chapter 4, Installing Data ONTAP Software
5	Verifying that your setup and installation is working properly.	Chapter 5, Completing the Initial Setup
6	Completing any additional setup that is dependent on Data ONTAP software installation first; for example:
	Configuration if you have switches	Setup if your deployment includes a shared switch
	(Optional) Creating volumes to facilitate data management	Chapter 6, Managing Volumes, RAID Groups, and LUNs
	(Optional) Configuring SnapMover to enable you to change workload distribution	Chapter 7, Managing Workload Distribution with SnapMover
	(Optional) Configuring other Data ONTAP features that simplify administration, management, and data protection	Data ONTAP documentation suite