Required documentation, tools, and equipment

Required documentation

NetApp hardware and service documentation is not contained within a single guide. Instead, the field-replaceable units are documented as separate flyers at http://now.netapp.com/.

The following table lists and briefly describes the documentation you might need to reference when preparing a new cluster, or converting two stand-alone systems into a clustered system.

Manual name	Description
System Cabinet Guide	This guide describes how to install NetApp equipment into a system cabinet.
Site Requirements Guide	This guide describes the physical requirements your site must meet to install NetApp equipment.
The appropriate disk shelf guide	These guides describe how to cable a disk shelf to storage systems.
The appropriate hardware guide: F800 Series Hardware Guide FAS900 Series Hardware and Service Guide FAS3000 series documentation	These guides describe how to install the storage system, connect it to a network, and bring it up for the first time.
NetApp Diagnostics Guide	This guide describes the diagnostics tests that you can run on the storage system.
Upgrade Guide	This guide describes how to upgrade storage system and disk firmware, and how to upgrade storage system software.
Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide	This guide describes, among other topics, SyncMirror technology.
System Administration Guide	This guide describes general storage system administration.
Software Setup Guide	This guide describes how to configure the software of a new storage system for the first time.
The appropriate Brocade manuals	These guides describe how to configure and maintain Brocade switches, which are used for Fabric Attached MetroClusters.

Required tools

The following list specifies the tools you need to install the cluster:

#1 and #2 Phillips screwdrivers
Hand level
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Required equipment

When you receive your cluster, you should receive the equipment listed in the following table. See the System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com to confirm your storage system type, storage capacity, etc.

Required equipment	Nonswitched MetroCluster	Fabric Attached MetroCluster
Storage system model	Two of the same type of FAS3000, FAS900, or F800 series storage systems.
Storage	See the System Configuration Guide.
Cluster interconnect adapter	IB cluster adapter (The NVRAM5 functions as the cluster interconnect adapter on F800 series, FAS900 series, and FAS3000 series storage systems).	VI-MC cluster adapter
FC-AL or FC HBA (FC HBA for Disk) adapters	Two or four Fibre Channel HBAs. Note The ports on the Fibre Channel HBAs are labeled 1 and 2. However, the software refers to them as a and b. You see these labeling conventions in the user interface and system messages displayed on the console.
Fibre Channel switches	N/A	Two pairs of Brocade 3800 or 3200 series switches. Note Mixed switch types can be used, but switches must be the same type on each side of the cluster.
SFP (Small Form Pluggable) modules	N/A	Two per ISL--four total, long distance. One per switch port used, short distance.
NVRAM5 cluster adapter media converter	Only if using fiber cabling.	N/A
Cables (provided with shipment unless otherwise noted)	Four SC/LC FC-AL to disk shelf cables Two SC/LC IB cluster adapter cables Four SC/LC or LC/LC cables	LC/LC node-to-switch cables SC/LC (for DS14) or LC/LC (for DS14mk2 FC) disk shelf-to-switch cables Two LC/LC ISL cables, not provided in the shipment HSSDC2-to-HSSDC2 or DB-9 to DB-9 shelf-to-shelf cables for DS14 disk shelves with ESH or ESH2 modules