NetApp Basics
NetApp Basics
Day 1 Netapp productline, Storage terminology, Filer models and hardware, Disk nomenclature, Data ontap and WAFL, NOW, Booting and shutdown procedure
Day 2 Ways to interact with filer, Filer build, Root volume, Configuration commands, Filerview, Adminhost, Autosupport, Operations manager, User administration
Day 3 Raid, Aggregates, Traditional and flexible volumes, Snapshots, CIFS, NFS, Qtree and quotas
Day 5 Snapmirror, Snapvault, Cluster, NOW account, Performance tools, Health checkup, Issues and Troubleshooting
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
NetApp Products
Filer
FAS20x0, FAS30x0, FAS60x0, ... FC disks, SATA disks, SAS disks FC & SAS disks faster (random access), SATA slower (archiving)
R100, R150, R200: (S)ATA disks Bigger, slower disks Typically used as a backup solution in tapeless environments
It acts as an interface between faster disk storage systems and slower tape backups.
Features
of Nearstore
Backup & Recovery Reference data & always available. Disaster recovery
Netcache
Netcache appliance are distributed throughout the network and serve frequently requested data and content to end users with speed and security
Features of Netcache
Content distribution Access control and filtering Streaming Application acceleration
Netcache (contd)
Netcache (contd)
Netcache (contd)
IBM N-series
N7000
N7700 (FAS6030) 2 Gbps FC ports, 64-bit N7900 (FAS6070) 2 Gbps FC ports, 64-bit N7600 (FAS6040) 4 Gbps FC ports, 64-bit N7800 (FAS6080) 4 Gbps FC ports, 64-bit
N5000
N5300 (FAS3040) 2 Gbps FC ports, 32-bit N5600 (FAS3070) 2 Gbps FC ports, 32-bit N5200 (FAS3020) 4 Gbps FC ports, 64-bit N5500 (FAS3050) 4 Gbps FC ports, 64-bit
N3000
N3700 (FAS270)
Past
Present
FAS2000 series (has recently (june 2007) replaced FAS200 series) FAS3000 series (replaces FAS800 & FAS900 series) FAS6000 series (very high-end)
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
Multiple physical disks in an external cabinet Array connects to a single server only Provides higher storage capacity with increased number of drives Data not protected
Array controllers for optimized I/O operations and RAID calculations Higher speed interconnects between drives than JBODs Multiple host I/O channels Can be partitioned to allow each host to access its own
Storage Terminology
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
NetApp Terminology
Data ONTAP
= Operating system on Network Appliance filers and nearstores, borrows ideas from Unix (BSD) Same OS on every Filer/ NearStore model, different architectures supported (Intel x86, AMD, 64-bit, MIPS, ... depending on hardware model) All features are activated through licenses, eg. clustering Versions of data ontap
Data Ontap
WAFL
WAFL (contd)
WAFL (contd)
WAFL (contd)
NVRAM
NVRAM (contd)
NVRAM (contd)
NVRAM (contd)
NVRAM (contd)
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
Fas2000 series
http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/fas2000/fas2000product-comparison.html
http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/fas3200/fas3200product-comparison.html
http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/fas6200/fas6200product-comparison.html
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
Netapp hardware
Head/filer
Contains motherboard, network connections, fiber connections, console connections, connections to disks, ...
(Disk) Shelf
Contain disks
DS14 (mk II): 14 disk per shelf FAS2000: 12, 20, 25 disks per shelf
Motherboard and first disk shelf are integrated (disk shelf can be turned into filer and vice versa)
Filer components
Motherboard NVRAM Compact flash Processor Slots Ports Disk shelves Disk drives RLM
We will take a look at overview of Netapp hardware and PDF document Also will follow the below URL for disk shelves comparison http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storagesystems/disk-shelves-and-storage-media/diskshelves-comparison.html
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
Disk naming
NetApp Products Storage Terminology WAFL and DOT Netapp filer models Netapp essential hardwares Disk nomenclature Netapp on the web (NOW) Booting and shutdown procedure of filer
Telnet <RLM IP> System power on System power off System console
Reboot is the command to reboot the filer Halt command will get you to the ok prompt which is bios for ontap
Contd
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning