Netapp Solidfire Element 10.0 OS User Guide

NetApp SolidFire Element OS User Guide For Element® OS Version 10.0 September 2017 | 215-12504_A0 Copyright Information Copyright © 1994-2017 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this document covered by copyright may be reproduced in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or storage in an electronic retrieval system—without prior written permission of the copyright owner. Software derived from copyrighted NetApp material is subject to the following license and disclaimer: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY NETAPP “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WHICH ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. 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NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide ii Table of Contents Introduction 13 SolidFire Element OS Features 14 SolidFire System Architecture 15 Network Ports 16 Clusters 18 Nodes 19 Storage Nodes 19 Fibre Channel Nodes 19 Getting Started 20 Setting Up the SolidFire Storage System 20 SF-series Node Configuration 20 Node Versioning and Compatibility 21 Configuring Nodes Using the TUI 22 Configuring Nodes Using the Node UI 24 Configuring iDRAC on Each New Node 25 Creating a New Cluster 25 Adding Drives at Cluster Creation 26 Using the Element OS Web UI 27 Using the API Log 27 Using Filters 27 Sorting Lists 28 The Web UI and Cluster Load 28 Icon Reference 29 Providing Feedback 29 Reporting 30 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide iii Reporting Overview 31 Event Log 33 Event Types 33 Alerts 36 Alert Error Codes 36 iSCSI Sessions 39 Fibre Channel Sessions 39 Running Tasks 40 Volume Performance 40 Volume Performance Details 40 Viewing Individual Volume Performance Details 41 Management 42 Volumes 43 Volume Details 44 Creating a New Volume 44 Editing Active Volumes 45 Cloning a Volume 46 Adding Multiple Volumes to an Access Group 47 Applying a QoS Policy to Multiple Volumes 47 Disassociating a QoS Policy from a Volume 47 Volume Pairing 48 Pairing Volumes 48 Pairing Volumes Using a Volume ID 49 Pairing Volumes Using a Pairing Key 50 Editing Volume Pairs 50 Deleting Volume Pairs 51 Switching from a Source to a Target Volume 51 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide iv Validating Paired Volumes 51 Validating Data Transmission 52 Deleting a Volume 52 Resizing a Volume 52 Restoring a Deleted Volume 53 Purging a Volume 53 Volume Backup and Restore Operations 54 Volume Backup Operations 54 Volume Restore Operations 55 Viewing Individual Volume Details 57 Accounts 58 Account Details 58 Creating an Account 58 Editing an Account 58 Deleting an Account 59 Viewing Individual Account Details 59 Volume Access Groups 61 Volume Access Group Details 61 Creating an Access Group 62 Adding Volumes to an Access Group 62 Adding Initiators to an Access Group 63 Adding a Single Initiator to an Access Group 63 Adding Multiple Initiators to a Volume Access Group 64 Removing Initiators from an Access Group 64 Deleting an Access Group 64 Removing Volumes from an Access Group 65 Creating a Volume Access Group for Fibre Channel Clients 65 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide v Assigning LUNs to Fibre Channel Volumes 66 Viewing Individual Access Group Details 66 Initiators 67 Initiator Details 67 Creating an Initiator 67 Deleting an Initiator 68 Deleting Multiple Initiators 68 Editing an Initiator 68 QoS Policies 69 Understanding Quality of Service 69 QoS Performance Curve 70 QoS Policies Details 71 Creating a QoS Policy 71 Editing a QoS Policy 71 Deleting a QoS Policy 72 Data Protection 73 Volume Snapshots 74 Volume Snapshot Details 74 Creating a Volume Snapshot 75 Editing Snapshot Retention 75 Cloning a Volume from a Snapshot 76 Rolling Back a Volume to a Snapshot 76 Volume Snapshot Backup Operations 77 Backing Up a Volume Snapshot to an Amazon S3 Object Store 77 Backing up a Volume Snapshot to an OpenStack® Swift Object Store 77 Backing Up a Volume Snapshot to a SolidFire Cluster 78 Deleting a Snapshot 78 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide vi Group Snapshots 80 Group Snapshot Details 80 Creating a Group Snapshot 80 Editing Group Snapshots 81 Cloning Multiple Volumes 81 Cloning Multiple Volumes from a Group Snapshot 82 Rolling Back Volumes to a Group Snapshot 82 Deleting a Group Snapshot 83 Snapshot Schedules 84 Snapshot Schedule Details 84 Creating a Snapshot Schedule 84 Editing a Snapshot Schedule 85 Deleting a Snapshot Schedule 86 Copying a Snapshot Schedule 86 Cluster Pairing 87 Real-Time Replication 87 Multiple Cluster Pairing 88 Replication Configuration Information 88 Node Port Requirements 88 Pairing Clusters Using MVIP 89 Pairing Clusters with a Pairing Key 89 Validating Paired Clusters 90 Deleting a Cluster Pair 90 Volume Pairs 91 Volume Pairing Messages 91 Volume Pairing Warnings 92 Users 93 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide vii User Types 94 Creating a Cluster Admin Account 94 Editing Cluster Admin Permissions 94 Deleting a Cluster Admin Account 95 Changing the Cluster Admin Password 95 Terms of Use 95 Enabling Terms of Use 95 Editing Terms of Use 96 Disabling Terms of Use 96 Cluster 97 Cluster Settings 98 Cluster Settings Details 98 Setting Cluster Full Threshold 98 Enabling and Disabling Encryption for a Cluster 98 Setting Network Time Protocol 99 Enabling a Broadcast Client 99 SNMP 100 SNMP Details 100 Configuring an SNMP Requestor 100 Configuring an SNMP USM User 100 Configuring SNMP Traps 101 Viewing Management Information Base Files 101 LDAP 102 LDAP Details 102 Configuring LDAP 102 Disabling LDAP 103 Drives 104 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide viii Drives Details 104 Adding Available Drives to a Cluster 105 Wear Remaining 105 Removing a Drive 105 Removing Failed Drives 106 Secure-Erasing Data 106 Multi-Drive Slice Service 107 Recovering Multi-Drive Slice Service Drives 107 Removing MDSS Drives 107 Adding MDSS Drives 108 Nodes 109 Storage Nodes 110 Viewing Individual Node Details 110 Viewing Node Software Version 110 Adding a Node to a Cluster 111 Mixed Node Capacity 111 Accessing Node Settings 111 Viewing Node Activity Graph 118 Removing Nodes from a Cluster 118 Fibre Channel Nodes 120 Adding Fibre Channel Nodes to a Cluster 120 Creating a Cluster with Fibre Channel Nodes 120 Setting Up Fibre Channel Nodes 120 Finding Fibre Channel WWPN Addresses 121 Removing a Fibre Channel Node 121 Fibre Channel Port Details 122 Virtual Networks 123 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide ix Viewing Virtual Networks 123 Creating a Virtual Network 123 Enabling Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) 124 Editing a Virtual Network 124 Editing VRF VLANs 125 Deleting a Virtual Network 125 Virtual Volumes 126 Virtual Volumes Overview 127 Virtual Volume Object Types 127 Configuring vSphere for VVols 127 Enabling Virtual Volumes 127 Viewing Virtual Volume Details 128 Virtual Volume Details 129 Individual Virtual Volume Details 129 Deleting a Virtual Volume 130 Storage Containers 131 Creating a Storage Container 131 Viewing Storage Container Details 131 Storage Container Details 132 Individual Storage Container Details 132 Editing a Storage Container 132 Deleting a Storage Container 133 Protocol Endpoints 133 Bindings 134 Hosts 134 Hardware Maintenance 136 Automatic Recovery Scenarios 136 NetApp SolidFire Element OS 10.0 User Guide x Single Node Recovery 136 Multiple Node Recovery 136 Drive Recovery 136 Replacing an SSD 137 Adding a Storage Node 137 Removing a Storage Node 137 Powering Down a Node 138 Powering Up a Node 138 Powering Down a Cluster 138 Appendix A — Management Node Overview 139 Management Node Images and Platforms 140 Installing a Management Node 140 Configuring Remote Support Firewall Ports 140 Enabling Remote Support Connections 141 Configuring the Management Node with a Proxy Server 141 Running sfsetproxy Commands 141 Setting the Management Node Host and Port Arguments 142 Setting Up the connection.json File for Active IQ 142 Accessing Management Node Settings 144 Modifying Management Node Settings 144 Management Node Settings for eth0 Networks 144 Network Settings

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