MetroCluster Manuals ( CA08871-401 )

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MetroCluster release notes

What's new in MetroCluster support for ONTAP features

What's new in MetroCluster features

What’s new in MetroCluster IP platform and switch support

What's new in ONTAP Mediator support

What's new in MetroCluster Tiebreaker support

Install a MetroCluster IP configuration

Overview

Prepare for the MetroCluster installation

Differences among the ONTAP MetroCluster configurations

Deciding between ONTAP Mediator and MetroCluster Tiebreaker

Considerations for MetroCluster IP configurations

Automatic drive assignment and ADP systems in ONTAP 9.7 and later

Cluster peering

ISL requirements

ISL requirements overview

Our validated and MetroCluster-compliant switches

Considerations for ISLs

Considerations when deploying MetroCluster in shared layer 2 or layer 3 networks

Considerations for using MetroCluster-compliant switches

Requirements and limitations of MetroCluster-compliant switches

Network speeds and switch port modes for MetroCluster-compliant switches

Switch port configuration examples

Examples of MetroCluster network topologies

Learn about unmirrored aggregates in MetroCluster IP configurations

Firewall usage at MetroCluster sites

Considerations for using virtual IP and Border Gateway Protocol with a MetroCluster configuration

Configure the MetroCluster hardware components

Parts of a MetroCluster IP configuration

Required MetroCluster IP components and naming conventions

Rack the hardware components

Cable the MetroCluster IP switches

How to use the port tables with the RcfFileGenerator tool or multiple MetroCluster configurations

Platform port assignments for Cisco 3132Q-V switches

Platform port assignments for Cisco 3232C or 36-port Cisco 9336C-FX2 switches

Platform port assignments for a 12-port Cisco 9336C-FX2 switch

Platform port assignments for a 36-port Cisco 9336C-FX2 switch connecting NS224 storage

Cable the controller data and management ports

Configure the MetroCluster IP switches

Choose the correct MetroCluster IP switch configuration procedure

Configure Cisco IP switches

Configure basic settings

Configure MACsec encryption on Cisco 9336C switches

Monitor MetroCluster IP switch health

Learn about switch health monitoring in a MetroCluster IP configuration

Configure SNMPv3 on MetroCluster IP switches

Configure log collection on MetroCluster IP switches

Manage Ethernet switch monitoring

Verify Ethernet switch monitoring

Configure the MetroCluster software in ONTAP

Overview

How to configure eight-node Configurations

Similarities and differences between standard cluster and MetroCluster configurations

Verify the ha-config state of components

Restoring system defaults on a controller module

Manually assigning drives to pool 0

Setting up ONTAP

Configure the clusters into a MetroCluster configuration

Configure end-to-end encryption

Configure the MetroCluster Tiebreaker or ONTAP Mediator software

Protect configuration backup files

Configure ONTAP Mediator for unplanned automatic switchover

Prepare to install ONTAP Mediator

Configuring ONTAP Mediator from a MetroCluster IP configuration

Unconfigure ONTAP Mediator from the MetroCluster IP configuration

Connect a MetroCluster configuration to a different ONTAP Mediator instance

How ONTAP Mediator supports automatic unplanned switchover

Testing the MetroCluster configuration

Remove MetroCluster configurations

Considerations when using ONTAP in a MetroCluster configuration

How to use the Active IQ Unified Manager and ONTAP System Manager for further configuration and monitoring

Learn about using the Active IQ Unified Manager and ONTAP System Manager for further configuration and monitoring

Synchronize the system time using NTP

Where to find additional information

Install and Configure MetroCluster Tiebreaker

What's new

Overview of the Tiebreaker software

Install the Tiebreaker software

Tiebreaker installation workflow

Prepare to install the Tiebreaker software

Secure the installation

Install the Tiebreaker software package

Choose your installation procedure

Install Tiebreaker 1.6

Install Tiebreaker 1.5

Configure admin access to ONTAPI and SSH

Install dependencies

Install the software package

Install Tiebreaker 1.4

Install dependencies

Install the software package

Upgrade the host

Configure the Tiebreaker software

Configure SNMP settings for Tiebreaker software

Monitor the MetroCluster configuration

Risks and limitations of using MetroCluster Tiebreaker in active mode

Firewall requirements for MetroCluster Tiebreaker

MetroCluster Tiebreaker event log files

Where to find additional information

Understand MetroCluster data protection and disaster recovery

How MetroCluster protects data and provides disaster recovery

Perform switchover, healing, and switchback
Perform switchover for tests or maintenance

Overview

Verify that your system is ready for a switchover

Send a custom AutoSupport message prior to negotiated switchover

Perform a negotiated switchover

Verify that the SVMs are running and the aggregates are online

Perform a switchback

Verify a successful switchback

Commands for switchover, healing, and switchback

Monitor the MetroCluster configuration

Monitor and protecting the file system consistency using NVFAIL

Where to find additional information

Upgrade, refresh, or expand the MetroCluster configuration

Expand a MetroCluster IP configuration

Remove a Disaster Recovery group

Remove MetroCluster configurations

If you need to remove the MetroCluster configuration, our support.

You cannot reverse the MetroCluster unconfiguration. This process should only be done with the assistance of our support. After removing the MetroCluster configuration, all disk connectivity and interconnects should be adjusted to be in a supported state.
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