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Installation quick start (7-Mode and storage arrays only)

If you are familiar with setting up a system running Data ONTAP, quick start instructions might be sufficient to help you set up your system to work with a storage array.

The quick start installation instructions are for a 7-Mode configuration that uses only storage arrays.

Steps

  1. Sample configuration for the installation quick start (7-Mode and storage arrays)
    Setting up connectivity between a Data ONTAP system and a storage array is basically the same for any supported vendor's storage array.
  2. Performing preinstallation tasks on the storage array
    Before you can begin installing a configuration for Data ONTAP systems to use array LUNs, the storage array administrator must prepare storage for Data ONTAP to use.
  3. Installing the Data ONTAP system
    After the storage administrator makes storage available to Data ONTAP, you are ready to install the Data ONTAP system.
  4. Setting up the switches
    Switch configuration is typically done by the storage or SAN administrator. Some customers use hard zoning and other customers use soft zoning.
  5. Setting up LUN security
    The storage array administrator must configure the storage array so that other hosts cannot access the array LUNs intended for use by Data ONTAP.
  6. Assigning an array LUN to a system and creating the root volume
    For each Data ONTAP system that you want to use array LUNs, you must assign an array LUN to it and create its root volume before you can install Data ONTAP.
  7. Installing Data ONTAP and licenses
    When you order a Data ONTAP system without disk shelves, you must install Data ONTAP and the license required for the system to attach to storage arrays to use array LUNs. Starting in Data ONTAP 8.2, this license package is called V_StorageAttach.
  8. Testing your setup
    Before putting a Data ONTAP system into a production environment, you must test your setup to ensure that everything works.
  9. Additional setup
    After initial installation and testing, you can assign additional array LUNs to your Data ONTAP systems and set up various Data ONTAP features on your systems.
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December 2014
Updated for 8.2.1

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