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1 Technical Report HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select Quick Start Guide Aaron Patten, NetApp March 2018 TR-4669 Abstract NetApp ONTAP Select extends the NetApp HCI product, adding a rich set of file and data services to the platform. This technical report details how to successfully execute postinstallation tasks to configure an ONTAP Select instance for NetApp HCI. Detailed information about the advanced configuration of the ONTAP Select appliance can be found in the ONTAP Select 9 Installation and Cluster Deployment Guide and the ONTAP Select Product Architecture and Best Practices documents.

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction Software-Defined Infrastructure ONTAP Feature Support Primary Use Cases Select as Deployed by the NetApp Deployment Engine Installing File Services Powered by ONTAP Configuring ONTAP Select Network Aggregate Creation and Configuration Create Storage Virtual Machine... 8 Conclusion Where to Find Additional Information Version History LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1) Volumes for ONTAP Select Figure 2) NDE Data Fabric Figure 3) Select port groups Figure 4) Ethernet ports Figure 5) Select management interfaces Figure 6) Create aggregate Figure 7) Confirm aggregate creation Figure 8) SVM creation, step Figure 9) SVM creation, step Figure 10) SVM configured Figure 11) Export policy HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

3 1 Introduction NetApp ONTAP Select is NetApp s solution for the software-defined storage (SDS) market. ONTAP Select brings enterprise-class storage management features to the software-defined data center. ONTAP Select extends the NetApp Data Fabric solution to the commodity server offerings likely existing in a customer s data center. This document describes the best practices that should be followed while building an ONTAP Select cluster, from hardware selection to deployment and configuration. 1.1 Software-Defined Infrastructure The implementation and delivery of IT services through software provide administrators with the ability to rapidly provision resources with a level of speed and agility that was previously impossible. Modern data centers are moving toward software-defined infrastructures as a mechanism to provide IT services with greater agility and efficiency. Separating IT value from the underlying physical infrastructure allows IT services to react quickly to changing IT needs by dynamically shifting infrastructure resources to where they are needed most. Software-defined infrastructures are built on three tenets: Flexibility Scalability Programmability Software-Defined Storage The shift toward software-defined infrastructures might be having its greatest impact in an area that has traditionally been one of the least affected by the virtualization movement: storage. Software-only solutions that separate storage management services from the physical hardware are becoming more common. This fact is especially evident in private cloud environments: enterprise-class service-oriented architectures designed from the ground up with software defined in mind. Many of these environments are being built on commodity hardware: white box servers with locally attached storage, with software controlling the placement and management of user data. This approach is also seen in the emergence of hyper converged infrastructures (HCIs), a building-block style of IT design based on the premise of bundling compute, storage, and networking services. The rapid adoption of hyper converged solutions over the past several years has highlighted the desire for simplicity and flexibility. However, as companies make the decision to replace enterprise-class storage arrays with a more customized, make your own model by building storage management solutions on top of homegrown components, a new set of problems emerges. In a commodity world where data lives fragmented across silos of direct-attached storage, data mobility and data management become complex problems that need to be solved. NetApp can help. 1.2 ONTAP Feature Support The ONTAP Select 9 release offers full support for most of the ONTAP 9 functionality, except for the following features: NetApp Flash Pool NetApp Flash Cache Advanced drive partitioning NetApp RAID DP and RAID-TEC Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) 3 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

4 MetroCluster NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) Note: NetApp Volume Encryption is supported starting with ONTAP 9.1. FabricPool NetApp SnapLock Compliance Note: SnapLock Enterprise is available via PVR starting with ONTAP Select 9.3 iscsi 1.3 Primary Use Cases The primary use cases for ONTAP Select on NetApp HCI include providing departmental file services, VM template storage over NFS and home directories for mid-sized virtual desktop deployments. ONTAP Select is not positioned as a primary storage platform for virtual machines hosted on NetApp HCI. 1.4 Select as Deployed by the NetApp Deployment Engine When you select the option to install file services powered by ONTAP, the following are prerequisites: Installation of ONTAP Select 9.3 or later A valid capacity license Provisioning of at least two NetApp SolidFire volumes One 429.5GB volume for the ONTAP Select VM itself One 3.1TB volume for every 2TB of licensed capacity for data storage. Figure 1 shows an 8TB configuration. Figure 1) Volumes for ONTAP Select. 4 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

5 2 Installing File Services Powered by ONTAP The files services powered by ONTAP is an optional component in the NetApp Deployment Engine (NDE). You can enable it by selecting the Yes, I want to enable File Services powered by ONTAP option in the Data Fabric section of the NDE. Figure 2) NDE Data Fabric. When you enable file services, you are required to provide a valid capacity license file before continuing. The NDE handles provisioning the ONTAP Select VM during the HCI system by automating the following tasks: Installation of the ONTAP Select appliance Application of the license file Application of the node and cluster management IPs Provision capacity to the ONTAP Select VM for file services After the system is deployed, the ONTAP Select VM requires execution of some postconfiguration tasks. 3 Configuring ONTAP Select You might need to execute several postconfiguration tasks to provide file services from the ONTAP Select VM. These include: Modifying network adapter configuration, if required Creating one or more aggregates Creating one or more storage virtual machines (SVMs) Configuring desired file services (NFS, SMB, and so on) (Optional) Configuring other services such as SnapMirror 5 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

6 3.1 Network The ONTAP Select appliance is deployed with three network adapters. By default, all three network adapters for the Select VM are connected to the HCI_Internal_OTS_Network port group on the same VMware vswitch. Figure 3) Select port groups. Note: This configuration places both the management and any data LIFs created after installation on the same set of network interfaces. Data traffic can be moved to different physical interfaces by placing network adapter 2 and 3 on a separate port group mapped to separate adapters. When viewing the adapters through the OnCommand System Manager, all network adapters are bound to the default IPspace and broadcast domain. Figure 4) Ethernet ports. The cluster and node management interfaces are defined on port e0a. Ports e0b and e0c are available for hosting data LIFs for customer traffic. Figure 5) Select management interfaces. 6 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

7 3.2 Aggregate Creation and Configuration To create and configure an aggregate, follow these steps: 1. Log in to the NetApp OnCommand System Manager interface using the user admin and password defined during installation and navigate to Storage > Aggregates & Disks > Aggregates. 2. Click Create to create an aggregate. Provide a name, select the disks to add to the aggregate, and click Create. Figure 6) Create aggregate. 3. Verify that the aggregate is created successfully. Figure 7) Confirm aggregate creation. 7 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

8 3.3 Create Storage Virtual Machine To create an SVM, follow these steps: 1. Navigate to Storage > SVMs and click Create. 2. Specify the name of the SVM, data protocols to use, security style, root aggregate, and DNS information. Retain the other fields at the default settings and click Next. Figure 8) SVM creation, step For the data protocols selected, configure the appropriate options. Note: Assign port e0b or e0c in the Data LIF Configuration section. Port e0a is reserved for management interfaces. 8 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

9 Figure 9) SVM creation, step Provide input on the export name and export size and set the appropriate permissions. 5. Click Submit and Continue. Enter the SVM administrator details and complete the wizard. Figure 10) SVM configured. 6. If configuring an NFS export that is mounted by VMware hosts, complete the following configuration steps: a. Select the Read-Only UNIX and Allow Superuser Access checkboxes in the export policy for the NFS share. b. Apply the custom export policy to the root namespace on the SVM. Figure 11) Export policy. 9 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

10 Conclusion NetApp HCI is the embodiment of an API-driven, scale-out, multiworkload platform for the next-generation data center. This combination enables several key capabilities, including: Making automation and orchestration first-class citizens in the data center Scaling the scarcest resources without overprovisioning the entire stack Driving true consolidation of workloads by pushing better system utilization Reducing go-forward capex and opex costs Integrating into the NetApp Data Fabric to leverage all NetApp products, increase data mobility, and reduce data silos Where to Find Additional Information To learn more about the information described in this document, refer to the following documents and/or websites: NetApp HCI Resources ONTAP Select Product Architecture and Best Practices SMB/CIFS and NFS Multiprotocol Configuration Express Guide ONTAP Select 9 Installation and Cluster Deployment Guide Version History Version Date Document Version History Version 1.0 March 2018 Initial release. 10 HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved

11 Refer to the Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) on the NetApp Support site to validate that the exact product and feature versions described in this document are supported for your specific environment. The NetApp IMT defines the product components and versions that can be used to construct configurations that are supported by NetApp. Specific results depend on each customer s installation in accordance with published specifications. Copyright Information Copyright 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S. 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL NETAPP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. NetApp reserves the right to change any products described herein at any time, and without notice. NetApp assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the use of products described herein, except as expressly agreed to in writing by NetApp. The use or purchase of this product does not convey a license under any patent rights, trademark rights, or any other intellectual property rights of NetApp. The product described in this manual may be protected by one or more U.S. patents, foreign patents, or pending applications. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS (October 1988) and FAR (June 1987). Trademark Information NETAPP, the NETAPP logo, and the marks listed at are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. TR HCI File Services Powered by ONTAP Select 2018 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved