MULTIMODE VIF ACROSS

SWITCHES IS NOT SUPPORTED

switch1
Filer

Switch2

Configured multimode VIF across multiple switch is

not supported
Tell them that you have configured this and failed.
Then you have suggested other solution which is in
second slide

Suggested Configuration

Multi
mode
VIF

Second Level single

mode VIF

Simplified Diagram
Single Mode VIF
over two multi
mode VIF

Two multimode
VIF

Filer

Interface
s

Critical Issue - 2
ISSUE:

Database was performing very poor. DBAs and

OS administrator verified and found no issues with their
side.
STORAGE: Tell them that you have done analysis and
found the the luns over iSCSI connection is overloaded.
1. The analysis can be found using sysstat x 1 command
from filer side
2. Collecting perfstat log between and filer and server and
sent to netapp for their analysis
3. Netapp suggested the iscsi connection was the problem
SUGGESTION: From your analysis and netapp analysis it is
found that iscsi connection is overloaded. Hence you
have suggested to migrate the connection to fibre
channel.
ACTION: Fibre channel adapter, host multipath software
were installed from server side and finally migrated to

Critical Issue 3
Description: When performing ontap upgrade, the installation image
will be selected according to the hardware model, for ex., if you install
3000 series image in 6000 series filer, then OS images on compact
flash card will corrupt.
Issue: Tell them that by mistake, wrong platform OS image was
installed on the filer
How did you help: Tell them that to resolve this issue you have
performed netboot. I,e. booting the filer from network image
Installation: After file is booted then you have performed installation
using upgrade procedure. You can find the attached document for
Micros oft Office
your reference.
Word Document

Critical Issue - 4
Description: In block based access, the IO is performed based on
the defined block size. For ex. Solaris uses 8K block, VxVFS used
2K,4K,8K based on the file system size, Linux uses 4K and netapp
uses 4K blocks by default.
Issue: If we give lun to VMWare hosts all the block size should be
properly defined. Ie, If netapp uses 4K block, then ESX should use 4K
block and Guest Virtal Disk should also use 4K block. Then only the
performance will be better
Action: Just tell them that the poor performance was identified due
to lun misalignment. And you have suggested to correct the same.
Please find the attached PDF for more details.
Adobe Acrobat
Document

Critical Issue 5

Find the attached word document which

have fill step by step details.

Metro Cluster DR
Practice Guide

Metro Cluster DR Practice.