Getting Started

Setup the DataFabric Manager Server

The following section describes the installation and configuration steps needed to setup the DataFabric Manager server and its components.

Pre-Requisites

Operations Manager, Provisioning Manager, and Protection Manager licenses.

Deployment

Install the DataFabric Manager Server

The DataFabric Manager server must be installed before the CommCell™ is set up. The following steps describe how to install and configure the DataFabric Manager server.

1. Download the DataFabric Manager version 4.0.2 installer from the NetApp Support web site.
   • If installing on a Windows computer, click here.
   • If installing on a Linux computer, click here.
2. Launch the executable file.
3. Follow the DataFabric Manager setup prompts to complete the installation.

After the DataFabric Manager software is installed, the DataFabric Manager server starts discovering, monitoring, collecting, and saving information about objects in its database.

Install the NetApp Host Agent

The NetApp Host Agent is installed on third-party (Windows, Linux or Solaris) hosts. The following steps describe how to download and install the agent:

1. Log in to the NetApp Support web site.
2. Navigate to Service and Support | Software Download | Download Software | NetApp Host Agent.
3. Select your platform and click Go!.
4. Follow the NetApp Host Agent setup prompts to complete the installation.

Install the NetApp Management Console

The NetApp Management Console is a client software that contains a number of storage system management applications. The console should not be installed on the DataFabric Manager server as it impacts the server performance.

The following steps describe how to download and install the NetApp Management Console:

1. From the Setup menu of the Operations Manager, select Download Management Console.
2. Click the link for the version of the NetApp Management Console required for your operating system. For example;
   • If you are installing on a Windows computer, launch nmconsole-setup-3-0-win32.exe.
   • If you are installing on a Linux computer, enter the following command:

     rpm -i <rpm filename>

3. Follow the setup prompts to complete the installation.

Configuration

Configure the NetApp Host Agent

The NetApp Host Agent interface can either be accessed from a computer on which the agent is installed or from any other computer on the network. The following steps describe how to configure the user access information for the administrator:

1. Connect to the agent using the web browser:

   http://<agent-name>::4092

2. Log in as the super user and configure the management password.
3. Change other options as needed.
4. Click Update.

Discovery of Storage Systems and Networks

The DataFabric Manager server depends on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to discover and periodically monitor storage systems. If your storage system is not SNMP-enabled, you must enable it before the server can discover them. The server needs to locate and identify storage systems so that it can add them to its database.

Automatic discovery is typically the primary process the server uses to discover storage systems and networks. However, you can also manually add storage systems and networks:

1. Keep the defaults for the discovery options of Host Discovery (enabled), and Network Discovery (disabled).
2. Start the discovery process by manually adding one storage system from each network.

   When you add a storage system, its network is also added. Other storage systems on the same network are found automatically.

3. After verifying that all of the storage systems have been added, disable the host discovery to save network resources.
4. After attaching a new storage system to your network, add hosts by using the DataFabric Manager server or using the following commands through the command line:

   dfm host add storage system name

   dfm host add -N storage system name

Create Resource Pools

From the NetApp Management Console, navigate to Set Up | Resource Pools and click Add in the right pane. Provide the required information requested in the wizard.