Storage Virtual Machine

NetApp PowerShell Toolkit: Authentication

There are multiple ways to do authentication to NetApp systems when using the PowerShell Toolkit. This ranges from the simple and obvious one-time connection, to securely storing credentials for future use. Saving credentials can be useful when executing scripts from a host non-interactively, such as with scheduled tasks or triggered through another script.

Connecting to a Single Controller

The Connect-NcController is the standard method of connecting to a clustered Data ONTAP controller. Connect-NaController is the 7-mode equivalent and works identically. Additionally, the same credential rules apply for the Invoke-NcSsh and Invoke-NaSsh cmdlets as well.

Arguably the most common method of connecting to a controller is by simply providing the hostname:

If you are connecting to an SVM’s management interface this will work as expected, though some cmdlets won’t work because of the limited scope. If you want to connect to an SVM by tunneling through the cluster management interface, use the -Vserver parameter.

However, there are a number of parameters which change the default behavior.

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NetApp PowerShell Toolkit 101: Managing Data Access

Over the last several posts we have reviewed how to create and manage aggregates, SVMs, and volumes. All of that is great, but at this point you still can’t access that capacity to begin storing things. In this post we will discuss the various ways to access the volumes and the data inside them.

  • Junctioning
  • Export Policies
  • NFS Exports
  • CIFS/SMB Shares
  • LUNs
    • LUN Management
    • iGroups
    • LUN Mapping

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NetApp PowerShell Toolkit 101: Storage Virtual Machine Configuration

Storage Virtual Machines (SVM) are the entity in clustered Data ONTAP which the storage consumer actually interacts with. As the name implies, they are a virtual entity, however they are not a virtual machine like you would expect. There are no CPU, RAM, or other cache assignments that must be made. Instead, we assign storage resources to the SVM, such as aggregates and data LIF(s), which the SVM then uses to provision FlexVols and make them available via the desired protocol.

In this post we will look at how to configure an SVM using PowerShell.

  • Create an SVM
  • Aggregate Access
  • SVM DNS Service
  • Configuring Data LIF(s)
  • Configuring Protocols

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