Deploy NetApp Simulate ONTAP

This integration testing was performed using Simulate ONTAP configured as a single node. Simulate ONTAP 9.x is a virtual simulator for ONTAP® software. The virtual simulator was deployed as a virtual machine in VMware.

  1. Download the simulator ova file from Simulate ONTAP Download

    If you get the following error when running version 9.16.1 of the simulator and try to upgrade to 9.16.1.P3, you have use version 9.14.1 of the simulator and then do the upgrade to 9.16.1.P3.

    Error: command failed: System management storage area of node(s) "mycluster-01" doesn't have minimum recommended space available for automated nondisruptive update procedure. Use the "volume show" command to check available space on root volumes. The recommended best practice is to have minimum 40GB space available in system management storage area before starting automated nondisruptive update. Contact NetApp Support for further assistance

  2. Deploy the virtual machine. For the purpose on this integration, the STORAGE SYSTEM NAME is set to mycluster.

  3. Add a record in your DNS server for the Cluster Management.

  4. Configure the NTP server.# Follow the instructions in the NetApp documentation.

  5. Install the root CA certificate from your root CA.

    mycluster::> security certificate install -vserver mycluster -type server-ca -subtype kmip-cert

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You should keep a copy of the CA-signed digital certificate for future reference.

The installed certificate's CA and serial number for reference:
CA: INTEROP-ROOT-CA-CA
serial: 7A96F700FA6D70984EBF5D645680E0D6

The certificate's generated name for reference: INTEROP-ROOT-CA-CA

Note the certificate’s generated name above, e.g. interop-CONTROLLER-CA-CA. It will be needed in section integrate-kc-netapp.adoc#setup-kc-external-kmip-server.