Data ONTAP 7.3 Software Setup Guide
Copyright information
Trademark information
About this guide
Audience
Accessing Data ONTAP man pages
Terminology
FilerView as an alternative to the command-line interface
Command, keyboard, and typographic conventions
Special messages
Overview of the software setup process
Software setup stages
Default storage system configuration
About the setup process
Prerequisites to initial configuration
Requirements for the administration host
Active/active configuration requirements
Requirements for Windows domains
Assigning domain administrator privileges
Precreating a storage system domain account
Requirements for Active Directory authentication
DNS requirements for Active Directory
Network infrastructure requirements for Active Directory
Time services requirements
Switch configuration requirements for vifs
DHCP requirements for remote access
Gathering configuration information
Configuration worksheet
Required storage system information
Virtual network interface information
Network information
HTTP protocol information
DNS services information
NIS services information
CIFS protocol information
Baseboard Management Controller information
Remote LAN module information
Setting up your storage system
Responding to setup command prompts
Responding to Setup Wizard prompts
Responding to cifs setup prompts
Verifying software setup
Verifying network connectivity
Troubleshooting connections to new network interfaces
Verifying host-name resolution
Verifying that the storage system is available
Verifying licensing
Preparing NFS clients to access the storage system
Exporting file systems to NFS clients
Preparing CIFS clients to access the storage system
Creating a storage system DNS "A" record for CIFS client access
Verifying the configuration for active/active storage systems
Verifying BMC connections
Verifying RLM connections
Where to go from here
Time zones
Time zones by geographical region
GMT offset and miscellaneous time zones
Supported languages
Specifying the language code
Language choices
Troubleshooting if the system does not boot when powered on
Troubleshooting if the FAS20xx or SA200 system does not boot
Troubleshooting if the FAS31xx series system does not boot