100 useful commands for NetApp Beginners (1 to 10)

Netapp beginner guide has details about basic Netapp commands and an example to explain each command. 

1. How to find Data Ontap version on a filer :

filer> version
NetApp Release 7.3.1: Thu Jan 8 22:29:32 PST 2012

2. How to find "uptime" of a filer?

The uptime command gives system uptime. Also it gives number of NFS, CIFS, FCP, iSCSI operations on a Netapp filer.

filer> uptime
  8:58pm up 23 days, 43 mins, 1354234 NFS ops, 940 CIFS ops, 0 HTTP ops, 0 FCP ops, 0 iSCSI ops
filer>

3. How to get the System Configuration information of a NetApp filer: 

filer> sysconfig  

        NetApp Release 7.3.1: Thu Jan  8 01:31:42 PST 2009

        System ID: 0135025121 (whmn7027)

        System Serial Number: 3093075 (whmn7027)

        System Rev: D1

        System Storage Configuration: Multi-Path

        slot 0: System Board

                Processors:         1

                Memory Size:        896 MB

        slot 0: Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller G20

                e0a MAC Address:   00:a0:98:0a:85:54 (auto-1000t-fd-up)

                e0b MAC Address:   00:a0:98:0a:85:55 (auto-1000t-fd-up)

        slot 0: FC Host Adapter 0a

                14 Disks:            2959.2GB

                1 shelf with AT-FCX

        slot 0: FC Host Adapter 0b

                14 Disks:            2959.2GB

                1 shelf with AT-FCX

        slot 0: SAS Host Adapter 0c

                1 shelf with ESAS

        slot 0: NetApp ATA/IDE Adapter 0e (0x000001f0)

                0e.0                 249MB

        Baseboard Management Controller:

                Firmware Version:   1.1

                IPMI version:       2.0

                DHCP:               off

                BMC MAC address:    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

                IP address:         xx.xx.xx.xx

                IP mask:            xx.xx.xx.xx

                Gateway IP address: xx.xx.xx.xx

                BMC ARP interval:   10 seconds

                BMC has (1) user:   naroot

                ASUP enabled:       on

                ASUP mailhost:      whml0242

                ASUP from:          bali@bali.caom

                ASUP recipients:  bali@bali.caom,autosupport@netapp.com

Note: "sysconfig -a" command will give you detailed information of filer configuration including disk, shelf details

4. How to check for hardware configuration errors on Netapp: 

The command "sysconfig -c" does a configuration check and reports errors if any.

filer> sysconfig -c
sysconfig: There are no configuration errors.
filer>

5. How to get overall status of the Netapp Chassis (head) : 

The command "environment status chassis all" displays the power supply, fans , temperature sensor, nvram status etc.

filer> environment status chassis all
Temperature ok
PSU 1 ok
PSU 2 ok
Voltage ok
SYS FAN ok
NVRAM6-temperature-3 ok
NVRAM6-battery-3 ok.
filer>

6. How to view Netapp's software licenses :

Using the license command, you can view the license details on a netapp filer. "license add " will add a license.

filer> license
                 a_sis XXXXXXX
                  cifs XXXXXXX
               cluster XXXXXXX
                   fcp not licensed
            flex_clone XXXXXXX
            flex_scale not licensed
         flexcache_nfs XXXXXXX
       gateway_hitachi not licensed
                  http XXXXXXX
                 iscsi not licensed
            multistore not licensed
      nearstore_option XXXXXXX
                   nfs XXXXXXX
            snapmirror XXXXXXX
filer>

7. How to view Netapp's current autosupport configuration :

Using the "options autosupport" command, you can view the autosupport configuration details on a netapp filer.

       

filer> options autosupport

autosupport.cifs.verbose     off

autosupport.content          complete

autosupport.doit             DONT

autosupport.enable           on

autosupport.from             bali@bali.com

autosupport.local.nht_data.enable off

autosupport.local.performance_data.enable off

autosupport.mailhost         xx.xx.xx.xxautosupport.minimal.subject.id hostname

autosupport.nht_data.enable  on

autosupport.noteto

autosupport.partner.to

autosupport.performance_data.enable on

autosupport.retry.count      15

autosupport.retry.interval   4m

autosupport.support.enable   on

autosupport.support.proxy

autosupport.support.to       autosupport@netapp.com

autosupport.support.transport smtp

autosupport.support.url      support.netapp.com/asupprod/post/1.0/postAsup

autosupport.throttle         on

autosupport.to               bali@bali.com

filer>

If you wish to change the autosupport configuration, fire like this e.g. "options autosupport.mailhost xx.xx.xx.xx"

8. How to view Netapp's RLM/BMC/SP current configuration :

Using the "bmc status" "rlm status" & "sp status" command, you can view the current managment console configuration details on a netapp filer.

filer> bmc status

        Baseboard Management Controller:

                Firmware Version:   1.1
                IPMI version:       2.0
                DHCP:               off
                BMC MAC address:    xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
                IP address:         xx.xx.xx.xx
                IP mask:            xx.xx.xx.xx
                Gateway IP address: xx.xx.xx.xx
                BMC ARP interval:   10 seconds
                BMC has (1) user:   naroot
                ASUP enabled:       on
                ASUP mailhost:      xx.xx.xx.xx
                ASUP from:          bali@bali.com
                ASUP recipients:    bali@bali.com, autosupport@netapp.com
                Uptime:             275 Days, 23:44:25
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If you would like to change the configuration you can use "setup" command to update the current configuration e.g. "bmc setup"

9. How to view Netapp's aggr status:

filer> aggr status

           Aggr State           Status            Options

      aggr01_sa online          raid_dp, aggr     root

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10. How to view Netapp's vol status:

filer> vol status

Volume State           Status            Options
vol0 online          raid_dp, flex     root
vol_anv_tst online          raid_dp, flex
test_drive online          raid_dp, flex     guarantee=none
vf online          raid_dp, flex

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To be Continued....