By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the major architectural components of a MetroCluster environment in ONTAP 9
• Cable nodes, back-end FC switches and FibreBridge devices
• Set up bridges and back-end FC switches
• Configure the clusters at both sites in a MetroCluster environment
• Set up a MetroCluster configuration and serve data to clients
• Detect and recover from failures in a MetroCluster environment
• Install and configure Tiebreaker software

Module 1: MetroCluster Overview

• MetroCluster Introduction
  • Define MetroCluster
  • Describe MetroCluster Architecture
  • Configuration Replication Service (CRS)
  • Limitations
• MetroCluster supported configuration
  • Controllers
  • Shelves
  • Switches and ISL configuration
  • FAS8020, FAS8040, FAS8060 and FAS8080EX
  • FlexArray virtualization support
• MetroCluster implementation overview
  • Setup
  • MetroCluster configuration tools and documentation
  • Hardware
  • Materials
  • Technical content

Module 2: MetroCluster Cabling

• Disk requirements
• Plex SyncMirror overview
• Shelf IDs
• Cabinet Layout
• LUN layout with FlexArray storage virtualization software
• ATTO FibreBridge
• Cabling Shelves to Bridges
• Cabling Bridges to FC switches
• Controller Cabling
  • Cluster Interconnect
  • FC-VI Interconnect
  • Onboard ports or HBAs
  • CRS
  • Management and data LIFs
• FC switch cabling
• Switch alternatives
  • Brocade 6505 and 6510
  • Cisco 9148

Module 3: Bridge and Switch Configuration

• ATTO FibreBridge configuration
• Brocade FC switch configuration
• FC switches
  • Configuration
  • RCF domains
  • RCF ports and zone settings
• Brocade ISL configuration
  • Calculating and setting distance
  • Verifying
  • OOD configuration – ONTAP 9 and later

Module 4: Cluster Configuration

• Controller configuration
  • Setup
  • Disk ownership
  • FlexArray storage virtualization software
• Cluster setup

Module 5: MetroCluster Configuration

• MetroCluster setup
  • Prerequisites
  • Peer relationship
  • Mirror aggregates
  • Create mirrored data aggregates
  • Enable configuration replication
  • MetroCluster configure command
• MetroCluster verification
  • Disk ownership fields
  • Monitor FC switches
  • Monitor FibreBridge devices
  • Cluster status
  • MetroCluster plug-in
• CLI health monitoring
  • Node verification
  • Components
  • CRS component
  • Interconnect mirror
• OnCommand unified manager
  • Connectivity monitoring
  • Replication monitoring
  • Events and alerts
• SVM configuration in a MetroCluster environment
  • Setup
  • CLI
  • Automatic creation

Module 6: Failure Scenarios

• Failures:
  • Bridge
  • Switch or switch port
  • Single path
  • Shelf
  • CRS
  • ISL
  • Single HA node
  • Double HA node
  • Data center site
• Switchover types
  • Simulation
  • Negotiated switchover
  • Non-negotiated switchover
  • Switchover operation
  • Switchback
• Switchback process

Module 7:Tiebreaker Configuration

• Tiebreaker software
• Disaster Detection
• Normal operation
• Tiebreaker installation
  • Service operations
  • Configuration
  • Commands
  • Monitor creation
  • AutoSupport
  • SNMP

Appendix A: Advanced Administration

Appendix B: Basic Metrocluster Troubleshooting

Appendix C: Front-End FC Fabrics in MetroCluster

Labs:

• Identify the exercise environment
• Identify a supported configuration in the IMT
• Inspect the environment
• Log into the exercise environment
• Power off the controller
• Cable SAS shelf connections
• Cable ATTO connections
• Cable controller FC connections
• Cable FC-VI connections
• Cable the switchless cluster interconnect
• Cable cluster peering connections
• Cable ISL between Site A FC switches and Site B FC switches
• Assign shelf IDs
• Use the UI to verify bridge configuration
• Update firmware on a bridge (optional)
• Use the CLI to verify bridge configuration
• Download the reference configuration file for a fabric switch
• Use the CLI to verify an FC switch configuration
• Reconfigure an FC switch
• Verify the ISL connections
• Verify the required ONTAP configuration in maintenance mode
• Set up a cluster
• Join the second node to the cluster
• Synchronize the system time for windows domain
• Configure network and storage objects
• Mirror the root aggregate and create data aggregates
• Configure MetroCluster health monitoring
• Enable the MetroCluster software
• Use the CLI to verify MetroCluster environment
• Create unmirrored aggregates
• Use config advisor to verify MetroCluster environment
• Set up OnCommand unified manager to monitor a MetroCluster environment
• Create an SVM for client protocols in a MetroCluster environment
• Use an unmirrored aggregate in a MetroCluster environment
• Use OnCommand unified manager to verify a MetroCluster environment
• Start Iometer traffic to a LUN
• Detect the loss of a node by performing a storage failover and giveback
• Detect the loss of cluster-replication service connections
• Detect the loss of ISL connections
• Detect the loss of a bridge connection
• Perform a negotiated cluster switchover
• Perform takeover and giveback during a switchover
• Perform a switchback of a negotiated cluster switchover
• Perform a non-negotiated cluster switchover
• Perform a switchback of a non-negotiated switchover
• Observe the loss of a site and an automatic switchover
• Perform a switchback of an automatic switchover
• Install the Tiebreaker software
• Configure Tiebreaker for a DR group in a MetroCluster environment
• Simulate a disaster to test Tiebreaker
• Observe how Tiebreaker initiates a switchover
• Perform a switchback and use Tiebreaker to monitor the process