Specifications

6.3 USING HTTPS/SSL TO CONNECT TO THE NETAPP CONTROLLERS

By default the NetApp storage adapter connects to the storage array via API using HTTP. The NetApp

storage adapter can be configured to use SSL (HTTPS) for communication with the storage arrays. This

requires that SSL modules be added to the instance of Perl that is shipped and installed with SRM. VMware

and NetApp do not distribute these modules. For the procedure to install the SSL modules and enable SSL

communication between the storage adapter and array, please see NetApp KB article 1012531

https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=1012531.!

6.4 CONFIGURING ACCESS TO THE NETAPP CONTROLLERS

1. Starting again at the vCenter server in the primary site, click the Configure link next to Array Managers:

the Configure Array Managers dialog appears. Click the Add… button to add an array. Remember that

NetApp HA systems have two controllers, and each controller must be added as an array in SRM.

Note: Before configuring the array managers, it is recommended that the SnapMirror relationships exist

and have replicated datastores for the tool to discover. Without existing SnapMirror relationships, the

process of configuring array managers might slightly differ from what is shown here.

2. In the Add Array Manager dialog, select the manager type of “NetApp Data ONTAP Storage System.”

Note: If using either of the protocol specific adapters (version 1.4 through 1.4.2 SAN or NAS) you must

select the appropriate array manager type from the manager type drop down and each array must be

added separately for each protocol type. If using adapter version 1.4.3 each array need only be added

once and the manager type of “NetApp Data ONTAP Storage System” Selected.

Enter a display name and the other information for the primary NetApp storage at Site1. Click the

Connect button and verify the controller is discovered. If you have additional NetApp controllers at the

primary site, perform this step for each controller. If you are adding MultiStore vFilers, each vFiler must

be added separately as an array.

The NFS IP Addresses field is where the IP addresses on the NetApp controller, used to serve NFS to

the ESX hosts, are entered with a comma separating each address. This is the protection site array, so

these addresses would not actually be used by SRM unless virtual machines were being recovered at

this site, however it is a good practice to add them as they could be used later in a failback scenario.