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Nfs vmware Clustered Ontap Switchless

ousturali — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:50:18 GMT

Hi to everyone ,

I got used to 7-mode mostly and really starting out with clustered Ontap .My question is , i knew that we can install 1 node clustered ontap ,and 2 node swithcless clustered ontap .

But is it possible to install a 2 node switchless cluster with direct attached ESX servers wit using NFS protocol ? And also if it is possible ,then is it supported by netapp ?

Thanks a lot.

Re: Nfs vmware Clustered Ontap Switchless

JGPSHNTAP — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:00:11 GMT

Let me make sure I understand what you are asking.

Are you asking if you have a 2-node switchless cluster, can you export volumes over NFS to Vmware? If that's the question, I don't see why not

Re: Nfs vmware Clustered Ontap Switchless

ousturali — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:09:12 GMT

i tried to mean that, we can install switchless clustered Ontap with the 8.2 version ,

And also 2 ESX servers with dual 10g ethernet cards ,without the use of a 10g switch , directly attached to the netapp controllers ,

ıs it possible to use nfs mounted volumes from netapp to esx servers ? ,and if it is then is it supported by netapp.

And one more to ask ,if we failover one of the netapp controller , can we access from esx servers to the failing controllers volume with the help of the surviving controller ? .

Re: Nfs vmware Clustered Ontap Switchless

JGPSHNTAP — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:18:07 GMT

Why would you do that?

Please refer to the latest best practices guide for Vmware NFS on cDOT

http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4068.pdf

Re: Nfs vmware Clustered Ontap Switchless

ousturali — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:22:20 GMT

there has been a project sold with that kind of a configuration ,

So that is why i am trying to figure out a solution