topic Re: re: FAS2040 in ONTAP Discussions

re: FAS2040

nasjames — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:19:53 GMT

Hi there I am starting from scratch to install a FAS2040 is there a setup guide any where I am not finding one

also any help would be appreciated.

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:46:32 GMT

Try a few of these:

https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMM1280349

https://community.netapp.com/t5/FAS-and-V-Series-Storage-Systems-Discussions/Initial-configuration-FAS2040/td-p/77125

https://www.sysadmintutorials.com/tutorials/netapp/netapp-data-ontap-7-mode/netapp-basic-setup/

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:47:59 GMT

Thanks I'll check it out

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:18:12 GMT

so I set the IP and subnet etc but the device is still showing something else

is there a way to force the new config

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 18:18:02 GMT

You could boot into maintenance mode (ctrl-c) during boot. and do opt 4 on each controller that will wipe everything, including any data.

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:50:47 GMT

Got it going, looking to do link aggregation ports so 2 ports work together

in this case both e0a I’d like to get together

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:36:24 GMT

What you're looking for is called an ifgrps. They actually can't cross controllers. So you could bundle e0a and e0b on the same controller together. During a failover the IPs that use that ifgrp would move to the partner and data would continue to be served out.

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:29:20 GMT

hey how do you save the running config is there a wr or some command for that

for nvram with netapp

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:35:32 GMT

found this http://www.datadisk.co.uk/html_docs/netapp/netapp_cs.htm

but not sure if the commands are current

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:48:49 GMT

are you thinking like a cisco device were you have to run something like "copy run start" to make sure it boots OK the next time? - There's no need for this type of action on netapp.

...or taking a backup copy just incase the root volume / aggr get corrupted? for 7mode system, this would be a good place to start: https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1036245/~/how-to-backup-system-configuration-files-on-the-filer-

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:08:25 GMT

Yea that’s what I was thinking , because the config when I rebooted went away

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:43:27 GMT

sorry about that, give this a look over. (been a while since I had to build a new 7mode system!) yeah, you need to copy the same command into the etc/rc file

https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1368831/html/GUID-3C690A8F-691A-45F2-BA1D-05F945E14515.html

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:03:34 GMT

does this allow for raid 6 instead of 4 ?

I cant seem to get it any higher it says raid 4 or DP

btw thanks for all the help

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:20:16 GMT

DP is technically raid 6 dual parity . https://www.netapp.com/us/products/platform-os/raid-dp.aspx

Re: re: FAS2040

davidrnexon — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:28:07 GMT

Hi, just had a read through this thread, are you running 7-mode or c-mode. Cause the 2040 supports both ?

Up to 8.1.4 c-mode and 8.1.4 7-mode.

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:58:13 GMT

yes 7 mode

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:01:21 GMT

is it possible to set an IP for the e0P management port? if so how do we do that

I tried from maintenance mode

no dice said I have to do it from the CLI

Re: re: FAS2040

SpindleNinja — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:14:18 GMT

e0P is not for data use. I believe it's for the ACP cabling for external shelves.

Re: re: FAS2040

nasjames — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:16:05 GMT

I know its not data but what if the IP is in conflict with others... I wondered how to be able to change it

Re: re: FAS2040

davidrnexon — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:34:34 GMT

Is there a requirement to run 7-mode ? Otherwise I would convert that 2040 beast to c-mode straight away 🙂