topic Re: API for getting information about HA Pair in Software Development Kit (SDK) and API Discussions

API for getting information about HA Pair

ALEX_BARANOV — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:25:27 GMT

Is there any DATA ONTAP API for 7-Mode for getting information about HA Pair?

For example, I connected to NetApp 7-mode. How can I determine that this storage is one node of HA Pair?

How can I get another nodes of HA Pair ? Their IP addresses or DNS names?

Thank you!

Re: API for getting information about HA Pair

madden — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:43:43 GMT

Hi,

You can use the 'system-get-info' API which includes something like this in the result:

<partner-system-id>015172222998</partner-system-id>
<partner-system-name>sdt-fas1b</partner-system-name>

You can also use the 'cf-get-partner' API which has this in the results:

I haven't see a way to find the IP addresses of the partner and I suspect there isn't one. The best I can think of is to use the 'net-resolve' API passing the partner hostname to get the IP of it from the controller perspective. That still gives no guarantee it will resolve, or resolve with an IP address that is reachable from the API caller machine, but is a start.

Good luck!

Chris Madden
Storage Architect, NetApp EMEA

Re: API for getting information about HA Pair

ALEX_BARANOV — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:40:07 GMT

Is <cf-get-partner> API returns the same hostname that is in reply of command <system-get-info> in <system-info><system-name>?

So, e.g. I have connections to two NetApp nodes and can execute any ONTAP commands on them.

I need to determine is they are HA pair.

I'll execute <cf-get-partner> on each of them.

And compare output of <cf-get-partner> and <system-get-info>?

Is it right?

Re: API for getting information about HA Pair

madden — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:00:16 GMT

Yes, that should work!