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ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

sudhirchamp2005 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:32:58 GMT

I have setup ONTAP 8.3 simultor in cluster mode on ESXi 6.5. Below are the network interface details:

AFAIK, I should connect to cluster_mgmt but when I try to ping it from my laptop, it doesn't work.

What am I missing here ?

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

jcolonfzenpr — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:15:21 GMT

Try to move the cluster_mgmt to port e0c

network interface modify -vserver clu1 -lif cluster_mgmt -home-port e0c

hope this help!

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

sudhirchamp2005 — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:30:06 GMT

Thanks for your response.

I executed the command that you gave me.

Now it shows as false.

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

jcolonfzenpr — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:47:24 GMT

try to move it to home port.

network interface revert *

https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.dot-cm-cmpr-950/network__interface__revert.html

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

sudhirchamp2005 — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:13:07 GMT

Looks good now. But I am still not able to ping it from my laptop.

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

jcolonfzenpr — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:31:55 GMT

can you ping the other mgmt IPs (189 & 190)?

if yes, maybe there is a IP conflict with 191 IP.

try to test it assigning other IP

else no, try to verify your laptop network configuration.

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

sudhirchamp2005 — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:43:32 GMT

I am not able to ping 189 and 190 as well . Looks like that the network route has to be modified. I am using VPN. Is it possible to change all the 10.1.* IP's to 10.100.*

I am not able to ping the gateway as well.

Can I change the gateway as well to the one that is reachable via my laptop?

Re: ONTAP 8.3 Cluster mode simulator : Which IP should I connect to ?

jcolonfzenpr — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:57:33 GMT

Ontap let you change any network element as needed. Make sure your network setup is configure correctly before doing any modifications to the mgmt interfaces.

Hope this helps.

Good luck!