AFF C800 system‑level diagnostics before being put into production

[AdminNetapp091320]

Hello Experts,

Is there a procedure that a Netapp vendor support needs to do diagnostic to verify that all components are working before putting them on the production rack? I want to know about the hardware upgrade process if it is done upon delivery or depends on the support setup?

thanks!

[Ontapforrum · Accepted solution]

Some pointers...

Check your cluster with Active IQ Config Advisor (It checks the overall health of the configuration, including the cluster and storage switches):

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/software_setup/task_check_cluster_with_config_advisor.html

Run system installation diagnostics:

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-systems/platform-supplemental/sldiag-system-installation-diagnostics.html

Pre-production checklist:

https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Pre-production-checklist/td-p/167257

Docs:

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-systems-upgrade/

[andris]

This is also a handy "cluster health check" procedure post-installation...

KB: How to perform a cluster health check with a script in ONTAP