ONTAP Discussions

Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

RENGANATHAN
5,178 Views

    Hi,

 

I have downloaded the 8.1 7 mode and opened it through vmware workstation But it gives a error during boot.It is not able to find any HDD in the Filer.

8 REPLIES 8

SeanLuce
5,178 Views

Ctrl-C when prompted during boot to interrupt and then choose option 4.

RENGANATHAN
5,178 Views

I tried it and struck with following error.

SeanLuce
5,178 Views

'disk assign all' will assign all 25 disks to the controller.

AGUMADAVALLI
5,178 Views

Go into the maintenance mode, while booting using ctrl-c and assign the disks or initialize the disks, will take some time to zero the disks and initialize them.

thank you,

AK G

WILLIAMP_POWLEY
5,178 Views

Thanks for this explanation.  I figured this out after much trial and error last night, but still not sure why I had to do this.

Would anyone mind explaining this to me since I'm still pretty new to the NetApp world?  Using these simulators to get more hands on time with the interface, but keep hitting snags like this.

Thanks for all your help everyone!

William

tardie
5,178 Views

I have a post with step-by-step instructions that may help.

https://communities.netapp.com/message/86547#86547

RENGANATHAN
5,178 Views

I am now able to get password screen and can log in . But how do i get the GUI mode from the CLI mode?

tardie
5,178 Views

My document referenced above explains it step-by-step (up to creating a cluster (data) vserver).

But a quick answer be you need to download OnCommand System Manager.

Public