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FAS with 2 controllers

bahmed
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Hello,

 

I want juste to understand what mean FAS system with 2 controller,it mean that I can create a HA with the two controllers,or join them to cluster.

 

My FAS system have ontap 9.1 as OS.

 

Thanks.

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ekashpureff
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Bahmed -

 

Yes they are HA for each other and they are a cluster.

You create the cluster on the first node, then join the second to the cluster.

 

See the 'Software Setup Guide' and 'High Availability Configuration Guide' books in the ONTAP documentation:

https://mysupport.netapp.com/documentation/docweb/index.html?productID=62379&language=en-US

 


I hope this response has been helpful to you.

 

At your service,

 

Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr.
Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff
Senior NetApp Instructor, FastLane US http://www.fastlaneus.com/
(P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)

 

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ekashpureff
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Bahmed -

 

Yes they are HA for each other and they are a cluster.

You create the cluster on the first node, then join the second to the cluster.

 

See the 'Software Setup Guide' and 'High Availability Configuration Guide' books in the ONTAP documentation:

https://mysupport.netapp.com/documentation/docweb/index.html?productID=62379&language=en-US

 


I hope this response has been helpful to you.

 

At your service,

 

Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr.
Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff
Senior NetApp Instructor, FastLane US http://www.fastlaneus.com/
(P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)

 

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