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

[sudhirchamp2005]

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 ?

[jcolonfzenpr]

Try to move the cluster_mgmt to port e0c

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

hope this help!

[sudhirchamp2005]

Thanks for your response.

I executed the command that you gave me.

Now it shows as false.

[jcolonfzenpr]

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

[sudhirchamp2005]

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

[jcolonfzenpr]

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.

[sudhirchamp2005]

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?

[jcolonfzenpr · Accepted solution]

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!