Following you on this one, with 8.2RC1 now that it's out.
To clarify, the "CF vmdk" on the workstation version is the file named "DataONTAP.vmdk".
Added 6 nics to both of them, and changed the sysid on them with NO PROBLEMS.
Only thing I didn't do yet is add the serial ports, but they're working fine right now!
GREAT WORK!
Post-Setup Note:
I was also able to follow this how-to on getting 2 more disk shelves (28 disks!) to the 8.1.2RC1 simulator after building it with this method.
Adding Disks to a Cluster-Mode Simulator
These are the steps for adding disks to a single Cluster-Mode simulator. For a system with multiple nodes, you will need to perform this sequence for each node.
1. Unlock the "diag" user and assign it a password:
> security login unlock -username diag
> security login password -username diag
Please enter a new password: <password>
Please enter it again: <password>
2. Log in to the system shell using the diag user account:
> set -privilege advanced
*> systemshell local
login: diag
password: <password>
3. Add the directory with the simulator disk tools to the path:
% setenv PATH "${PATH}:/usr/sbin"
% echo $PATH
4. Go to the simulated devices directory:
% cd /sim/dev
% ls ,disks/
At this point you will see a number of files which represent the simulated disks. Notice that these files start with "v0." and "v1.". That means the disk are attached to adapters 0 and 1, and if you count the disk files you'll see that there are 14 of them on each adapter. This is similar to the DS14 shelf topology with each shelf attached to its own adapter.
5. Add two more sets of 14 disks to the currently unused adapters 2 and 3:
% vsim_makedisks -h
% sudo vsim_makedisks -n 14 -t 23 -a 2
% sudo vsim_makedisks -n 14 -t 23 -a 3
% ls ,disks/
The first invocation of the command prints usage information. The remaining two commands tell the simulated disk creation tool to create 14 additional disk ("-n 14") of type 23 ("-t 23") on adapters 2 and 3 (e.g., "-a 2"). As you can see from the output of vsim_makedisks -h, type 23 disks are 1GB disks. You can add a different size and type of disk using the number that corresponds to the disk type. Note that Data ONTAP 8.1.1 supports simulated disks up to 9GB (type 36 and 37), but make sure you have the space to add such large disks.
6. Now we're done with the system shell. We need to reverse some of the earlier steps and reboot the simulator so that it sees the new disks:
% exit
*> security login lock -username diag
*> system node reboot local
Warning: Are you sure you want to reboot the node? {y|n}: y
7. After the reboot completes, log back in and take ownership of all the disks.The example below is for a brand new system where all but disks in the root aggregate are currently unowned. *NOTE: I used the CTRL-C, Maintenance Mode, "disk assign all" to assign the ownership, since my cluster node wasn't setup yet...
Substitute the name of the node for <nodename> in the commands below:
> storage disk show
> storage disk modify -disk <nodename>:v4.* -owner <nodename>
14 entries were modified.
> storage disk modify -disk <nodename>:v5.* -owner <nodename>
14 entries were modified.
> storage disk modify -disk <nodename>:v6.* -owner <nodename>
14 entries were modified.
> storage disk modify -disk <nodename>:v7.* -owner <nodename>
14 entries were modified.
> storage disk show
You should now see 56 disks of 1GB each listed in the simulator. The disks should be listed as already zeroed and ready to use inside an aggregate.