Preparing the DataONTAP 2nd Simulator Node  Upload the 2nd node simulator files to an existing or create a new datastore. Register the simulator VM (right click .vmx file and register VM). Right click and select edit setting. Under the Virtual Hardware tab, add a new Serial Port device and click add. Change the Serial Port output […]

The first post in this series discussed how to deploy the NetApp Simulator in your vSphere environment.  Now we will move forward with the configuration of the first node & cluster. Booting the DataONTAP Simulator 1st Node Open the simulator vSphere client console, press Ctrl-C for the Boot Menu when displayed on the screen. Once the […]

Simulators can be very useful tools to learn most of a products features.  They can also serve as test platforms for updates, scripts, migrations, etc without the fear of affecting your production environment and causing a resume generating event.  NetApp simulates its Data ONTAP software allowing for support for a majority of its functionality within […]