How to add the spare disk on netapp filer

Here is the steps to add the disk as spare disk on netapp

1. SSH into the controller
2. turn off the auto assign option by running the command options disk.auto_assign off
3. Put the new hard drive on one of the empty slots on disk shelf
4. run the command disk show -n  , this will show the newly added disk as not owned by any controller
5. run this command disk assign oa.00.8  to assign the controller where 0a is the controller identification ,00 is the disk shelf number and 8 is the disk number
6. Turn on the auto assign option by running the command options disk.auto_assign on
7. run disk show , you will be seeing the new disk as spare
8. for some reason you want to remove that hard drive you can unassign the disk by running the command disk assign 0a.00.8 -s unowned -f


 

How to add Vsphere Vcenter server to the UCS director cloud

Hare are the steps to add the vsphere Vcenter server to add  to the UCS director

1. on homepage of ucs director click  administrator -----> virtual account

2. Click +add  under virtual account

3. Under cloud Type Select the appropriate  cloud here I am selecting  vmware

   

4.Fill out the vcenter information     

5. Click Add and this will be listed under Virtual accounts

                                                                                                                                                                          

6. Click Convered tab on the home page and vmware will be displayed under the default pod if you choose default pod , if other pod is selected then it will display on that pod.

7. double click on the pod , under virtual vmware will be listed

8. double click on the vmware under virtual

9.after a few minutes UCS director will pull all the information from vcenter and  displays that in dashboard

How to create a POD in UCS director

Steps to create the POD in UCS director before adding  vsphere or hyperv environment into the UCS director

1. Click on converged on the ucs director home page

2. Click Add

3. select type first before selecting all other option and fill the detail depend on the environment

4.click Add  and the pod will be displayed under the converged tab now. If you want this pod to be as a hidden on then check the box hide pod before clicking add