How & When to do netboot NetApp

by julio on

I had a corrupted compact flash OS install, below is a quick tutorial on Netapp netboot and how to fix a corrupted compact flash.

Not all NetApp is supported to netboot. Only FAS2000 series, FAS6000
series and FAS3040/3070 are supported.

Netbooting is required if your compact flash card is corrupted and
you can’t boot the NetApp storage. Reason for using this is that
FAS2000/6000 series and 3040/3070 don’t boot from floppy or disk
as they boot from compact flash card.

Also when you install or upgrade ONTAP, the download command
copies a boot kernel to the compact flash card, not from a boot block
on disk as in prior NetApp series such as FAS270/940 etc.

In order to netboot you need http or tftp server available and
boot image on the server. Boot image can be downloaded from
http://now.netapp.com/ or from /etc/boot/ directory.

1) Configure NIC with static IP or dhcp.

2) Netboot from http or tftp server

3) From boot menu use option 4a (initialized disk with flexible root volume).

4) Configure filer with IP, netmask, gateway, domain name etc.

5) Now upgrade ONTAP with software install, download command so it
writes in compact flash.

6) Make sure to reboot storage system so it comes perfectly.

You need to configure NIC in order to netboot.

LOADER> ifconfig e0a -addr=10.41.65.120 -mask=255.255.255.0
-gw=10.41.65.1 -dns=10.41.70.91 -domain=ngslabs.netapp.com

LOADER> netboot

LOADER> http:/web.foo.com/netapp/release/7.2.4/releases/x86-64/dist/netapp-x86-64

Loading web.foo.com/netapp/release/7.2.4/releases/x86-64/dist/netapp-x86-64:0×200000/38671336 0x26e13e8/33851112 0x4729ad0/2399386 0x497376a/6 Entry at 0×00202018 Closing network.
Starting program at 0×00202018
Press CTRL-C for special boot menu
Thu May 8 19:23:42 GMT [nvram.battery.state:info]:
The NVRAM battery is currently ON.
Thu May 8 19:23:52 GMT [fci.initialization.failed:error]: Initialization failed on Fibre Channel adapter 0b.
Thu May 8 19:23:52 GMT [fci.initialization.failed:error]: Initialization failed on Fibre Channel adapter 0c.
Thu May 8 19:23:52 GMT [fci.initialization.failed:error]: Initialization failed on Fibre Channel adapter 0f.
Thu May 8 19:23:52 GMT [fci.initialization.failed:error]: Initialization failed on Fibre Channel adapter 0g.
NetApp Release 7.2.4: Fri Nov 16 04:31:47 PST 2007 Copyright (c) 1992-2007 Network Appliance, Inc.
Starting boot on Thu May 8 19:23:38 GMT 2008 Thu May 8 19:23:59 GMT [diskown.isEnabled:info]: software ownership has been enabled for this system

(1) Normal boot.
(2) Boot without /etc/rc.
(3) Change password.
(4) Initialize owned disks (14 disks are owned by this filer).
(4a) Same as option 4, but create a flexible root volume.
(5) Maintenance mode boot.

Done….