You can hot-swap a FibreBridge 6500N bridge with a FibreBridge 7600N or 7500N bridge to replace a failed bridge or upgrade your bridge in a fabric-attached or a bridge-attached MetroCluster configuration.
In systems running ONTAP 9.5 or later, in-band management can be used to access the bridge via the FC ports rather than the Ethernet port. Starting with ONTAP 9.8, only in-band management is supported and SNMP management is deprecated.
The Ethernet management 1 port enables you to quickly download the bridge firmware (using ATTO ExpressNAV or FTP management interfaces) and to retrieve core files and extract logs.
In systems running ONTAP 9.5 or later, in-band management can be used to access the bridge via the FC ports rather than the Ethernet port. Starting with ONTAP 9.8, only in-band management is supported and SNMP management is deprecated.
When running QuickNAV to configure an Ethernet management port, only the Ethernet management port that is connected by the Ethernet cable is configured. For example, if you also wanted to configure the Ethernet management 2 port, you would need to connect the Ethernet cable to port 2 and run QuickNAV.
If you retrieved the configuration information from the old bridge, use the information to configure the new bridge.
Be sure to make note of the user name and password that you designate.
The ATTO FibreBridge Installation and Operation Manual for your bridge model has the most current information on available commands and how to use them.
To set the IP address without the QuickNAV utility, you need to have a serial connection to the FibreBridge.
In systems running ONTAP 9.5 or later, in-band management can be used to access the bridge via the FC ports rather than the Ethernet port. Starting with ONTAP 9.8, only in-band management is supported and SNMP management is deprecated.
The supported FC data rate depends on your model bridge.
The output shows which bridge is not secured.
The FC port must be cabled to the same switch or controller port that the FibreBridge 6500N bridge had been connected to.
If you are using the... | Then... |
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ATTO ExpressNAV GUI |
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Serial port connection | Display the list of disks visible to the bridge: sastargets |
Tgt VendorID ProductID Type SerialNumber 0 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1CLE300009940UHJV 1 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1ELF600009940V1BV 2 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1G3EW00009940U2M0 3 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1EWMP00009940U1X5 4 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1FZLE00009940G8YU 5 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1FZLF00009940TZKZ 6 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1CEB400009939MGXL 7 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1G7A900009939FNTT 8 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1FY0T00009940G8PA 9 NETAPP X410_S15K6288A15 DISK 3QP1FXW600009940VERQ
If the output is... | Then... |
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Correct | Repeat Step 18 for each remaining bridge. |
Not correct |
For example, the following output shows that the system is cabled for Multipath HA:
NetApp Release 8.3.2: Tue Jan 26 01:23:24 PST 2016 System ID: 1231231231 (node_A_1); partner ID: 4564564564 (node_A_2) System Serial Number: 700000123123 (node_A_1); partner Serial Number: 700000456456 (node_A_2) System Rev: B0 System Storage Configuration: Multi-Path HA System ACP Connectivity: NA
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9.5 and later | storage bridge add -address 0.0.0.0 -managed-by in-band -name bridge-name |
9.4 and earlier | storage bridge add -address bridge-ip-address -name bridge-name |
controller_A_1::> storage bridge show Bridge Symbolic Name Is Monitored Monitor Status Vendor Model Bridge WWN ------------------ ------------- ------------ -------------- ------ ----------------- ---------- ATTO_10.10.20.10 atto01 true ok Atto FibreBridge 7500N 20000010867038c0 ATTO_10.10.20.11 atto02 true ok Atto FibreBridge 7500N 20000010867033c0 ATTO_10.10.20.12 atto03 true ok Atto FibreBridge 7500N 20000010867030c0 ATTO_10.10.20.13 atto04 true ok Atto FibreBridge 7500N 2000001086703b80 4 entries were displayed controller_A_1::>