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MetroCluster release notes
Install a fabric-attached MetroCluster
Install a MetroCluster IP configuration
Install a stretch MetroCluster configuration
Install and configure MetroCluster Tiebreaker
Understand MetroCluster data protection and disaster recovery
- How MetroCluster protects data and provides disaster recovery
Perform switchover, healing, and switchback
Maintain the MetroCluster components
Transition from MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP
Upgrade, refresh, or expand the MetroCluster configuration
Recover from a disaster
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- MetroCluster release notes
- Install a fabric-attached MetroCluster
  - Prepare for the MetroCluster installation
  - Cable a fabric-attached MetroCluster configuration
    - Parts of a fabric MetroCluster configuration
    - Install and cable MetroCluster components
      - Port assignments for FC switches when using AFF A900 systems
    - Configure the FC switches
      - Configure Brocade FC switches with RCF files
      - Configure the Cisco FC switches with RCF files
  - Configure hardware for sharing a Brocade 6510 FC fabric during transition
    - Configure switch fabrics sharing between the 7-Mode and clustered MetroCluster configuration
  - Plan and install a MetroCluster configuration with array LUNs
    - Install and cable the MetroCluster components in a configuration with array LUNs
      - Cable the FC-VI and HBA ports in a MetroCluster configuration with array LUNs
      - Cable storage arrays to FC switches in a MetroCluster configuration
    - Switch zoning in a MetroCluster configuration with array LUNs
    - Set up ONTAP in a MetroCluster configuration with array LUNs
    - Implement a MetroCluster configuration with both disks and array LUNs
  - How to use the Active IQ Unified Manager and ONTAP System Manager for further configuration and monitoring
- Install a MetroCluster IP configuration
  - Prepare for the MetroCluster installation
    - ISL requirements
    - Considerations for using MetroCluster-compliant switches
  - Configure the MetroCluster hardware components
    - Cable the MetroCluster IP switches
    - Configure the MetroCluster IP switches
      - Configure Cisco IP switches
  - Configure the MetroCluster software in ONTAP
    - Configure the MetroCluster software using the CLI
    - Configure the MetroCluster software using System Manager
  - Configure the ONTAP Mediator service for unplanned automatic switchover
- Install a stretch MetroCluster configuration
  - Prepare for the MetroCluster installation
  - Cable a two-node SAS-attached stretch MetroCluster configuration
    - Install and cable MetroCluster components for two-node SAS-attached stretch configurations
  - Cable a two-node bridge-attached stretch MetroCluster configuration
    - Install and cable MetroCluster components
  - Connections in a stretch MetroCluster configurations with array LUNs
  - How to use the Active IQ Unified Manager and ONTAP System Manager for further configuration and monitoring
- Install and configure MetroCluster Tiebreaker
  - Install the Tiebreaker software
    - Install the Tiebreaker software package
      - Install Tiebreaker 1.5
      - Install Tiebreaker 1.4
- Understand MetroCluster data protection and disaster recovery
- Perform switchover, healing, and switchback
  - Perform switchover for tests or maintenance
    - Heal the configuration
      - Heal the configuration in a MetroCluster FC configuration
- Maintain the MetroCluster components
  - Prepare for MetroCluster maintenance
  - Maintenance procedures for MetroCluster FC configurations
    - FC-to-SAS bridge maintenance
    - FC switch maintenance and replacement
    - Hot add storage to a MetroCluster FC configuration
      - Hot add SAS storage to a bridge-attached MetroCluster FC configuration
  - Maintenance procedures for MetroCluster IP configurations
    - IP switch maintenance and replacement
  - Maintenance procedures for all MetroCluster configurations
- Transition from MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP
  - Transition nondisruptively from a MetroCluster FC to a MetroCluster IP configuration (ONTAP 9.8 and later)
    - Prepare for transition from a MetroCluster FC to a MetroCluster IP configuration
    - Transition from MetroCluster FC to MetroCluster IP configurations
  - Disruptively transition from a two-node MetroCluster FC to a four-node MetroCluster IP configuration (ONTAP 9.8 and later)
- Upgrade, refresh, or expand the MetroCluster configuration
  - Start here - Choose your procedure
  - Upgrade controllers in four-node MetroCluster IP using switchover and switchback with "system controller replace" commands (ONTAP 9.13.1 and later)
    - Prepare to upgrade
    - Upgrade your controllers
  - Upgrade controllers in MetroCluster IP using switchover and switchback (ONTAP 9.8 and later)
    - Prepare to upgrade
    - Upgrade your controllers
  - Expand a two-node MetroCluster FC configuration to a four-node configuration
    - Add a new controller module to each cluster
      - Install and cable the new controller module
  - Expand a four-node MetroCluster FC configuration to an eight-node configuration
    - Recable and zone a switch fabric for the new nodes
    - Configure ONTAP on the new controllers
      - Configure the clusters into a MetroCluster configuration
- Recover from a disaster
  - Recover from a multi-controller or storage failure
    - Prepare for switchback in a MetroCluster IP configuration
    - Prepare for switchback in a MetroCluster FC configuration

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To install your stretch MetroCluster configuration, you must perform a number of procedures in the correct order.

Prepare for the installation and understand all requirements
Choose the correct installation procedure
Cable the components
- Two-node SAS-attached configuration
- Two-node bridge-attached configuration
Configure the software
Test the configuration

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