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Workflow (ONTAP 9.7 and earlier)

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If you are already familiar with basic networking concepts, you might be able to save time setting up your network by reviewing this "hands on" workflow for NAS path failover configuration.

A NAS LIF automatically migrates to a surviving network port after a link failure on its current port. If your network is flat, you can rely on the ONTAP defaults to manage path failover. Otherwise, you should configure path failover following the steps in this workflow.

NAS failover workflow diagram

Note A SAN LIF does not migrate (unless you move it manually after the link failure). Instead, multipathing technology on the host diverts traffic to a different LIF. For more information, see SAN administration.

Use the worksheet to plan NAS path failover.

Create a distinct IP address space for each SVM in a cluster.

Create broadcast domains.

Create subnets.

Create SVMs to serve data to clients.

Create LIFs on the ports you want to use to access data.

configure DNS services for the SVM before creating an NFS or SMB server.