I have an A300 cluster that's going switchless with the retirement of two CN1610's. Would there be any value in taking the e0c port on both nodes, which are not currently used, and make them the first switchless connection, and then convert e0a and e0b?
#Going switchless with an additional port?
slim lichen
cunning echo
There is no need.
It’s straight forward. Pull e0a on both. Connect them together. Wait for link to stabilize. Verify port health. Then repeat with e0b.
Then wait about 3 minutes and verify work with
set advanced
Switchless-cluster show
nova heath
Hi Carl, what TMAC said above and add a few checks in:
cluster ping-cluster -node <node name>, can do this before and during each port move.
Then check the cluster is reporting switchless after the move:
In advanced mode
::*> network options detect-switchless-cluster show
If the cluster is reporting false, you can change it manually by using:
::*> network options detect-switchless-cluster modify -enabled true
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli-9131/network-options-detect-switchless-cluster-modify.html
cunning echo
After I think 9.3 as long options haven’t been messed with, it’s automatic. I’ve converted both ways so many times and only had to set the switchless option in early ONTAP releases