Config Advisor 5.7 - OverviewGuide

Config Advisor
Overview Guide
April 2019
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Config Advisor Goals
 Improve quality of NetApp solution deployment for ONTAP,

MetroCluster and E-Series
 Support continuous health check monitoring in datacenter
 Improve service deliveries for assessments & audits
 Improve problem resolution time & support diagnostics
NetApp Partners Storage

NetApp
PS Support Admin
Use Cases
Actors  NetApp CSS, Partners
Use Case 1: When  During new system install, equipment upgrade, storage addition
Onsite Installation
Check Tasks  Valid configuration correctness post-install
 Address issues highlighted by Config Advisor
Actors  NetApp CSS, Partners, Secure Site Personnel
When  Part of value-added service offering. Run on demand or after physical

Use Case 2: equipment changes
Remote Config Tasks  Confirm proper configuration setup
Check
 Fix any configuration issues found
 Discuss findings with NetApp team
Actors  NetApp Support, Partners, and Customers
Use Case 3: When  Customer encounters configuration issue

Configuration Tasks  NetApp or Partner run Config Advisor remotely during diagnostics
Triage
 Or customers can run Config Advisor and sends output to Support or
Partner for diagnostics
Use Cases

Use Case 4:
Periodic When  Periodically run CA
Data Tasks
Collection
and Analysis  Configure CA to run periodically to do the assessment
Use Case 5: When  Customer encounters configuration issue or wants to compare against standards
Identifying
Tasks  Compare configuration of collected system against that of a healthy system using
Configuration
‘Config Compare’
Drift
 Compare system configuration against the most popular configuration from
community wisdom
Config Advisor Workflow
Collect Analyze Present
 Multiple input  ONTAP checks  Intuitive Web UI

methods  Switch checks  PDF report
 Network
 IMT checks  Microsoft Excel
 AutoSupport report
 Native  Microsoft Word
AutoSupport report
File
 Merged Reports
 Serial
 OneCollect data
 Config Advisor
file dashboard
 Rules dashboard
 Cabling and stack
visualization
Config Advisor Key Features
Features Benefits
Improves config validation for NetApp

Supports FAS, Cluster switches, ASUP Data
storage. Broad spectrum coverage of checks
collection and serial ports support.
that helps validation of setups
Over 900+ checks Broad config validation coverage.
Perform checks onsite or offsite. Enhanced

Flexible data input methods
one click installer
Reduces manual overheads

Enhanced report generation for Plug-in and
in report generation. Reduces errors since
framework
there is no human intervention
Faster delivery of updates and new features,

smart command execution. Teams do not
Plug-in architecture, With intelligent data collection
have to depend on framework to release
functionality
Allows monitoring of devices on a regular

Scheduling data collection/analysis and email
basis. Admin gets notified over email in case
notification
of alerts
Supports Multiple Input Methods
On-premise collection and analysis
Network
Serial Port
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Supports Multiple Input Methods
Remote site analysis
ASUP from file
NetApp ASUP Data

Warehouse
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Config Advisor Checks
 Features:
 Validate shelf cabling
 MetroCluster validation checks
 FlexArray validation checks
 Validate Clustered Data ONTAP and
switches setup
 At-Risk Systems Checks
 HA configuration Checks
 ONTAP RC file, ifconfig, Export File
checks
 Firmware revision Checks
 E-Series storage array and linux host
configuration checks
ONTAP Checks
 ONTAP Checks
 NTP enablement and
Configuration, DNS configuration
 Time zone configuration
 SAS Cabling
 Valid licensing
 Clustered Data ONTAP
enablement and Configuration
 ACP cabling configuration
 NDU limits for maximum number
of flexible volumes and Snapshots
 Broadcast Domain, IPspace
Checks
 Node and Cluster management lif
Checks
 HA Interconnect Status Check
 SSD disk ownership Check
ONTAP Switch Checks
Check proper ONTAP switch and

other configuration settings
Supports all certified ONTAP
switches
 Switch checks
 Compare with “Golden Config”
 Latest SW version check
 Switch ISL checks
 Node to switch connections
 Cluster NIC interface
 Fan & power supply check
 Supports switchless mode
Config Advisor Checks
Category Number of Checks

ONTAP Checks (Switch Included) 451
E-Series Host Checks 5
E-Series Array Checks 31
FlexArray Checks 30
MetroCluster Checks 128
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Config Advisor Plugin
 Config Advisor is built using plugin Architecture
 Allows teams to release extra validation and support not waiting
for framework release
 Provides all the functionality of the framework to be extended
 Easy to use, build rules, collection xml and custom UI
 Framework does validation so to ensure secure data collection
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Cabling visualization
 Cabling diagrams depicting connection between controllers,
shelves and cluster switches
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Stack and RAID disk visualization
 Cabling diagrams depicting stack arrangement
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Stack and RAID disk visualization
 Visualization of disk layout depicting RAID groups, unowned
disks, aggregate layout, data, spare & parity disks
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Config Compare
 Compare between two different collections (network or Autosupport)
 Compare with popular configuration from install base for the ONTAP
version (Community Wisdom)
Flexible Presentation Options
Intuitive UI
Microsoft
Word/PDF/
Excel
reports
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Config Advisor AutoSupport
 Improves supportability by providing historical record of system
configuration & check results
NetApp Support Apps
Customer
HTTPS
Firewall
NetApp
Solutions
Internet
ASUP Data
Warehouse
Firewall
Config Advisor
Data Collector Module
User
Config Advisor AutoSupport
 Independent of Data ONTAP AutoSupport

 Secure data transmission over HTTPS to NetApp Support
 Sends collected config data and config check results only
 Can be enabled or disabled by user
(Note – enabled by default)
 Queues collected data & only sent when internet
connection detected
CA ASUP Viewable via SmartSolve
Config Advisor Supported Environments
 Multi-platform software
 Runs on all Windows laptops/servers, RHEL & Ubuntu 64-bit
systems and Mac.
 Supported on Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer
browsers
 Data collection and analysis for:

 FAS (2xxx, 3xxx, 6xxx, 8xxx, 9xxx) and AFF series
 V-Series storage controllers running Data ONTAP 7.x and Clustered
Data ONTAP
 Cluster Data ONTAP switches: Cisco NX5010/5020, Cisco
NX5596/5596T, Cisco NX9332Q-V Catalyst 2960, NetApp
CN1601/1610
 SolidFire (with FlexPod)
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Release and Resource Information
 Available to NetApp
employees & partners
 No cost download from
NetApp Support Site:
http://mysupport.netapp.com/tools/info/E
CMS1357843I.html?productID=61923
 Documents download from

Field Portal:
https://fieldportal.netapp.com/configadvi
sor.aspx#
 Product Contact:
sudiph@netapp.com
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Config Advisor

 Improve quality of NetApp solution deployment for ONTAP,

NetApp Partners Storage

Actors  NetApp CSS, Partners, Secure Site Personnel

When  Part of value-added service offering. Run on demand or after physical

Actors  NetApp Support, Partners, and Customers

Use Case 3: When  Customer encounters configuration issue

Actors  NetApp Support, Partners, and Customers

Actors  NetApp Support, Partners, and Customers

Collect Analyze Present

 Multiple input  ONTAP checks  Intuitive Web UI

Improves config validation for NetApp

Over 900+ checks Broad config validation coverage.

Perform checks onsite or offsite. Enhanced

Reduces manual overheads

Faster delivery of updates and new features,

Allows monitoring of devices on a regular

On-premise collection and analysis

Remote site analysis

ASUP from file

NetApp ASUP Data

Check proper ONTAP switch and

 Supports switchless mode

Category Number of Checks

NetApp Support Apps

 Independent of Data ONTAP AutoSupport

 Data collection and analysis for:

 Documents download from

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