NetApp AFF A700, System Documentation

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Prepare for a hot-add
You must complete the preparation tasks applicable to your HA pair before hot-adding an
NS224 drive shelf.
Prepare non-dedicated RoCE capable ports for a hot-add
If your HA pair has non-dedicated RoCE capable ports that you are using to hot-add an
NS224 drive shelf, you must make sure the ports are configured for storage use (not
networking use). Depending on your platform model, the RoCE capable ports are on
board the controllers, on RoCE capable PCIe cards, a combination of both, or on RoCE
capable I/O modules.
Before you begin
You must have met the system requirements.
Requirements for a hot-add
About this task
• For some platform models, when a RoCE capable PCIe card or I/O module is installed in a supported slot
on a controller, the ports automatically default to storage use (instead of networking); however, it is
recommended that you complete this procedure to verify the RoCE capable ports are configured for
storage use.
• If you determine that the non-dedicated RoCE capable ports in your HA pair are not configured for storage
use, it is a nondisruptive procedure to configure them.
If your HA pair is running a version of ONTAP 9.6, you need to reboot the controllers, one at
a time.
If your HA pair is running ONTAP 9.7 or later, you do not need to reboot the controllers,
unless one or both controllers are in maintenance mode. This procedure assumes that
neither controller is in maintenance mode.
Steps
1. Verify if the non-dedicated ports in the HA pair are configured for storage use.
storage port show
You can enter the command on either controller module.
If your HA pair is running ONTAP 9.8 or later, the non-dedicated ports display
storage
in the
Mode
column.
If your HA pair is running ONTAP 9.7 or 9.6, the non-dedicated ports, which display false in the Is
Dedicated? column, also display enabled in the State column.
2. If the non-dedicated ports are configured for storage use, you are done with this procedure.
Otherwise, you need to configure the ports by completing steps 3 through 6.
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