NetApp HCI, Manual

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a. From a browser, log into the management node REST API UI:
i. Go to the storage MVIP and log in.
This action causes certificate to be accepted for the next step.
b. Open the inventory service REST API UI on the management node:
https://[management node IP]/inventory/1/
c. Click Authorize and complete the following:
i. Enter the cluster user name and password.
ii. Enter the client ID as mnode-client
.
iii. Click Authorize to begin a session.
iv. Close the window.
d. From the REST API UI, click GET /installations .
e. Click Try it out .
f. Click Execute .
g. From the code 200 response body, copy the id
for the installation.
Your installation has a base asset configuration that was created during installation or upgrade.
12. If you have a NetApp HCI installation, locate the hardware tag for your compute node in vSphere:
a. Select the host in the vSphere Web Client navigator.
b. Click the Monitor tab, and click Hardware Health .
c. The node BIOS manufacturer and model number are listed. Copy and save the value for tag
for use in
a later step.
13. Add a vCenter controller asset for HCI monitoring (NetApp HCI installations only) and Hybrid Cloud Control
(for all installations) to the management node known assets:
a. Click POST /assets/{asset_id}/controllers to add a controller sub-asset.
b. Click Try it out .
c. Enter the parent base asset ID you copied to your clipboard in the asset_id field.
d. Enter the required payload values with type vCenter
and vCenter credentials.
e. Click Execute .
14. (For NetApp HCI only) Add a compute node asset to the management node known assets:
a. Click POST /assets/{asset_id}/compute-nodes to add a compute node sub-asset with credentials for
the compute node asset.
b. Click Try it out .
c. Enter the parent base asset ID you copied to your clipboard in the asset_id field.
d. In the payload, enter the required payload values as defined in the Model tab. Enter ESXi Host
as
type
and paste the hardware tag you saved during a previous step for
hardware_tag
.
e. Click Execute .