ontap-simulator-in-kvm

show how to install and configure ONTAP simulator in KVM automatically

Netapp officially only supports the installation of ONTAP simulator with VMware, 
but this requires a lot of manual operations and cannot be automated.

platform requires

In order to run this script correctly, you need a x86_64 PC or laptop with >16G RAM, and the OS shoud be CentOS-7/RHEL-7/Fedora-30 or higher. (verified on Fedora-{32..39}, RHEL-9.{1..4}, RHEL-8.{2..10}, RHEL-7.{8,9}, Debian-12.5, openSUSE-15.5)

#Note: We can not bring up ONTAP-9.9 and higher Version on RHEL-7, So it is recommended to use the latest version of Fedora, RHEL-9/Rocky-9, RHEL-8/Rocky-8
#[Update: 2024-03-29] with latest kiss-vm, we can also bring up ONTAP-13.1 on latest Debian-12.5, openSUSE-15.5 and latest archlinux

software requires

You also need to install kiss-vm-ns in advance:

#1. kiss-vm
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tcler/kiss-vm-ns; sudo make -C kiss-vm-ns; sudo vm prepare

#*2. if you are non-root user, open new terminal and continue

usage/steps

download ONTAP simulator image and license file

# Download url: https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/tools/tool-eula/simulate-ontap
# Note: need log in to the NetApp Support Site at http://mysupport.netapp.com/ before download
# `Update(2022-12-22): found some where could download the old simulator release:
#  |-> http://www.leraren.it/~gerard/download/NetApp/
#  |-> https://sysin.org/blog/netapp-ontap-9/
# ls -1 *.ova *.txt
CMode_licenses_9.9.1.txt
vsim-netapp-DOT9.9.1-cm_nodar.ova

run the automation script

imageFile=vsim-netapp-DOT9.9.1-cm_nodar.ova
licenseFile=CMode_licenses_9.9.1.txt
git clone https://github.com/tcler/ontap-simulator-in-kvm

bash ontap-simulator-in-kvm/ontap-simulator-single-node.sh --image $imageFile --license-file $licenseFile #deploy a single node ontap cluster
#or
bash ontap-simulator-in-kvm/ontap-simulator-two-node.sh --image $imageFile --license-file $licenseFile    #deploy a two node ontap cluster

more examples

ssh login ontap cluster's managment port

ssh [email protected] #default passwd: fsqe2020

web login ontap cluster

https://192.168.20.11

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