Steps needed to create LUNs and to make them accessible by windows ISCSI initiators.
Steps needed to create LUN and to make accessible by windows ISCSI initiators.
- mohit_netapp02*> lun setup
This setup will take you through the steps needed to create LUNs
and to make them accessible by initiators. You can type ^C (Control-C)
at any time to abort the setup and no unconfirmed changes will be made
to the system.
- Do you want to create a LUN? [y]: y
- Multiprotocol type of LUN (solaris/windows/hpux/aix/linux/netware/vmware/windows_gpt)[linux]: windows
A LUN path must be absolute. A LUN can only reside in a volume or
qtree root. For example, to create a LUN with name “lun0” in the
qtree root /vol/vol1/q0, specify the path as “/vol/vol1/q0/lun0”.
- Enter LUN path: /vol/test_vol/test_lun0
A LUN can be created with or without space reservations being enabled.
Space reservation guarantees that data writes to that LUN will never
fail.
- Do you want the LUN to be space reserved? [y]: Object action: admin.util.true
Size for a LUN is specified in bytes. You can use single-character
multiplier suffixes: b(sectors), k(KB), m(MB), g(GB) or t(TB).
- Enter LUN size: 55g
You can add a comment string to describe the contents of the LUN.
Please type a string (without quotes), or hit ENTER if you don’t
want to supply a comment.
- Enter comment string:
The LUN will be accessible to an initiator group. You can use an
existing group name, or supply a new name to create a new initiator
group. Enter ‘?’ to see existing initiator group names.
- Name of initiator group [windows]: Test_windows
Type of initiator group Test_windows (FCP/iSCSI) [iSCSI]: iSCSI
An iSCSI initiator group is a collection of initiator node names.Each
node name can begin with either ‘eui.’ or ‘iqn.’ and should be in the
following formats: eui.{EUI-64 address} or iqn.yyyy-mm.{reversed domain
name}:{optional string composed of alphanumeric characters, ‘-‘, ‘.’
and ‘:’}
Eg: iqn.2001-04.com.acme:storage.tape.sys1.xyz or eui.02004567A425678D
You can separate node names by commas. Enter ‘?’ to display a list of
connected initiators. Hit ENTER when you are done adding node names to
this group.
- Enter comma separated nodenames: ?
Initiators connected on adapter ism_sw1:
iSCSI Initiator Name Group
iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:appoms2 windows
iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:colodc1.projecty.com windows
iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:appoff1
Enter comma separated nodenames: iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:appoms2
Enter comma separated nodenames:
The initiator group has an associated OS type. The following are
currently supported: solaris, windows, hpux, aix, linux, netware
or vmware.
- OS type of initiator group “Test_windows” [windows]: windows
The LUN will be accessible to all the initiators in the
initiator group. Enter ‘?’ to display LUNs already in use
by one or more initiators in group “Test_windows”.
- LUN ID at which initiator group “Test_windows” sees “/vol/test_vol/test_lun0” [0]: 1
LUN 1 is already mapped to by initiator iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:appoms2
in group windows
LUN ID at which initiator group “Test_windows” sees “/vol/test_vol/test_lun0” [0]: 2
LUN Path : /vol/test_vol/test_lun0
OS Type : windows
Size : 55.0g (59057510400)
Initiator Group : Test_windows
Initiator Group Type : iSCSI
Initiator Group Members : iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:appoms2
Mapped to LUN-ID : 2
- Do you want to accept this configuration? [y]: y
- Do you want to create another LUN? [n]: n
- mohit_netapp02*> lun showq
lun: unrecognized command “showq”
The following commands are available; for more information
type “lun help <command>”
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- mohit_netapp02*> lun show
/vol/bod_iscsi/asm1 5g (5368709120) (r/w, online, mapped)
/vol/mohitsnap/lun0 502.0g (539019048960) (r/w, online, mapped)
/vol/test_vol/test_lun0 55.0g (59057510400) (r/w, online, mapped)
Maximum LUN resize limits on NetApp
Be aware there are some limits to resize the Netapp size. Due to the geometry of the LUN at the time it was created it can only be resized to a maximum of ~10 times the original size of the LUN.
One way to see this is at the command line, for the command to be available you need to run ‘priv set diag‘ and then you will have access to the ‘lun geometry‘ command. From there you can see the LUN size as well as the maximum LUN size that is available.
Here is a table of some of the results:
| LUN Size | Maximum Resize |
| < 50g | 502g |
| 51-100g | 1004g |
| 101-150g | 1506g |
| 151-200g | 2008g |
| 201-251g | 2510g |
| 252-301g | 3012g |
| 302-351g | 3514g |
| 352-401g | 4016g |
etc..
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