How to perform a graceful shutdown and power up of one HA pair in a 4+ node cluster

Introduction

Several events might require a graceful shutdown of ONTAP equipment such as:

• Scheduled site power outage
• Data center wide maintenance
• Physical system move
• Preparation for future re-purposing of equipment

Prerequisites

• This procedure is for non-MetroCluster configurations only
• This procedure is for halting one HA pair in a 4+ node cluster only
• The local admin password for ONTAP 9
• If using NetApp onboard key management (OKM) the cluster passphrase available
• Ensure the SP/BMC for each controller is accessible
• Stop all clients/hosts from accessing data on the NetApp system
• Suspend external backup jobs
• Personnel onsite to perform physical equipment tasks
• General preparation for onsite maintenance

Prior to Shutdown Best Practices

• Perform additional system health checks
• Upgrade ONTAP to a recommended release
• Resolve any Active IQ Wellness Alerts and Risks
• Run Active IQ Config Advisor
• Confirm which data will become unavailable and take appropriate actions

Identifying Hardware Components

The ONTAP system will be comprised of one or more of the following components.  Use the following links for helpful details and images to assist onsite personnel with locating and identifying the equipment.

• Controllers:
  • All Flash FAS (AFF)
  • All SAN Array (ASA AFF)
  • Fabric Attached Storage (FAS)
• Disk Shelves
• Switches:
  • Cluster interconnect
  • Cluster management
  • Storage
  • FC