Simulator Download Guide

Simulators are available in more than one format. Each simulator image contains full installation instructions in HTML format for reading in a web browser. All of the documentation is also available via FilerView inside your installed and running simulator...

Installation method

Choose the installation method you intend to use for further instructions

• Browsing the html documentation from Windows without burning a cdrom or unpacking on a Linux host
• Unpacking directly into Linux from the compressed .tgz image
• Burn a cdrom for mounting inside Linux (or reading in Windows)
• Attaching an ISO image inside VMware
• Installing as an ISO image into Linux without burning a cdrom (loopback mounting)

Browsing the html documentation from Windows without burning a cdrom nor unpacking on a Linux host

1. You will need an unzipping product that understands .tgz images. The example below will assume that WinZip is being used.
2. Download the appropriate .tgz image for the version of Data ONTAP you are viewing.
3. Using Windows Explorer browse to the directory you downloaded the .tgz image to.
4. Right-click on the .tgz file and from the menu choose Winzip -> Extract to here.
5. WinZip will pop up a dialog "Archive contains one file: <something>.tar Should WinZip decompress it to a temporary folder and open it?". Click Yes.
6. After a short period WinZip will exit and a new folder called simulator will appear in the directory. Navigate into it using Explorer.
7. Double-click the file readme.htm to launch a web browser so you can read the documentation.
8. (Optionally) After you have finished you can delete the entire simulator directory if you no longer want the documentation available via Windows.

Unpacking directly into Linux from the compressed .tgz image

1. Download the appropriate compressed tar file (.tgz) file for the version of Data ONTAP you want to install into a temporary directory.
2. Extract the .tgz image from your installation directory as follows. If you have more than one .tgz file in the directory then change the name * to the correct name you downloaded:
[root@localhost]# tar xvfz *.tgz
3. Use your web browser to read the installation documentation that you just unpacked. Either open the browser and perform a File->Open File (as appropriate for your browser) to read the simulator/readme.htm file, or you can ask your browser to read directly from the command line. An example with Mozilla:
   [root@localhost]# mozilla file://`pwd`/simulator/readme.htm
4. (Optionally) delete the downloaded .tgz file. Only do this if you don't intend on re-installing the simulator from it again.

Burning a cdrom for mounting inside Linux (or reading in Windows)

1. This method is only appropriate if you have a cdrom burner and software that can burn ISO images.
2. Download the appropriate cdrom image (.iso) for the version of Data ONTAP you want to install.
3. Use your systems cdrom burning software to burn the image straight to a disk. As each piece of software is different you'll need to check it's documentation for details on how to do this.
4. (Optionally) delete the downloaded .iso image if you don't intend on burning another cdrom with it.
5. Insert the cdrom into a Windows or Linux host and use a web browser to read the installation documentation by opening the readme.htm file in the "root" directory of the cdrom. In our example we'll use Mozilla to read the documentation. Note that while most Linux flavours use /mnt/cdrom as the mount point you may need to adjust as appropriate for your installation.
   [root@localhost /root]# mount /mnt/cdrom
[root@localhost /root]# mozilla file://mnt/cdrom/readme.htm

Attaching an ISO image inside VMware

1. VMware has the ability to take an ISO image and present it to the guest operating system as a physical cdrom. Please see the built in help for the topic "Configuring a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive or ISO Image" for further details on this process.
2. Download the appropriate cdrom image (.iso) file for the version of Data ONTAP you want to install.
3. Use VMware to "connect" to the cdrom image you downloaded. This is the same as physically inserting the cdrom in the guest computer.
4. Use a web browser to read the installation documentation by opening the readme.htm file in the "root" directory of the cdrom. In our example we'll use Mozilla to read the documentation. Note that while most Linux flavours use /mnt/cdrom as the mount point you may need to adjust as appropriate for your installation.
   [root@localhost /root]# mount /mnt/cdrom
[root@localhost /root]# mozilla file://mnt/cdrom/readme.htm

Installing as an ISO image into Linux without burning a cdrom (loopback mounting)

1. Most modern Linux flavours come pre-configured with loopback mounting enabled. This will allow you to directly mount an ISO image inside Linux without having to burn it to a CD.
2. Download the appropriate cdrom image (.iso) file for the version of Data ONTAP you want to install.
3. NOTE: I'm going demonstrate the simplest method available. It may not work with your flavour of Linux so if it doesn't work for you see man mount and man losetup for details about how your installation may use loopback mounts. I'm making a couple of other basic assumptions; /mnt/cdrom is your normal cdrom mount point, you don't have anything mounted to it at present, and you only have a single ISO image in your current directory. Adjust as appropriate.
   [root@localhost /root]# mount *.iso /mnt/cdrom -o loop
[root@localhost /root]# mozilla file://mnt/cdrom/readme.htm