Here’s a small tip on configuring additional IP addresses in a NetApp vFiler (configured using MultiStore license).
- Add the IP address to the vfiler
simtap3> vfiler add myapp -i 172.16.56.143 simtap3> vfiler status -a myapp myapp running ipspace: default-ipspace IP address: 172.16.56.142 [e0a] IP address: 172.16.56.143 [unconfigured] Path: /vol/myapp_data1 [/etc] UUID: 18c11808-3121-11df-8019-000c299de18f Protocols allowed: 7 Allowed: proto=rsh Allowed: proto=ssh Allowed: proto=nfs Allowed: proto=cifs Allowed: proto=iscsi Allowed: proto=ftp Allowed: proto=http Protocols disallowed: 0 simtap3> - The IP address stays unconfigured at this point. To actually configure it, run vfiler setup again and now you can bind the IP address to the interface
simtap3> vfiler run myapp setup ===== myapp The setup command will rewrite the /etc/exports, /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.equiv, /etc/nsswitch.conf, and /etc/resolv.conf files, saving the original contents of these files in .bak files (e.g. /etc/exports.bak). Are you sure you want to continue? [yes] Change binding for vfiler IP address 172.16.56.142? [n]: Configure vfiler IP address 172.16.56.143? [y]: Interface to assign this address to {e0a, e0b, e0c, e0d}: e0a Netmask to use: [255.255.255.0]: The administration host is given root access to the filer's /etc files for system administration. To allow /etc root access to all NFS clients enter RETURN below. Please enter the name or IP address of the administration host: Do you want to run DNS resolver? [n]: Do you want to run NIS client? [n]: e0a: flags=0xe48867mtu 1500 inet 172.16.56.141 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.56.255 inet 172.16.56.142 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.56.255 ether 00:0c:29:9d:e1:8f (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full e0a: flags=0xe48867 mtu 1500 inet 172.16.56.141 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.56.255 inet 172.16.56.142 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.56.255 ether 00:0c:29:9d:e1:8f (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full simtap3> vfiler status -a myapp myapp running ipspace: default-ipspace IP address: 172.16.56.142 [e0a] IP address: 172.16.56.143 [e0a] Path: /vol/myapp_data1 [/etc] UUID: 18c11808-3121-11df-8019-000c299de18f Protocols allowed: 7 Allowed: proto=rsh Allowed: proto=ssh Allowed: proto=nfs Allowed: proto=cifs Allowed: proto=iscsi Allowed: proto=ftp Allowed: proto=http Protocols disallowed: 0 simtap3>

The ‘non wizard’ method for step 2 is:
myfiler> ifconfig e0a alias 172.16.56.143 netmask 255.255.255.0
and then edit the filers /etc/rc to include the above ifconfig. We did note that you need to add the address to the “guest” vFiler before setting up the alias on the physical (vfiler0).