Converged infrastructure and associated methods thereof

1. A machine implemented method, comprising;

retrieving network access information by a management console to connect to a storage system node in a converged infrastructure (CI) environment with defined configuration requirements for a compute node, a networking node and a storage solution for deploying the storage system node that manages a plurality of storage devices;

performing an initial determination by the management console to ascertain that the storage system node is capable of meeting the CI environment configuration requirements;

configuring by the management console a plurality of network data ports of the storage system node for sending and receiving data to and from a client system to meet the CI environment configuration requirements;

creating by the management console an aggregate having storage space at the plurality of storage devices to meet the CI environment configuration requirements for storage devices; and

generating by the management console a storage volume in compliance with the CI environment configuration requirements.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein to configure the plurality of network data ports, the management console discovers ports used by a cluster with the storage system node and selecting highest speed data ports to operate within the CI environment.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein only even number of data ports are used in the CI environment.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management console discovers the plurality of storage devices and the aggregate is created after selecting any broken storage device as a spare storage device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management console generates the storage volume based on a total space allocated for the aggregate.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the total space of the aggregate is less than size of the storage volume, then the size of the storage volume is set based on a percentage of the total space of the aggregate.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management console resets the storage system node from the CI configuration by removing partitions and ownership to the plurality of storage devices.

8. A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:

retrieve network access information by a management console to connect to a storage system node in a converged infrastructure (CI) environment with defined configuration requirements for a compute node, a networking node and a storage solution for deploying the storage system node that manages a plurality of storage devices;

perform an initial determination by the management console to ascertain that the storage system node is capable of meeting the CI environment configuration requirements;

configure by the management console a plurality of network data ports of the storage system node for sending and receiving data to and from a client system to meet the CI environment configuration requirements;

create by the management console an aggregate having storage space at the plurality of storage devices to meet the CI environment configuration requirements for storage devices; and

generate by the management console a storage volume in compliance with the CI environment configuration requirements.

9. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 8 , wherein to configure the plurality of network data ports, the management console discovers ports used by a cluster with the storage system node and selecting highest speed data ports to operate within the CI environment.

10. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 9 , wherein only even number of data ports are used in the CI environment.

11. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the management console discovers the plurality of storage devices and the aggregate is created after selecting any broken storage device as a spare storage device.

12. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the management console generates the storage volume based on a total space allocated for the aggregate.

13. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 12 , wherein when the total space of the aggregate is less than size of the storage volume, then the size of the storage volume is set based on a percentage of the total space of the aggregate.

14. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 8 ,

wherein the management console resets the storage system node from the CI configuration by removing partitions and ownership to the plurality of storage devices.

15. A system, comprising:

a memory containing machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions; and a processor module of a management console coupled to the memory, the processor module configured to execute the machine executable code to:

retrieve network access information to connect to a storage system node in a converged infrastructure (CI) environment with defined configuration requirements for a compute node, a networking node and a storage solution for deploying the storage system node that manages a plurality of storage devices;

perform an initial determination to ascertain that the storage system node is capable of meeting the CI environment configuration requirements;

configure a plurality of network data ports of the storage system node for sending and receiving data to and from a client system to meet the CI environment configuration requirements;

create an aggregate having storage space at the plurality of storage devices to meet the CI environment configuration requirements for storage devices; and

generate a storage volume in compliance with the CI environment configuration requirements.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein to configure the plurality of network data ports, the management console discovers ports used by a cluster with the storage system node and selecting highest speed data ports to operate within the CI environment.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the management console discovers the plurality of storage devices and the aggregate is created after selecting any broken storage device as a spare storage device.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the storage volume is generated based on a total space allocated for the aggregate.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein when the total space of the aggregate is less than size of the storage volume, then the size of the storage volume is set based on a percentage of the total space of the aggregate.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the management console resets the storage system node from the CI configuration by removing partitions and ownership to the plurality of storage devices.