Preparing for the SnapCenter Server installation

You should be aware of the requirements and prerequisites before installing SnapCenter Server.

Host requirements
Supported storage systems and applications
Supported browsers
Connection and port requirements
SnapCenter licensing
Repository setup
SVM connections and credentials

The Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) contains the latest information about requirements.

NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool

Host requirements
Before you begin the SnapCenter installation, you should be familiar with the host requirements, domain requirements, sizing requirements, and operating system requirements.
Supported storage systems and applications
You should know the supported storage system, applications and databases.
Supported browsers
SnapCenter Software can be used on multiple browsers.
Connection and port requirements
You should ensure that the connections and ports requirements are met before installing the SnapCenter Server and application or database plug-ins.
Licensing requirements
Several licenses are required for data protection operations. The Release Notes contain details about the licenses required for your environment.
Understanding SnapCenter repository
The SnapCenter repository, sometimes referred to as the NSM database, stores information and metadata for every SnapCenter operation.
Authentication methods for your credentials
Credentials use different authentication methods depending upon the application or environment. Credentials authenticate users so they can perform SnapCenter operations. You should create one set of credentials for installing plug-ins and another set for data protection operations.
Storage Virtual Machine connections and credentials
Before performing data protection operations, you should set up the storage virtual machine (SVM) connections and add the credentials that the SnapCenter Server and the SnapCenter plug-ins will use.
Network Load Balancing and Application Request Routing requirements
You should manually configure NLB and ARR outside of SnapCenter installation for high availability (HA) from SnapCenter 4.2 .
High availability for the SnapCenter MySQL repository
MySQL replication is a feature of MySQL Server that enables you to replicate data from one MySQL database server (master) to another MySQL database server (slave). SnapCenter supports MySQL replication for high availability only on two Network Load Balancing-enabled (NLB-enabled) nodes.