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Links to the ONTAP Release Notes
Links to the 7-Mode Transition Tool Release Notes
Introduction and concepts
ONTAP concepts
Deciding whether to use this guide
ONTAP platforms
Cluster storage
High-availability pairs
AutoSupport and Active IQ Digital Advisor
Network architecture
Logical ports
Support for industry-standard network technologies
Client protocols
Disks and aggregates
Aggregates and RAID groups
Root-data partitioning
Volumes, qtrees, files, and LUNs
Storage virtualization
SVM use cases
Cluster and SVM administration
Namespaces and junction points
Path failover
NAS path failover
SAN path failover
Load balancing
Replication
Snapshot copies
SnapMirror disaster recovery and data transfer
SnapVault archiving
Cloud backup and support for traditional backups
MetroCluster continuous availability
Storage efficiency
Thin provisioning
Deduplication
Compression
FlexClone volumes, files, and LUNs
Security
Client authentication and authorization
Administrator authentication and RBAC
Virus scanning
Encryption
WORM storage
Application aware data management
Where to find additional information
ONTAP and the cloud
Deciding whether to use the ONTAP and the Cloud guide
Data protection and the cloud
Data replication
High availability
Encryption of data at rest
Antivirus protection
Moving entire workloads to the cloud
Storage protocols
File sharing with NFS and SMB/CIFS
iSCSI
AutoSupport and Active IQ Digital Advisor
Storage VMs
FlexGroup volumes
Performance and efficiency in the cloud
FabricPool
Storage Efficiency
Managing ONTAP in the cloud
Event and performance monitoring
Volume management
Volume move
ONTAP updates
Compliance and the cloud
NetApp Cloud Compliance Service
Data sovereignty
SnapLock WORM storage
ONTAP concepts
Deciding whether to use this guide
ONTAP platforms
Cluster storage
High-availability pairs
AutoSupport and Active IQ Digital Advisor
Network architecture
Logical ports
Support for industry-standard network technologies
Client protocols
Disks and aggregates
Aggregates and RAID groups
Root-data partitioning
Volumes, qtrees, files, and LUNs
Storage virtualization
SVM use cases
Cluster and SVM administration
Namespaces and junction points
Path failover
NAS path failover
SAN path failover
Load balancing
Replication
Snapshot copies
SnapMirror disaster recovery and data transfer
SnapVault archiving
Cloud backup and support for traditional backups
MetroCluster continuous availability
Storage efficiency
Thin provisioning
Deduplication
Compression
FlexClone volumes, files, and LUNs
Security
Client authentication and authorization
Administrator authentication and RBAC
Virus scanning
Encryption
WORM storage
Application aware data management
Where to find additional information
ONTAP and the cloud
Deciding whether to use the ONTAP and the Cloud guide
Data protection and the cloud
Data replication
High availability
Encryption of data at rest
Antivirus protection
Moving entire workloads to the cloud
Storage protocols
File sharing with NFS and SMB/CIFS
iSCSI
AutoSupport and Active IQ Digital Advisor
Storage VMs
FlexGroup volumes
Performance and efficiency in the cloud
FabricPool
Storage Efficiency
Managing ONTAP in the cloud
Event and performance monitoring
Volume management
Volume move
ONTAP updates
Compliance and the cloud
NetApp Cloud Compliance Service
Data sovereignty
SnapLock WORM storage
All SAN array
All SAN Array software setup
Supported All SAN Array configurations
How to set up an ASA
ASA limitations and restrictions
Support for persistent ports
ASA host settings and utilities
Ways to identify an ASA system
All SAN Array software setup
Supported All SAN Array configurations
How to set up an ASA
ASA limitations and restrictions
Support for persistent ports
ASA host settings and utilities
Ways to identify an ASA system
Cluster administration
Cluster expansion express configuration
Deciding whether to use this guide
Cluster expansion workflow
Verifying the cluster is ready for expansion
Verifying the planned configuration
Gathering the required network information
Adding or replacing switches
Preparing the cluster for expansion
Adding node-locked licenses
Verifying the health of the system
Backing up the cluster configuration
Generating an AutoSupport message about starting expansion
Installing the new nodes
Installing the controllers
Configuring node-management LIFs
Upgrading or downgrading the nodes
Ensuring hardware-level HA is enabled
Adding nodes to a cluster using System Manager
Joining nodes to the cluster using the CLI
Completing the expansion
Configuring the node details in System Manager
Configuring AutoSupport on the new nodes
Configuring the Service Processor network
Validating the configuration of the expanded cluster
Generating an AutoSupport message about completing expansion
Updating LUN paths for the new nodes
Where to find additional information
Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
System Manager window layout
Window layout customization
ONTAP System Manager enhancements
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using ONTAP System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing ONTAP System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster management logical interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node management logical interface
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time zone for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate based on storage recommendations
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
Configuring NVMe protocol on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Setting up SAML authentication
Enabling SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Setting up peering
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating cluster peer relationships
Creating SVM peers
What passphrases are
Managing clusters
Understanding quorum and epsilon
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Provisioning a basic template
Storage service definitions
Adding Microsoft SQL Server over SAN to System Manager
Application provisioning settings
Editing an application
Deleting an application
Applications window
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Isolating management network traffic
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Generating a peering passphrase
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying LIFs that are configured for the remote cluster
Changing the peering encryption status
Deleting cluster peer relationships
Cluster Peers window
High availability
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Updating clusters
Updating clusters in a non MetroCluster configuration
Updating clusters in a MetroCluster configuration
Obtaining ONTAP software images
Updating single-node clusters
Updating a cluster nondisruptively
How to update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
MetroCluster switchover and switchback
MetroCluster switchover and switchback workflow
Preparing for switchover and switchback operations
Renaming the MetroCluster local site (Site A)
Performing a negotiated switchover
Performing a unplanned switchover
Performing a switchback
MetroCluster Switchover and Switchback Operations window
Date and time settings of a cluster
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Editing SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domain settings
Deleting broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnet settings
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interface settings
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Modifying the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE and NVMe adapter speed settings
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage tiers
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What a FabricPool is
Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
Storage Tiers window
Configuring and managing cloud tiers
Adding a cloud tier
Attaching an aggregate to a cloud tier
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Editing a cloud tier
Deleting a cloud tier
What cloud tiers and tiering policies are
What inactive (cold) data is
Cloud Tier window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How to use SSD storage pools
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
How ONTAP reports disk types
Minimum number of hot spares required for disks
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Hardware Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache modules
How Flash Cache modules work
Hardware Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
Managing SVMs
Tracing file access to diagnose access errors on SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Trace File Access window
Volumes
Editing volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the list of saved Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Specifying advanced options for a FlexGroup volume
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Creating FlexCache volumes
Viewing FlexCache volume information
Editing FlexCache volumes
Specifying advanced options for a FlexCache volume
Resizing FlexCache volumes
Changing the status of a FlexCache volume
Deleting FlexCache volumes
What NetApp Volume Encryption is
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
Volumes window
Junction Path
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Junction Path window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Initiator hosts
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
Qtree options
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
NFS window
NVMe protocol
Setting up NVMe
Creating an NVMe namespace
Editing an NVMe namespace
Cloning an NVMe namespace
Starting and stopping the NVMe service
What NVMe is
What an NVMe subsystem is
Creating NVMe subsystems
Editing NVMe subsystems details
Deleting an NVMe subsystem
NVMe Subsystems window
NVMe namespaces
NVMe namespaces window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Windows window
Name mapping
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror relationships work
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
Understanding workloads supported by StrictSync and Sync policies
SnapMirror licensing
Protection window
SVM Relationships
Creating SVM relationships
Editing SVM relationships
Managing SVM relationships
SVM Relationships Window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Protection Policies window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Cluster management using System Manager 9.5
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
System Manager window layouts
Window layout customization
System Manager enhancements
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using OnCommand System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing OnCommand System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster management logical interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node management logical interface
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time zone for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate based on storage recommendations
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
Configuring NVMe protocol on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Setting up SAML authentication
Enabling SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Setting up peering
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating cluster peer relationships
Creating SVM peers
What passphrases are
Managing clusters
Understanding quorum and epsilon
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Provisioning a basic template
Adding Microsoft SQL Server over SAN to System Manager
Application provisioning settings
Editing an application
Deleting an application
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying the peer network parameters
Deleting cluster peer relationships
Peers window
High availability
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Updating clusters
Updating clusters in a non MetroCluster configuration
Updating clusters in a MetroCluster configuration
Obtaining ONTAP software images
Updating single-node clusters
Updating a cluster nondisruptively
How to update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
Date and time settings of a cluster
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Editing SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domain settings
Deleting broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnet settings
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interface settings
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Modifying the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE and NVMe adapter speed settings
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage tiers
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What a FabricPool is
Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
Storage Tiers window
Configuring and managing cloud tiers
Adding a cloud tier
Attaching an aggregate to a cloud tier
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Editing a cloud tier
Deleting a cloud tier
What cloud tiers and tiering policies are
What inactive (cold) data is
Cloud Tier window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How to use SSD storage pools
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
How ONTAP reports disk types
Minimum number of hot spares required for disks
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Hardware Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache modules
How Flash Cache modules work
Hardware Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
Managing SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Volumes
Editing volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the list of saved Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Specifying advanced options for a FlexGroup volume
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
What NetApp Volume Encryption is
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
Volumes window
Junction Path
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Junction Path window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Initiator hosts
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
Qtree options
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
NFS window
NVMe protocol
Setting up NVMe
Creating an NVMe namespace
Editing an NVMe namespace
Cloning an NVMe namespace
Starting and stopping the NVMe service
What NVMe is
What an NVMe subsystem is
Creating NVMe subsystems
Editing NVMe subsystems details
Deleting an NVMe subsystem
NVMe Subsystems window
NVMe namespaces
NVMe namespaces window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Windows window
Name mapping
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror relationships work
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
Understanding workloads supported by StrictSync and Sync policies
SnapMirror licensing
Protection window
SVM Relationships
Creating SVM relationships
Editing SVM relationships
Managing SVM relationships
SVM Relationships Window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Protection Policies window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Cluster management using System Manager 9.3 and 9.4
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
System Manager window layouts
Window layout customization
System Manager enhancements
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using OnCommand System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing OnCommand System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster management interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node management LIF
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time zone for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate based on storage recommendations
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
Configuring NVMe protocol on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Setting up SAML authentication
Enabling SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Setting up peering
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating cluster peer relationships
Creating SVM peers
What passphrases are
Managing clusters
Understanding quorum and epsilon
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Provisioning a basic template
Adding applications to System Manager
Application provisioning settings
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying the peer network parameters
Deleting cluster peer relationships
Peers window
High availability
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Updating clusters
Obtaining ONTAP software images
Updating single-node clusters disruptively
Updating a cluster nondisruptively
How to update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
Date and time settings of a cluster
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Setting SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domain settings
Deleting broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnet settings
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interface settings
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Modifying the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE and NVMe adapter speed settings
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage tiers
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID Webscale
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What a FabricPool is
Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
Storage Tiers window
Configuring and managing external capacity tiers
Adding an external capacity tier
Attaching an aggregate to an external capacity tier
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Editing an external capacity tier
Deleting an external capacity tier
What external capacity tiers and tiering policies are
What inactive (cold) data is
External Capacity Tier window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How to use SSD storage pools
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
How ONTAP reports disk types
Minimum number of hot spares required for disks
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Flash Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache
How Flash Cache works
Flash Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
Managing SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Volumes
Editing volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the list of saved Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
What NetApp Volume Encryption is
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
Volumes window
Junction Path
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Junction Path window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Initiator hosts
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
Qtree options
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
NFS window
NVMe protocol
Setting up NVMe
Creating an NVMe namespace
Editing an NVMe namespace
Cloning an NVMe namespace
Starting and stopping the NVMe service
What NVMe is
NVMe namespaces
NVMe subsystems
NVMe namespaces window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Windows window
Name mapping
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror relationships work
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
SnapMirror licensing
Protection window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Protection Policies window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Cluster management using System Manager 9.2 and earlier
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Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
Window layout customization
Supportability Dashboard
Where to find additional ONTAP information
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using OnCommand System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing OnCommand System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster-management interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node-management interface
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on an SVM
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC and FCoE protocols on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Managing clusters
What a cluster is
Understanding quorum and epsilon
What a node in the cluster is
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating cluster peer relationships
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying the peer network parameters
Deleting cluster peer relationships
What a cluster peer is
What cluster peer intercluster connectivity is
Connecting one cluster to another cluster in a peer relationship
Peers window
High availability
Understanding HA pairs
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
Managing licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Cluster update
Updating the cluster nondisruptively
Obtaining ONTAP software images
How you update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
Date and time
Managing the cluster time
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Setting SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
Options to use when configuring SNMP
Managing SNMP on the cluster
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Predefined roles for cluster administrators
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Configuring IPspaces
Standard properties of IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domains
Deleting broadcast domains
Configuring broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnets
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interfaces
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
What LIFs are
Roles for LIFs
Guidelines for creating LIFs
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Editing the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
Types of network ports
How VLANs work
FC/FCoE adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE adapter speed
Configuring subnets
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage Tiers
Adding an external capacity tier
Attaching an aggregate to external capacity tier
Deleting an external capacity tier
Editing an external capacity tier
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Understanding aggregates
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID Webscale
How RAID groups are named
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How Flash Pool aggregates work
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What external capacity tiers and tiering policies are
What a FabricPool is
Storage Tiers window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How you use SSD storage pools
How Flash Pool SSD partitioning increases cache allocation flexibility for Flash Pool aggregates
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
Understanding RAID drive types
How ONTAP reports disk types
How hot spare disks work
RAID protection for array LUNs
Minimum number of hot spares you should have
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Considerations for ONTAP RAID groups for array LUNs
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
How disks and array LUNs become available for use
Rules for mixing array LUNs in an aggregate
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Flash Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache
How Flash Cache works
Flash Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Monitoring the health of your system
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
What SVMs are
Managing SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Volumes
Editing the volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
What volume granular encryption is
How FlexVol volumes work
Considerations for creating a FlexClone volume from a SnapMirror source or destination volume
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
How moving a FlexVol volume works
Volumes window
Namespace
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Namespace window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to Storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
LUN size and type
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Resizing a LUN
Initiator hosts
VMware RDM
What igroups are
Required information for creating igroups
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
Ways to limit LUN access with port sets and igroups
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
What a qtree is
Qtree options
Security styles
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
How qtree changes affect quotas
How changing the security style of a qtree affects user quotas
How quotas work with users and groups
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
SMB concepts
How ONTAP enables you to provide SMB client access to UNIX symbolic links
Using BranchCache to cache SMB share content at a branch office
What happens when you delete the BranchCache configuration
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
How ONTAP handles NFS client authentication
NFS window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
What iSCSI is
What iSCSI nodes are
Initiator security
What CHAP authentication is
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
What FC is
What FC nodes are
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Configuring SnapMirror policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
Managing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DNS and DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Predefined roles for SVM administrators
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Using local users and groups for authentication and authorization
Local users and groups concepts
Reasons for creating local users and local groups
What local privileges are
List of supported privileges
Predefined BUILTIN groups and default privileges
Windows window
Name mapping
Configuring name mappings
How name mapping works
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
Components of a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror works
Uses for data protection mirror copies
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
How a SnapVault backup works
Which data gets backed up and restored from a SnapVault backup
How SnapVault backups work with data compression
SnapVault backup limitations
Guidelines for planning Snapshot copy schedule and retention for SnapVault backups
Data protection for SVM namespace and root information
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
Protection window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Disk and aggregate management
Deciding whether to use this guide
Aggregate creation workflow
Deciding which aggregate creation method to use
Creating aggregates with auto-provision
Default RAID policies for aggregates
How to determine the number of disks or disk partitions required for an aggregate
Creating aggregates manually
Aggregate expansion workflow
Adding drives to a node or shelf
Manually assigning disk ownership
Fast zeroing of drives
Expanding aggregates
Managing aggregates
RAID protection levels for disks
How to determine the number of disks or disk partitions required for an aggregate
Correcting misaligned spare partitions
Determining drive and RAID group information for an aggregate
Relocating aggregate ownership within an HA pair
Relocating aggregate ownership
Commands for aggregate relocation
Assigning aggregates to SVMs
How to determine space usage in an aggregate
Determining which volumes reside on an aggregate
How you can determine and control a volume's space usage in the aggregate
Methods to create space in an aggregate
Commands for managing aggregates
Working with Flash Pool aggregates
Flash Pool caching policies and SSD partitioning
How Flash Pool aggregate caching policies work
How Flash Pool SSD partitioning works for Flash Pool aggregates using storage pools
Determining Flash Pool candidacy and optimal cache size
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate using physical SSDs
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate using SSD storage pools
Determining whether a Flash Pool aggregate is using an SSD storage pool
Creating an SSD storage pool
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate using SSD storage pool allocation units
Determining the impact to cache size of adding SSDs to an SSD storage pool
Adding SSDs to an SSD storage pool
Commands for managing SSD storage pools
Determining whether to modify the caching policy of Flash Pool aggregates
Modifying caching policies of Flash Pool aggregates
Setting the cache-retention policy for Flash Pool aggregates
Managing disks
When you need to update the Disk Qualification Package
How hot spare disks work
How low spare warnings can help you manage your spare disks
Displaying disk and partition ownership
Manually assigning ownership of partitioned disks
Manually assigning disks with root-data partitioning
Manually assigning disks with root-data-data partitioning
Additional root-data partitioning management options
Configuring automatic assignment of disk ownership
Which disk autoassignment policy to use
Removing a failed disk
Removing ownership from a disk
Sanitizing a disk
Sanitizing a disk in maintenance mode
Setting up an active-passive configuration on nodes using root-data partitioning
Setting up an active-passive configuration on nodes using root-data-data partitioning
Commands for managing disks
Commands for displaying space usage information
Commands for displaying information about storage shelves
Managing RAID groups
Converting from RAID-DP to RAID-TEC
Converting RAID-TEC to RAID-DP
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Customizing the size of your RAID groups
Appendix: Mirrored and unmirrored aggregates
How unmirrored aggregates work
How mirrored aggregates work
Where to find additional information
High-availability configuration
Deciding whether to use this guide
Planning your HA pair configuration
Best practices for HA pairs
Setup requirements and restrictions for standard HA pairs
Setup requirements and restrictions for mirrored HA pairs
Requirements for hardware-assisted takeover
If your cluster consists of a single HA pair
Storage configuration variations for HA pairs
HA pairs and storage system model types
Single-chassis and dual-chassis HA pairs
Interconnect cabling for systems with variable HA configurations
HA configuration and the HA state PROM value
Requirements for cabling HA pair
System cabinet or equipment rack installation
HA pairs in an equipment rack
HA pairs in a system cabinet
Required documentation
Required tools
Required equipment
Preparing your equipment
Installing the nodes in equipment racks
Installing the nodes in a system cabinet
Cabling a standard HA pair
Cabling the HA interconnect (all systems except 32xx or 80xx in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (32xx systems in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (80xx systems in separate chassis)
Cabling a mirrored HA pair
Cabling the HA interconnect (all systems except 32xx or 80xx in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (32xx systems in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (80xx systems in separate chassis)
Required connections for using uninterruptible power supplies with standard or mirrored HA pairs
Configuring an HA pair
Verifying and setting the HA state on the controller modules and chassis
Setting the HA mode and enabling storage failover
Commands for setting the HA mode
Commands for enabling and disabling storage failover
Enabling cluster HA and switchless-cluster in a two-node cluster
Checking for common configuration errors using Config Advisor
Configuring hardware-assisted takeover
Commands for configuring hardware-assisted takeover
System events that trigger hardware-assisted takeover
Configuring automatic takeover
Commands for controlling automatic takeover
System events that result in an automatic takeover
Configuring automatic giveback
Commands for configuring automatic giveback
How variations of the storage failover modify command affect automatic giveback
Testing takeover and giveback
Monitoring an HA pair
Commands for monitoring an HA pair
Description of node states displayed by storage failover show-type commands
Halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover
Commands for halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover
Halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover in a two-node cluster
Performing a manual takeover
Commands for performing and monitoring manual takeovers
Moving epsilon for certain manually initiated takeovers
Performing a manual giveback
If giveback is interrupted
If giveback is vetoed
Commands for performing a manual giveback
Nondisruptive operations with HA pairs
Where to find procedures for nondisruptive operations with HA pairs
Relocating aggregate ownership within an HA pair
Relocating aggregate ownership
Commands for aggregate relocation
Appendix: Understanding takeover and giveback
When takeovers occur
How hardware-assisted takeover speeds up takeover
How automatic takeover and giveback work
What happens during takeover
What happens during giveback
HA policy and how it affects takeover and giveback operations
Background disk firmware update and takeover, giveback, and aggregate relocation
Types of disk ownership
Managing storage tiers
Deciding whether to use the Managing Storage Tiers By Using FabricPool Guide
Managing storage tiers by using FabricPool
Benefits of storage tiers by using FabricPool
Considerations and requirements for using FabricPool
Understanding FabricPool tiering policies
FabricPool management workflow
Configuring FabricPool
Preparing for FabricPool configuration
Installing a FabricPool license
Installing a FabricPool license (video)
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
Installing a CA certificate if you use ONTAP S3
Setting up an object store as the cloud tier for FabricPool
Setting up StorageGRID as the cloud tier
Attaching StorageGRID as a FabricPool cloud tier (video)
Setting up ONTAP S3 as the cloud tier
Setting up Alibaba Cloud Object Storage as the cloud tier
Setting up AWS S3 as the cloud tier
Attaching AWS S3 as a FabricPool cloud tier (video)
Setting up Google Cloud Storage as the cloud tier
Setting up IBM Cloud Object Storage as the cloud tier
Setting up Azure Blob Storage for the cloud as the cloud tier
Setting up object stores for FabricPool in a MetroCluster configuration
Attaching the cloud tier to an aggregate
Managing FabricPool
Determining how much data in a volume is inactive by using inactive data reporting
Adding or moving volumes to FabricPool as needed
Creating a volume for FabricPool
Moving a volume to FabricPool
Object tagging using user-created custom tags
Assigning a new tag during volume creation
Modifying an existing tag
Deleting a tag
Viewing existing tags on a volume
Checking object tagging status on FabricPool volumes
Monitoring the space utilization for FabricPool
Managing storage tiering by modifying a volume's tiering policy or tiering minimum cooling period
Archiving volumes with FabricPool (video)
Using cloud migration controls to override a volume's default tiering policy
Promoting data to the performance tier
Promoting all data from a FabricPool volume to the performance tier
Promoting file system data to the performance tier
Checking the status of a performance tier promotion
Triggering scheduled migration and tiering
Managing FabricPool mirrors
Creating a FabricPool mirror
Monitoring FabricPool mirror resync status
Displaying FabricPool mirror details
Promoting a FabricPool mirror
Removing a FabricPool mirror
Replacing an existing object store using a FabricPool mirror
Replacing a FabricPool mirror on a MetroCluster configuration
Commands for managing aggregates with FabricPool
System administration
Deciding whether to use this guide
Cluster and SVM administrators
What the cluster management server is
Types of SVMs
ONTAP management interface basics
Accessing the cluster by using the CLI
Accessing the cluster by using the serial port
Accessing the cluster by using SSH
SSH login security
Enabling Telnet or RSH access to the cluster
Accessing the cluster by using Telnet
Accessing the cluster by using RSH
Using the ONTAP command-line interface
Understanding the different shells for CLI commands
Access of nodeshell commands and options in the clustershell
Displaying available nodeshell commands
Methods of navigating CLI command directories
Rules for specifying values in the CLI
Methods of viewing command history and reissuing commands
Keyboard shortcuts for editing CLI commands
Use of administrative privilege levels
Setting the privilege level in the CLI
Setting display preferences in the CLI
Methods of using query operators
Methods of using extended queries
Methods of customizing show command output by using fields
Understanding positional parameters
Methods of accessing ONTAP man pages
Managing CLI sessions
Managing records of CLI sessions
Recording a CLI session
Commands for managing records of CLI sessions
Managing the automatic timeout period of CLI sessions
Commands for managing the automatic timeout period of CLI sessions
Accessing a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Understanding ONTAP System Manager
Ways to manage access to ONTAP System Manager
Cluster management basics (cluster administrators only)
Displaying information about the nodes in a cluster
Displaying cluster attributes
Modifying cluster attributes
Displaying the status of cluster replication rings
Understanding quorum and epsilon
What system volumes are
Managing nodes
Displaying node attributes
Modifying node attributes
Renaming a node
Adding nodes to the cluster
Removing nodes from the cluster
Accessing a node's log, core dump, and MIB files by using a web browser
Accessing the system console of a node
Rules governing node root volumes and root aggregates
Freeing up space on a node’s root volume
Relocating root volumes to new aggregates
Starting or stopping a node
Rebooting a node at the system prompt
Booting ONTAP at the boot environment prompt
Shutting down a node
Managing a node by using the boot menu
Managing a node remotely using the SP/BMC
Understanding the SP
What the Baseboard Management Controller does
Configuring the SP/BMC network
Isolating management network traffic
Considerations for the SP/BMC network configuration
Enabling the SP/BMC automatic network configuration
Configuring the SP/BMC network manually
Modifying the SP API service configuration
Methods of managing SP/BMC firmware updates
When the SP/BMC uses the network interface for firmware updates
Accessing the SP/BMC
Accounts that can access the SP
Accessing the SP/BMC from an administration host
Accessing the SP/BMC from the system console
Relationship among the SP CLI, SP console, and system console sessions
Managing the IP addresses that can access the SP
Using online help at the SP/BMC CLI
Commands for managing a node remotely
Understanding the threshold-based SP sensor readings and status values of the system sensors command output
Understanding the discrete SP sensor status values of the system sensors command output
Commands for managing the SP from ONTAP
ONTAP commands for BMC management
BMC CLI commands
Managing audit logging for management activities
Changes to audit logging in ONTAP 9
How ONTAP implements audit logging
Forwarding the audit log to a destination
Commands for managing audit settings for management activities
Managing the cluster time
Commands for managing the cluster time
Managing the banner and MOTD
Creating a banner
Managing the banner
Creating an MOTD
Managing the MOTD
Managing licenses
License types and licensed method
Commands for managing licenses
Managing jobs and schedules
Job categories
Commands for managing jobs
Commands for managing job schedules
Backing up and restoring cluster configurations
What configuration backup files are
Managing configuration backups
How the node and cluster configurations are backed up automatically
Commands for managing configuration backup schedules
Commands for managing configuration backup files
Recovering a node configuration
Finding a configuration backup file to use for recovering a node
Restoring the node configuration using a configuration backup file
Recovering a cluster configuration
Finding a configuration to use for recovering a cluster
Restoring a cluster configuration from an existing configuration
Synchronizing a node with the cluster
Managing core dumps
Commands for managing core dumps
Monitoring a storage system
Using AutoSupport and Active IQ Digital Advisor
Managing AutoSupport
When and where AutoSupport messages are sent
How AutoSupport creates and sends event-triggered messages
Types of AutoSupport messages and their content
What AutoSupport subsystems are
AutoSupport size and time budgets
Files sent in event-triggered AutoSupport messages
Log files sent in AutoSupport messages
Files sent in weekly AutoSupport messages
How AutoSupport obtains delivery instructions from technical support
Structure of AutoSupport messages sent by email
AutoSupport severity types
Requirements for using AutoSupport
Setting up AutoSupport
Uploading core dump files
Uploading performance archive files
Getting AutoSupport message descriptions
Commands for managing AutoSupport
Information included in the AutoSupport manifest
AutoSupport case suppression during scheduled maintenance windows
Troubleshooting AutoSupport
Troubleshooting AutoSupport when messages are not received
Troubleshooting AutoSupport message delivery over HTTP or HTTPS
Troubleshooting AutoSupport message delivery over SMTP
Troubleshooting the AutoSupport subsystem
Monitoring the health of your system
How health monitoring works
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System health alert customization
How health alerts trigger AutoSupport messages and events
Available cluster health monitors
Receiving system health alerts automatically
Responding to degraded system health
Example of responding to degraded system health
Configuring discovery of cluster and management network switches
Verifying the monitoring of cluster and management network switches
Commands for monitoring the health of your system
Displaying environmental information
Managing access to web services
Managing the web protocol engine
Commands for managing the web protocol engine
Configuring SAML authentication for web services
Configuring SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Troubleshooting issues with SAML configuration
Managing web services
Commands for managing web services
Commands for managing mount points on the nodes
Managing SSL
Commands for managing SSL
Configuring access to web services
Troubleshooting web service access problems
Verifying the identity of remote servers using certificates
Verifying digital certificates are valid using OCSP
Viewing default certificates for TLS-based applications
Mutually authenticating the cluster and a KMIP server
Generating a certificate signing request for the cluster
Installing a CA-signed server certificate for the cluster
Installing a CA-signed client certificate for the KMIP server
Cluster expansion express configuration
Deciding whether to use this guide
Cluster expansion workflow
Verifying the cluster is ready for expansion
Verifying the planned configuration
Gathering the required network information
Adding or replacing switches
Preparing the cluster for expansion
Adding node-locked licenses
Verifying the health of the system
Backing up the cluster configuration
Generating an AutoSupport message about starting expansion
Installing the new nodes
Installing the controllers
Configuring node-management LIFs
Upgrading or downgrading the nodes
Ensuring hardware-level HA is enabled
Adding nodes to a cluster using System Manager
Joining nodes to the cluster using the CLI
Completing the expansion
Configuring the node details in System Manager
Configuring AutoSupport on the new nodes
Configuring the Service Processor network
Validating the configuration of the expanded cluster
Generating an AutoSupport message about completing expansion
Updating LUN paths for the new nodes
Where to find additional information
Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
System Manager window layout
Window layout customization
ONTAP System Manager enhancements
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using ONTAP System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing ONTAP System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster management logical interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node management logical interface
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time zone for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate based on storage recommendations
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
Configuring NVMe protocol on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Setting up SAML authentication
Enabling SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Setting up peering
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating cluster peer relationships
Creating SVM peers
What passphrases are
Managing clusters
Understanding quorum and epsilon
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Provisioning a basic template
Storage service definitions
Adding Microsoft SQL Server over SAN to System Manager
Application provisioning settings
Editing an application
Deleting an application
Applications window
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Isolating management network traffic
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Generating a peering passphrase
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying LIFs that are configured for the remote cluster
Changing the peering encryption status
Deleting cluster peer relationships
Cluster Peers window
High availability
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Updating clusters
Updating clusters in a non MetroCluster configuration
Updating clusters in a MetroCluster configuration
Obtaining ONTAP software images
Updating single-node clusters
Updating a cluster nondisruptively
How to update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
MetroCluster switchover and switchback
MetroCluster switchover and switchback workflow
Preparing for switchover and switchback operations
Renaming the MetroCluster local site (Site A)
Performing a negotiated switchover
Performing a unplanned switchover
Performing a switchback
MetroCluster Switchover and Switchback Operations window
Date and time settings of a cluster
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Editing SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domain settings
Deleting broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnet settings
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interface settings
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Modifying the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE and NVMe adapter speed settings
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage tiers
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What a FabricPool is
Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
Storage Tiers window
Configuring and managing cloud tiers
Adding a cloud tier
Attaching an aggregate to a cloud tier
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Editing a cloud tier
Deleting a cloud tier
What cloud tiers and tiering policies are
What inactive (cold) data is
Cloud Tier window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How to use SSD storage pools
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
How ONTAP reports disk types
Minimum number of hot spares required for disks
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Hardware Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache modules
How Flash Cache modules work
Hardware Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
Managing SVMs
Tracing file access to diagnose access errors on SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Trace File Access window
Volumes
Editing volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the list of saved Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Specifying advanced options for a FlexGroup volume
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Creating FlexCache volumes
Viewing FlexCache volume information
Editing FlexCache volumes
Specifying advanced options for a FlexCache volume
Resizing FlexCache volumes
Changing the status of a FlexCache volume
Deleting FlexCache volumes
What NetApp Volume Encryption is
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
Volumes window
Junction Path
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Junction Path window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Initiator hosts
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
Qtree options
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
NFS window
NVMe protocol
Setting up NVMe
Creating an NVMe namespace
Editing an NVMe namespace
Cloning an NVMe namespace
Starting and stopping the NVMe service
What NVMe is
What an NVMe subsystem is
Creating NVMe subsystems
Editing NVMe subsystems details
Deleting an NVMe subsystem
NVMe Subsystems window
NVMe namespaces
NVMe namespaces window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Windows window
Name mapping
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror relationships work
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
Understanding workloads supported by StrictSync and Sync policies
SnapMirror licensing
Protection window
SVM Relationships
Creating SVM relationships
Editing SVM relationships
Managing SVM relationships
SVM Relationships Window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Protection Policies window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Cluster management using System Manager 9.5
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
System Manager window layouts
Window layout customization
System Manager enhancements
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using OnCommand System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing OnCommand System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster management logical interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node management logical interface
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time zone for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate based on storage recommendations
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
Configuring NVMe protocol on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Setting up SAML authentication
Enabling SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Setting up peering
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating cluster peer relationships
Creating SVM peers
What passphrases are
Managing clusters
Understanding quorum and epsilon
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Provisioning a basic template
Adding Microsoft SQL Server over SAN to System Manager
Application provisioning settings
Editing an application
Deleting an application
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying the peer network parameters
Deleting cluster peer relationships
Peers window
High availability
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Updating clusters
Updating clusters in a non MetroCluster configuration
Updating clusters in a MetroCluster configuration
Obtaining ONTAP software images
Updating single-node clusters
Updating a cluster nondisruptively
How to update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
Date and time settings of a cluster
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Editing SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domain settings
Deleting broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnet settings
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interface settings
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Modifying the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE and NVMe adapter speed settings
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage tiers
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What a FabricPool is
Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
Storage Tiers window
Configuring and managing cloud tiers
Adding a cloud tier
Attaching an aggregate to a cloud tier
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Editing a cloud tier
Deleting a cloud tier
What cloud tiers and tiering policies are
What inactive (cold) data is
Cloud Tier window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How to use SSD storage pools
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
How ONTAP reports disk types
Minimum number of hot spares required for disks
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Hardware Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache modules
How Flash Cache modules work
Hardware Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
Managing SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Volumes
Editing volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the list of saved Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Specifying advanced options for a FlexGroup volume
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
What NetApp Volume Encryption is
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
Volumes window
Junction Path
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Junction Path window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Initiator hosts
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
Qtree options
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
NFS window
NVMe protocol
Setting up NVMe
Creating an NVMe namespace
Editing an NVMe namespace
Cloning an NVMe namespace
Starting and stopping the NVMe service
What NVMe is
What an NVMe subsystem is
Creating NVMe subsystems
Editing NVMe subsystems details
Deleting an NVMe subsystem
NVMe Subsystems window
NVMe namespaces
NVMe namespaces window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Windows window
Name mapping
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror relationships work
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
Understanding workloads supported by StrictSync and Sync policies
SnapMirror licensing
Protection window
SVM Relationships
Creating SVM relationships
Editing SVM relationships
Managing SVM relationships
SVM Relationships Window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Protection Policies window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Cluster management using System Manager 9.3 and 9.4
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
System Manager window layouts
Window layout customization
System Manager enhancements
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using OnCommand System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing OnCommand System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using the OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster management interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node management LIF
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time zone for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate based on storage recommendations
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate manually
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
Configuring NVMe protocol on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Setting up SAML authentication
Enabling SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Setting up peering
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating intercluster LIFs
Creating cluster peer relationships
Creating SVM peers
What passphrases are
Managing clusters
Understanding quorum and epsilon
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Provisioning a basic template
Adding applications to System Manager
Application provisioning settings
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying the peer network parameters
Deleting cluster peer relationships
Peers window
High availability
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Updating clusters
Obtaining ONTAP software images
Updating single-node clusters disruptively
Updating a cluster nondisruptively
How to update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
Date and time settings of a cluster
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Setting SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domain settings
Deleting broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnet settings
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interface settings
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Modifying the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE and NVMe adapter speed settings
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage tiers
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID Webscale
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What a FabricPool is
Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
Storage Tiers window
Configuring and managing external capacity tiers
Adding an external capacity tier
Attaching an aggregate to an external capacity tier
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool-enabled aggregate manually
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Editing an external capacity tier
Deleting an external capacity tier
What external capacity tiers and tiering policies are
What inactive (cold) data is
External Capacity Tier window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How to use SSD storage pools
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
How ONTAP reports disk types
Minimum number of hot spares required for disks
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Flash Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache
How Flash Cache works
Flash Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
Managing SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Volumes
Editing volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the list of saved Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
What NetApp Volume Encryption is
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
Volumes window
Junction Path
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Junction Path window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Initiator hosts
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
Qtree options
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
NFS window
NVMe protocol
Setting up NVMe
Creating an NVMe namespace
Editing an NVMe namespace
Cloning an NVMe namespace
Starting and stopping the NVMe service
What NVMe is
NVMe namespaces
NVMe subsystems
NVMe namespaces window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Windows window
Name mapping
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror relationships work
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
SnapMirror licensing
Protection window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Protection Policies window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Cluster management using System Manager 9.2 and earlier
Welcome to OnCommand System Manager Help
Access to your favorite topics
Understanding System Manager
Icons used in the application interface
Window layout customization
Supportability Dashboard
Where to find additional ONTAP information
Setting up your cluster environment
Setting up the cluster by using OnCommand System Manager
Setting up a cluster by using the template file
Setting up the cluster manually
Creating a cluster
Setting up a network
Setting up a network when an IP address range is enabled
Setting up a network when an IP address range is disabled
Setting up a support page
Reviewing storage recommendations
Creating an SVM
Accessing a cluster by using OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Configuring System Manager options
Viewing OnCommand System Manager log files
How system logging works
Configuring a cluster by using System Manager
Accessing a cluster by using OnCommand System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Setting up the cluster
Updating the cluster name
Changing the cluster password
Editing DNS configurations
Creating a cluster-management interface
Editing the node name
Creating a node-management interface
Editing AutoSupport settings
Adding licenses
Setting the time for a cluster
Monitoring HA pairs
Setting up the network
Creating IPspaces
Creating broadcast domains
Creating subnets
Setting up physical storage
Assigning disks to nodes
Zeroing spare disks
Provisioning storage through aggregates
Provisioning storage by creating an aggregate
Provisioning storage by creating a Flash Pool aggregate
Provisioning storage by creating a SnapLock aggregate
Provisioning storage by creating a FabricPool
Setting up logical storage
Creating SVMs
Configuring CIFS and NFS protocols on an SVM
Configuring iSCSI protocol on SVMs
Configuring FC and FCoE protocols on SVMs
Delegating administration to SVM administrators
Creating FlexVol volumes
Creating SnapLock volumes
Managing clusters
What a cluster is
Understanding quorum and epsilon
What a node in the cluster is
Dashboard window
Monitoring a cluster using the dashboard
Applications
Configuration update
Configuring the administration details of an SVM
Configuration Updates window
Service Processors
Assigning IP addresses to Service Processors
Editing Service Processor settings
Understanding the Service Processor
Service Processors window
Cluster peers
Prerequisites for cluster peering
Creating cluster peer relationships
Modifying the cluster peer passphrase
Modifying the peer network parameters
Deleting cluster peer relationships
What a cluster peer is
What cluster peer intercluster connectivity is
Connecting one cluster to another cluster in a peer relationship
Peers window
High availability
Understanding HA pairs
High Availability window
Licenses
Deleting licenses
Managing licenses
License types and entitlement risk
Licenses window
Cluster Expansion
Adding nodes to a cluster
Configuring the network details of the nodes
Cluster update
Updating the cluster nondisruptively
Obtaining ONTAP software images
How you update a cluster nondisruptively
Cluster Update window
Date and time
Managing the cluster time
Date and Time window
SNMP
Enabling or disabling SNMP
Setting SNMP information
Enabling or disabling SNMP traps
Testing the trap host configuration
Options to use when configuring SNMP
Managing SNMP on the cluster
SNMP window
LDAP
Viewing the LDAP client configuration
Using LDAP services
LDAP window
Users
Adding a cluster user account
Editing a cluster user account
Changing passwords for cluster user accounts
Locking or unlocking cluster user accounts
User accounts (cluster administrators only)
Roles
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Roles and permissions
Predefined roles for cluster administrators
Roles window
Managing the network
IPspaces
Editing IPspaces
Deleting IPspaces
Configuring IPspaces
Standard properties of IPspaces
Broadcast domains
Editing broadcast domains
Deleting broadcast domains
Configuring broadcast domains
Subnets
Editing subnets
Deleting subnets
Network interfaces
Creating network interfaces
Editing network interfaces
Deleting network interfaces
Migrating a LIF
What LIFs are
Roles for LIFs
Guidelines for creating LIFs
Ethernet ports
Creating interface groups
Creating VLAN interfaces
Editing Ethernet port settings
Editing interface group settings
Editing the MTU size of a VLAN
Deleting VLANs
Ports and adapters
Types of network ports
How VLANs work
FC/FCoE adapters
Editing the FC/FCoE adapter speed
Configuring subnets
Network window
Managing physical storage
Storage Tiers
Adding an external capacity tier
Attaching an aggregate to external capacity tier
Deleting an external capacity tier
Editing an external capacity tier
Editing aggregates
Deleting aggregates
Changing the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
Provisioning cache to aggregates by adding SSDs
Increasing the cache for Flash Pool aggregates by adding SSDs
Adding capacity disks
Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
Moving FlexVol volumes
Mirroring aggregates
Viewing aggregate information
Understanding aggregates
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID Webscale
How RAID groups are named
How moving a FlexVol volume works
How Flash Pool aggregates work
How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
What compatible spare disks are
How System Manager works with hot spares
Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
How mirrored aggregates work
What external capacity tiers and tiering policies are
What a FabricPool is
Storage Tiers window
Aggregates
Aggregates window
Storage pools
Creating a storage pool
Adding disks to a storage pool
Deleting storage pools
How you use SSD storage pools
How Flash Pool SSD partitioning increases cache allocation flexibility for Flash Pool aggregates
Requirements and best practices for using SSD storage pools
Considerations for when to use SSD storage pools
Considerations for adding SSDs to an existing storage pool versus creating a new one
Why you add disks to storage pools
How storage pool works
Storage Pools window
Disks
Reassigning disks to nodes
Viewing disk information
Understanding RAID drive types
How ONTAP reports disk types
How hot spare disks work
RAID protection for array LUNs
Minimum number of hot spares you should have
Spare requirements for multi-disk carrier disks
Shelf configuration requirements for multi-disk carrier storage shelves
How to determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Considerations for ONTAP RAID groups for array LUNs
Disks window
Array LUNs
Assigning array LUNs
Reassigning spare array LUNs to nodes
Zeroing spare array LUNs
About disks and array LUNs
How disks and array LUNs become available for use
Rules for mixing array LUNs in an aggregate
Array LUNs window
Nodes
Initializing the ComplianceClock time
Nodes window
Flash Cache
Enabling or disabling Flash Cache
How Flash Cache works
Flash Cache window
Events
Events window
System alerts
Monitoring the health of your system
Acknowledging system health alerts
Suppressing system health alerts
Deleting system health alerts
Available cluster health monitors
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System Alerts window
AutoSupport notifications
Setting up AutoSupport notifications
Enabling or disabling AutoSupport settings
Adding AutoSupport email recipients
Testing AutoSupport settings
Generating AutoSupport data
Viewing AutoSupport summary
AutoSupport severity types
AutoSupport window
Jobs
Jobs
Job window
Flash Pool statistics
Flash Pool aggregate Statistics window
Managing logical storage
Storage Virtual Machines
SVM Dashboard window
Monitoring SVMs
Editing SVM settings
Deleting SVMs
Starting SVMs
Stopping SVMs
What SVMs are
Managing SVMs
Types of SVMs
Why you use SVMs
How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
Storage Virtual Machines window
Volumes
Editing the volume properties
Editing data protection volumes
Deleting volumes
Creating FlexClone volumes
Creating FlexClone files
Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
Viewing the FlexClone volume hierarchy
Changing the status of a volume
Viewing the Snapshot copies
Creating Snapshot copies
Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
Scheduling automatic Snapshot copies
Restoring a volume from a Snapshot copy
Extending the expiry date of Snapshot copies
Renaming Snapshot copies
Deleting Snapshot copies
Resizing volumes
Enabling storage efficiency on a volume
Changing the deduplication schedule
Running deduplication operations
Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
Manually triggering the cutover for volume move
Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
Creating a mirror relationship from a source SVM
Creating a vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
Creating an NFS datastore for VMware
Changing the tiering policy of a volume
Creating FlexGroup volumes
Editing FlexGroup volumes
Resizing FlexGroup volumes
Changing the status of a FlexGroup volume
Deleting FlexGroup volumes
Viewing FlexGroup volume information
What volume granular encryption is
How FlexVol volumes work
Considerations for creating a FlexClone volume from a SnapMirror source or destination volume
Snapshot configuration
How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
FlexClone volumes and space guarantees
Thin provisioning for greater efficiencies using FlexVol volumes
Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
Benefits of storage efficiency
Data compression and deduplication
Guidelines for using deduplication
Options for resizing volumes
Considerations when moving volumes
How moving a FlexVol volume works
Volumes window
Namespace
Mounting volumes
Unmounting FlexVol volumes
Changing export policies
Namespace window
Shares
Creating a CIFS share
Stopping share access
Creating home directory shares
Editing share settings
How ONTAP enables dynamic home directories
Shares window
LUNs
Creating FC SAN optimized LUNs
Application-specific LUN settings
Creating LUNs
Deleting LUNs
Creating initiator groups
Deleting initiator groups
Adding initiators
Deleting initiators from an initiator group
Creating port sets
Deleting port sets
Cloning LUNs
Editing LUNs
Bringing LUNs online
Taking LUNs offline
Moving LUNs
Assigning LUNs to Storage QoS
Editing initiator groups
Editing initiators
Editing port sets
Viewing LUN information
Viewing initiator groups
Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
LUN size and type
Understanding space reservations for LUNs
Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
Understanding LUN clones
Resizing a LUN
Initiator hosts
VMware RDM
What igroups are
Required information for creating igroups
igroup name
igroup type
igroup ostype
Ways to limit LUN access with port sets and igroups
LUNs window
Qtrees
Creating qtrees
Deleting qtrees
Editing qtrees
Assigning export policies to qtrees
Viewing qtree information
What a qtree is
Qtree options
Security styles
Qtrees window
Quotas
Creating quotas
Deleting quotas
Editing quota limits
Activating or deactivating quotas
Resizing quotas
Viewing quota information
Types of quotas
Quota limits
Quota management
How qtree changes affect quotas
How changing the security style of a qtree affects user quotas
How quotas work with users and groups
Quotas window
CIFS protocol
Setting up CIFS
Editing the general properties for CIFS
Adding home directory paths
Deleting home directory paths
Resetting CIFS domain controllers
Updating the CIFS group policy configuration
Enabling or disabling a CIFS group policy configuration
Reloading CIFS group policy
Setting up BranchCache
Modifying the BranchCache settings
Deleting the BranchCache configuration
Adding preferred domain controllers
Editing preferred domain controllers
Deleting preferred domain controllers
Viewing CIFS domain information
SMB concepts
How ONTAP enables you to provide SMB client access to UNIX symbolic links
Using BranchCache to cache SMB share content at a branch office
What happens when you delete the BranchCache configuration
CIFS window
NFS protocol
Editing NFS settings
How ONTAP handles NFS client authentication
NFS window
iSCSI protocol
Creating iSCSI aliases
Enabling or disabling the iSCSI service on storage system interfaces
Adding the security method for iSCSI initiators
Editing default security settings
Editing initiator security
Changing the default iSCSI initiator authentication method
Setting the default security for iSCSI initiators
Starting or stopping the iSCSI service
Viewing initiator security information
What iSCSI is
What iSCSI nodes are
Initiator security
What CHAP authentication is
iSCSI window
FC/FCoE protocol
Starting or stopping the FC or FCoE service
Changing an FC or FCoE node name
What FC is
What FC nodes are
The FCoE protocol
FC/FCoE window
Export policies
Creating an export policy
Renaming export policies
Deleting export policies
Adding rules to an export policy
Modifying export policy rules
Deleting export policy rules
How export policies control client access to volumes or qtrees
Export Policies window
Efficiency policies
Adding efficiency policies
Editing efficiency policies
Deleting efficiency policies
Enabling or disabling efficiency policies
What an efficiency policy is
Understanding predefined efficiency policies
Efficiency Policies window
Protection policies
Creating protection policies
Deleting protection policies
Editing protection policies
Configuring SnapMirror policies
Protection Policies window
QoS policy groups
Creating QoS policy groups
Deleting QoS policy groups
Editing QoS policy groups
Managing workload performance by using Storage QoS
How Storage QoS works
How the maximum throughput limit works
Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
QoS Policy Groups window
NIS services
Adding NIS domains
Editing NIS domains
Managing NIS domains
NIS window
LDAP client services
Adding an LDAP client configuration
Deleting an LDAP client configuration
Editing an LDAP client configuration
LDAP Client window
LDAP configuration services
Editing active LDAP clients
Deleting active LDAP clients
LDAP Configuration window
Kerberos realm services
Creating a Kerberos realm configuration
Editing a Kerberos realm configuration
Deleting Kerberos realm configurations
Using Kerberos with NFS for strong security
Kerberos authentication for CIFS
Kerberos Realm window
Kerberos interface services
Editing Kerberos configuration
Kerberos Interface window
DNS/DDNS Services
Enabling or disabling DNS and DDNS
Editing DNS and DDNS settings
DNS/DDNS Services window
Users
Adding SVM user accounts
Changing the password for SVM user accounts
Editing SVM user accounts
Locking or unlocking SVM user accounts
Users window
Roles
Adding roles
Editing roles
Predefined roles for SVM administrators
Roles window
UNIX
UNIX window
Windows
Creating a local Windows group
Editing local Windows group properties
Adding user accounts to a Windows local group
Renaming a local Windows group
Deleting a local Windows group
Creating a local Windows user account
Editing the local Windows user properties
Assigning group memberships to a user account
Renaming a local Windows user
Resetting the password of a Windows local user
Deleting a local Windows user account
Using local users and groups for authentication and authorization
Local users and groups concepts
Reasons for creating local users and local groups
What local privileges are
List of supported privileges
Predefined BUILTIN groups and default privileges
Windows window
Name mapping
Configuring name mappings
How name mapping works
Name mapping conversion rules
Name Mapping window
Managing data protection
Mirror relationships
Creating a mirror relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror relationships
Editing mirror relationships
Initializing mirror relationships
Updating mirror relationships
Quiescing mirror relationships
Resuming mirror relationships
Breaking SnapMirror relationships
Resynchronizing mirror relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
Aborting a mirror transfer
Restoring a volume in a mirror relationship
Components of a mirror relationship
How SnapMirror works
Uses for data protection mirror copies
Vault relationships
Creating a vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting vault relationships
Editing vault relationships
Initializing a vault relationship
Updating a vault relationship
Quiescing a vault relationship
Resuming a vault relationship
Aborting a Snapshot copy transfer
Restoring a volume in a vault relationship
What a SnapVault backup is
How a SnapVault backup works
Which data gets backed up and restored from a SnapVault backup
How SnapVault backups work with data compression
SnapVault backup limitations
Guidelines for planning Snapshot copy schedule and retention for SnapVault backups
Data protection for SVM namespace and root information
Mirror and vault relationships
Creating a mirror and vault relationship from a destination SVM
Deleting mirror and vault relationships
Editing mirror and vault relationships
Initializing mirror and vault relationships
Updating mirror and vault relationships
Quiescing mirror and vault relationships
Resuming mirror and vault relationships
Breaking mirror and vault relationships
Resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Reverse resynchronizing mirror and vault relationships
Aborting mirror and vault relationships
Restoring a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
What lag time is
Types of data protection relationships
Protection window
Snapshot policies
Creating Snapshot policies
Editing Snapshot policies
Deleting Snapshot policies
About Snapshot policies
Snapshot Policies window
Schedules
Creating schedules
Editing schedules
Deleting schedules
Schedules
Schedules window
Disk and aggregate management
Deciding whether to use this guide
Aggregate creation workflow
Deciding which aggregate creation method to use
Creating aggregates with auto-provision
Default RAID policies for aggregates
How to determine the number of disks or disk partitions required for an aggregate
Creating aggregates manually
Aggregate expansion workflow
Adding drives to a node or shelf
Manually assigning disk ownership
Fast zeroing of drives
Expanding aggregates
Managing aggregates
RAID protection levels for disks
How to determine the number of disks or disk partitions required for an aggregate
Correcting misaligned spare partitions
Determining drive and RAID group information for an aggregate
Relocating aggregate ownership within an HA pair
Relocating aggregate ownership
Commands for aggregate relocation
Assigning aggregates to SVMs
How to determine space usage in an aggregate
Determining which volumes reside on an aggregate
How you can determine and control a volume's space usage in the aggregate
Methods to create space in an aggregate
Commands for managing aggregates
Working with Flash Pool aggregates
Flash Pool caching policies and SSD partitioning
How Flash Pool aggregate caching policies work
How Flash Pool SSD partitioning works for Flash Pool aggregates using storage pools
Determining Flash Pool candidacy and optimal cache size
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate using physical SSDs
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate using SSD storage pools
Determining whether a Flash Pool aggregate is using an SSD storage pool
Creating an SSD storage pool
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate using SSD storage pool allocation units
Determining the impact to cache size of adding SSDs to an SSD storage pool
Adding SSDs to an SSD storage pool
Commands for managing SSD storage pools
Determining whether to modify the caching policy of Flash Pool aggregates
Modifying caching policies of Flash Pool aggregates
Setting the cache-retention policy for Flash Pool aggregates
Managing disks
When you need to update the Disk Qualification Package
How hot spare disks work
How low spare warnings can help you manage your spare disks
Displaying disk and partition ownership
Manually assigning ownership of partitioned disks
Manually assigning disks with root-data partitioning
Manually assigning disks with root-data-data partitioning
Additional root-data partitioning management options
Configuring automatic assignment of disk ownership
Which disk autoassignment policy to use
Removing a failed disk
Removing ownership from a disk
Sanitizing a disk
Sanitizing a disk in maintenance mode
Setting up an active-passive configuration on nodes using root-data partitioning
Setting up an active-passive configuration on nodes using root-data-data partitioning
Commands for managing disks
Commands for displaying space usage information
Commands for displaying information about storage shelves
Managing RAID groups
Converting from RAID-DP to RAID-TEC
Converting RAID-TEC to RAID-DP
Considerations for sizing RAID groups
Customizing the size of your RAID groups
Appendix: Mirrored and unmirrored aggregates
How unmirrored aggregates work
How mirrored aggregates work
Where to find additional information
High-availability configuration
Deciding whether to use this guide
Planning your HA pair configuration
Best practices for HA pairs
Setup requirements and restrictions for standard HA pairs
Setup requirements and restrictions for mirrored HA pairs
Requirements for hardware-assisted takeover
If your cluster consists of a single HA pair
Storage configuration variations for HA pairs
HA pairs and storage system model types
Single-chassis and dual-chassis HA pairs
Interconnect cabling for systems with variable HA configurations
HA configuration and the HA state PROM value
Requirements for cabling HA pair
System cabinet or equipment rack installation
HA pairs in an equipment rack
HA pairs in a system cabinet
Required documentation
Required tools
Required equipment
Preparing your equipment
Installing the nodes in equipment racks
Installing the nodes in a system cabinet
Cabling a standard HA pair
Cabling the HA interconnect (all systems except 32xx or 80xx in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (32xx systems in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (80xx systems in separate chassis)
Cabling a mirrored HA pair
Cabling the HA interconnect (all systems except 32xx or 80xx in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (32xx systems in separate chassis)
Cabling the HA interconnect (80xx systems in separate chassis)
Required connections for using uninterruptible power supplies with standard or mirrored HA pairs
Configuring an HA pair
Verifying and setting the HA state on the controller modules and chassis
Setting the HA mode and enabling storage failover
Commands for setting the HA mode
Commands for enabling and disabling storage failover
Enabling cluster HA and switchless-cluster in a two-node cluster
Checking for common configuration errors using Config Advisor
Configuring hardware-assisted takeover
Commands for configuring hardware-assisted takeover
System events that trigger hardware-assisted takeover
Configuring automatic takeover
Commands for controlling automatic takeover
System events that result in an automatic takeover
Configuring automatic giveback
Commands for configuring automatic giveback
How variations of the storage failover modify command affect automatic giveback
Testing takeover and giveback
Monitoring an HA pair
Commands for monitoring an HA pair
Description of node states displayed by storage failover show-type commands
Halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover
Commands for halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover
Halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover in a two-node cluster
Performing a manual takeover
Commands for performing and monitoring manual takeovers
Moving epsilon for certain manually initiated takeovers
Performing a manual giveback
If giveback is interrupted
If giveback is vetoed
Commands for performing a manual giveback
Nondisruptive operations with HA pairs
Where to find procedures for nondisruptive operations with HA pairs
Relocating aggregate ownership within an HA pair
Relocating aggregate ownership
Commands for aggregate relocation
Appendix: Understanding takeover and giveback
When takeovers occur
How hardware-assisted takeover speeds up takeover
How automatic takeover and giveback work
What happens during takeover
What happens during giveback
HA policy and how it affects takeover and giveback operations
Background disk firmware update and takeover, giveback, and aggregate relocation
Types of disk ownership
Managing storage tiers
Deciding whether to use the Managing Storage Tiers By Using FabricPool Guide
Managing storage tiers by using FabricPool
Benefits of storage tiers by using FabricPool
Considerations and requirements for using FabricPool
Understanding FabricPool tiering policies
FabricPool management workflow
Configuring FabricPool
Preparing for FabricPool configuration
Installing a FabricPool license
Installing a FabricPool license (video)
Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
Installing a CA certificate if you use ONTAP S3
Setting up an object store as the cloud tier for FabricPool
Setting up StorageGRID as the cloud tier
Attaching StorageGRID as a FabricPool cloud tier (video)
Setting up ONTAP S3 as the cloud tier
Setting up Alibaba Cloud Object Storage as the cloud tier
Setting up AWS S3 as the cloud tier
Attaching AWS S3 as a FabricPool cloud tier (video)
Setting up Google Cloud Storage as the cloud tier
Setting up IBM Cloud Object Storage as the cloud tier
Setting up Azure Blob Storage for the cloud as the cloud tier
Setting up object stores for FabricPool in a MetroCluster configuration
Attaching the cloud tier to an aggregate
Managing FabricPool
Determining how much data in a volume is inactive by using inactive data reporting
Adding or moving volumes to FabricPool as needed
Creating a volume for FabricPool
Moving a volume to FabricPool
Object tagging using user-created custom tags
Assigning a new tag during volume creation
Modifying an existing tag
Deleting a tag
Viewing existing tags on a volume
Checking object tagging status on FabricPool volumes
Monitoring the space utilization for FabricPool
Managing storage tiering by modifying a volume's tiering policy or tiering minimum cooling period
Archiving volumes with FabricPool (video)
Using cloud migration controls to override a volume's default tiering policy
Promoting data to the performance tier
Promoting all data from a FabricPool volume to the performance tier
Promoting file system data to the performance tier
Checking the status of a performance tier promotion
Triggering scheduled migration and tiering
Managing FabricPool mirrors
Creating a FabricPool mirror
Monitoring FabricPool mirror resync status
Displaying FabricPool mirror details
Promoting a FabricPool mirror
Removing a FabricPool mirror
Replacing an existing object store using a FabricPool mirror
Replacing a FabricPool mirror on a MetroCluster configuration
Commands for managing aggregates with FabricPool
System administration
Deciding whether to use this guide
Cluster and SVM administrators
What the cluster management server is
Types of SVMs
ONTAP management interface basics
Accessing the cluster by using the CLI
Accessing the cluster by using the serial port
Accessing the cluster by using SSH
SSH login security
Enabling Telnet or RSH access to the cluster
Accessing the cluster by using Telnet
Accessing the cluster by using RSH
Using the ONTAP command-line interface
Understanding the different shells for CLI commands
Access of nodeshell commands and options in the clustershell
Displaying available nodeshell commands
Methods of navigating CLI command directories
Rules for specifying values in the CLI
Methods of viewing command history and reissuing commands
Keyboard shortcuts for editing CLI commands
Use of administrative privilege levels
Setting the privilege level in the CLI
Setting display preferences in the CLI
Methods of using query operators
Methods of using extended queries
Methods of customizing show command output by using fields
Understanding positional parameters
Methods of accessing ONTAP man pages
Managing CLI sessions
Managing records of CLI sessions
Recording a CLI session
Commands for managing records of CLI sessions
Managing the automatic timeout period of CLI sessions
Commands for managing the automatic timeout period of CLI sessions
Accessing a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
Understanding ONTAP System Manager
Ways to manage access to ONTAP System Manager
Cluster management basics (cluster administrators only)
Displaying information about the nodes in a cluster
Displaying cluster attributes
Modifying cluster attributes
Displaying the status of cluster replication rings
Understanding quorum and epsilon
What system volumes are
Managing nodes
Displaying node attributes
Modifying node attributes
Renaming a node
Adding nodes to the cluster
Removing nodes from the cluster
Accessing a node's log, core dump, and MIB files by using a web browser
Accessing the system console of a node
Rules governing node root volumes and root aggregates
Freeing up space on a node’s root volume
Relocating root volumes to new aggregates
Starting or stopping a node
Rebooting a node at the system prompt
Booting ONTAP at the boot environment prompt
Shutting down a node
Managing a node by using the boot menu
Managing a node remotely using the SP/BMC
Understanding the SP
What the Baseboard Management Controller does
Configuring the SP/BMC network
Isolating management network traffic
Considerations for the SP/BMC network configuration
Enabling the SP/BMC automatic network configuration
Configuring the SP/BMC network manually
Modifying the SP API service configuration
Methods of managing SP/BMC firmware updates
When the SP/BMC uses the network interface for firmware updates
Accessing the SP/BMC
Accounts that can access the SP
Accessing the SP/BMC from an administration host
Accessing the SP/BMC from the system console
Relationship among the SP CLI, SP console, and system console sessions
Managing the IP addresses that can access the SP
Using online help at the SP/BMC CLI
Commands for managing a node remotely
Understanding the threshold-based SP sensor readings and status values of the system sensors command output
Understanding the discrete SP sensor status values of the system sensors command output
Commands for managing the SP from ONTAP
ONTAP commands for BMC management
BMC CLI commands
Managing audit logging for management activities
Changes to audit logging in ONTAP 9
How ONTAP implements audit logging
Forwarding the audit log to a destination
Commands for managing audit settings for management activities
Managing the cluster time
Commands for managing the cluster time
Managing the banner and MOTD
Creating a banner
Managing the banner
Creating an MOTD
Managing the MOTD
Managing licenses
License types and licensed method
Commands for managing licenses
Managing jobs and schedules
Job categories
Commands for managing jobs
Commands for managing job schedules
Backing up and restoring cluster configurations
What configuration backup files are
Managing configuration backups
How the node and cluster configurations are backed up automatically
Commands for managing configuration backup schedules
Commands for managing configuration backup files
Recovering a node configuration
Finding a configuration backup file to use for recovering a node
Restoring the node configuration using a configuration backup file
Recovering a cluster configuration
Finding a configuration to use for recovering a cluster
Restoring a cluster configuration from an existing configuration
Synchronizing a node with the cluster
Managing core dumps
Commands for managing core dumps
Monitoring a storage system
Using AutoSupport and Active IQ Digital Advisor
Managing AutoSupport
When and where AutoSupport messages are sent
How AutoSupport creates and sends event-triggered messages
Types of AutoSupport messages and their content
What AutoSupport subsystems are
AutoSupport size and time budgets
Files sent in event-triggered AutoSupport messages
Log files sent in AutoSupport messages
Files sent in weekly AutoSupport messages
How AutoSupport obtains delivery instructions from technical support
Structure of AutoSupport messages sent by email
AutoSupport severity types
Requirements for using AutoSupport
Setting up AutoSupport
Uploading core dump files
Uploading performance archive files
Getting AutoSupport message descriptions
Commands for managing AutoSupport
Information included in the AutoSupport manifest
AutoSupport case suppression during scheduled maintenance windows
Troubleshooting AutoSupport
Troubleshooting AutoSupport when messages are not received
Troubleshooting AutoSupport message delivery over HTTP or HTTPS
Troubleshooting AutoSupport message delivery over SMTP
Troubleshooting the AutoSupport subsystem
Monitoring the health of your system
How health monitoring works
Ways to respond to system health alerts
System health alert customization
How health alerts trigger AutoSupport messages and events
Available cluster health monitors
Receiving system health alerts automatically
Responding to degraded system health
Example of responding to degraded system health
Configuring discovery of cluster and management network switches
Verifying the monitoring of cluster and management network switches
Commands for monitoring the health of your system
Displaying environmental information
Managing access to web services
Managing the web protocol engine
Commands for managing the web protocol engine
Configuring SAML authentication for web services
Configuring SAML authentication
Disabling SAML authentication
Troubleshooting issues with SAML configuration
Managing web services
Commands for managing web services
Commands for managing mount points on the nodes
Managing SSL
Commands for managing SSL
Configuring access to web services
Troubleshooting web service access problems
Verifying the identity of remote servers using certificates
Verifying digital certificates are valid using OCSP
Viewing default certificates for TLS-based applications
Mutually authenticating the cluster and a KMIP server
Generating a certificate signing request for the cluster
Installing a CA-signed server certificate for the cluster
Installing a CA-signed client certificate for the KMIP server
ONTAP System Manager
ONTAP System Manager
ONTAP System Manager overview
Getting started with APIs
ONTAP System Manager
ONTAP System Manager overview
Getting started with APIs
Command man pages
CLI (command-line interface) updates
Using the CLI comparison tool
ONTAP 9.8 commands
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application commands
application provisioning commands
application provisioning config commands
application provisioning config modify
application provisioning config show
autobalance commands
autobalance aggregate commands
autobalance aggregate show-aggregate-state
autobalance aggregate show-unbalanced-volume-state
autobalance aggregate config commands
autobalance aggregate config modify
autobalance aggregate config show
cluster commands
cluster add-node
cluster add-node-status
cluster create
cluster join
cluster modify
cluster ping-cluster
cluster remove-node
cluster setup
cluster show
cluster contact-info commands
cluster contact-info modify
cluster contact-info show
cluster controller-replacement commands
cluster controller-replacement network commands
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-interface commands
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-interface delete
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-interface restore-home-node
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-interface show
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-vlans commands
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-vlans delete
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-vlans restore
cluster controller-replacement network displaced-vlans show
cluster date commands
cluster date modify
cluster date show
cluster date zoneinfo commands
cluster date zoneinfo load-from-uri
cluster date zoneinfo show
cluster ha commands
cluster ha modify
cluster ha show
cluster identity commands
cluster identity modify
cluster identity show
cluster image commands
cluster image cancel-update
cluster image pause-update
cluster image resume-update
cluster image show
cluster image show-update-history
cluster image show-update-log
cluster image show-update-log-detail
cluster image show-update-progress
cluster image update
cluster image validate
cluster image package commands
cluster image package delete
cluster image package get
cluster image package show-repository
cluster kernel-service commands
cluster kernel-service show
cluster kernel-service config commands
cluster kernel-service config modify
cluster kernel-service config show
cluster log-forwarding commands
cluster log-forwarding create
cluster log-forwarding delete
cluster log-forwarding modify
cluster log-forwarding show
cluster peer commands
cluster peer create
cluster peer delete
cluster peer modify
cluster peer modify-local-name
cluster peer ping
cluster peer show
cluster peer connection commands
cluster peer connection show
cluster peer health commands
cluster peer health show
cluster peer offer commands
cluster peer offer cancel
cluster peer offer modify
cluster peer offer show
cluster peer policy commands
cluster peer policy modify
cluster peer policy show
cluster quorum-service commands
cluster quorum-service options commands
cluster quorum-service options modify
cluster quorum-service options show
cluster ring commands
cluster ring show
cluster statistics commands
cluster statistics show
cluster time-service commands
cluster time-service ntp commands
cluster time-service ntp key commands
cluster time-service ntp key create
cluster time-service ntp key delete
cluster time-service ntp key modify
cluster time-service ntp key show
cluster time-service ntp security commands
cluster time-service ntp security modify
cluster time-service ntp security show
cluster time-service ntp server commands
cluster time-service ntp server create
cluster time-service ntp server delete
cluster time-service ntp server modify
cluster time-service ntp server reset
cluster time-service ntp server show
cluster time-service ntp status commands
cluster time-service ntp status show
event commands
event catalog commands
event catalog show
event config commands
event config force-sync
event config modify
event config set-proxy-password
event config show
event destination commands
event destination create
event destination delete
event destination modify
event destination show
event filter commands
event filter copy
event filter create
event filter delete
event filter rename
event filter show
event filter test
event filter rule commands
event filter rule add
event filter rule delete
event filter rule reorder
event log commands
event log show
event mailhistory commands
event mailhistory delete
event mailhistory show
event notification commands
event notification create
event notification delete
event notification modify
event notification show
event notification destination commands
event notification destination create
event notification destination delete
event notification destination modify
event notification destination show
event notification history commands
event notification history show
event route commands
event route add-destinations
event route modify
event route remove-destinations
event route show
event snmphistory commands
event snmphistory delete
event snmphistory show
event status commands
event status show
job commands
job delete
job pause
job resume
job show
job show-bynode
job show-cluster
job show-completed
job stop
job unclaim
job watch-progress
job history commands
job history show
job initstate commands
job initstate show
job private commands
job private delete
job private pause
job private resume
job private show
job private show-completed
job private stop
job private watch-progress
job schedule commands
job schedule delete
job schedule show
job schedule show-jobs
job schedule cron commands
job schedule cron create
job schedule cron delete
job schedule cron modify
job schedule cron show
job schedule interval commands
job schedule interval create
job schedule interval delete
job schedule interval modify
job schedule interval show
lun commands
lun create
lun delete
lun maxsize
lun modify
lun move-in-volume
lun resize
lun show
lun bind commands
lun bind create
lun bind destroy
lun bind show
lun copy commands
lun copy cancel
lun copy modify
lun copy pause
lun copy resume
lun copy show
lun copy start
lun igroup commands
lun igroup add
lun igroup bind
lun igroup create
lun igroup delete
lun igroup disable-aix-support
lun igroup modify
lun igroup remove
lun igroup rename
lun igroup show
lun igroup unbind
lun import commands
lun import create
lun import delete
lun import pause
lun import prepare-to-downgrade
lun import resume
lun import show
lun import start
lun import stop
lun import throttle
lun import verify commands
lun import verify start
lun import verify stop
lun mapping commands
lun mapping add-reporting-nodes
lun mapping create
lun mapping delete
lun mapping remove-reporting-nodes
lun mapping show
lun mapping show-initiator