Additional Resources

Additional documentation resources

• NetApp SolidFire Resources page

  Provides links to technical reports, white papers, training, and other documentation for NetApp SolidFire, a scale-out, all-flash storage platform designed for large-scale infrastructure.

• NetApp HCI Resources page

  Provides links to technical reports, white papers, training, and other documentation for NetApp HCI.

Introduction

• Five Principles of the Next Generation Data Center
• NetApp video: SolidFire Quality of Service Policies
• NetApp video: Scale on Your Terms: Expanding a SolidFire Cluster
• NetApp video: SnapMirror for NetApp HCI and Element Software

Additional integration utilities and tools

While you typically manage your storage with NetApp Element, NetApp Element API, and NetApp Element Plug-in for vCenter Server, you can use additional utilities and tools.

• NetApp Downloads: SolidFire vRO

  Provides a convenient way to use the SolidFire API to administer your SolidFire storage system with VMware vRealize Orchestrator™.

• Element SDK library: Enables you to manage your SolidFire cluster using these tools:

  NetApp Downloads: Element SDK

  • SolidFire command line
  • SolidFire Postman API testing suite: Enables programmers to use a collection of Postman functions that test SolidFire API calls.
  • SolidFire PowerShell: Enables programmers to use a collection of Microsoft® Windows®  PowerShell® functions that use the SolidFire API to manage a SolidFire storage system.
  • SolidFire SDK Java: Enables programmers to integrate the SolidFire API with the Java™ programming language.
  • SolidFire SDK .NET: Enables programmers to integrate the SolidFire API with the .NET programming platform.
  • SolidFire SDK Python: Enables programmers to integrate the SolidFire API with the Python™ programming language.
• NetApp Downloads: SolidFire Storage Replication Adapter

  Integrates with the VMware® Site Recovery Manager™ (SRM) to enable communication with replicated SolidFire storage clusters (arrays) and execute supported workflows.

• NetApp Downloads: SolidFire VSS Provider

  Integrates VSS shadow copies with SolidFire snapshots and clones.

Learning and support resources

• NetApp Communities

  Includes forums, blogs, newsletter, and community help about NetApp products and solutions.

• NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool

  Describes platforms supported by NetApp SolidFire.

• NetApp Knowledgebase

  Enables you to access technical articles for managing and administering NetApp products. A small subset of the Knowledgebase is available to the public. A registered user has access to a broader range of technical Knowledgebase articles.

• NetApp University

  Offers technical training and certification, with online, instructor-led, and virtual instructor-led courses.