FlexPod Definition
Overview
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The NetApp storage guidance for FlexPod deployment that is provided in this document covers:
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Environments that use ONTAP
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Environments that use Cisco UCS blade and rack-mount servers
This document does not cover:
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Detailed deployment of the FlexPod Datacenter environment
For more information, see FlexPod Datacenter with FC Cisco Validated Design (CVD).
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An overview of MEDITECH software environments, reference architectures, and integration best practices guidance.
For more information, see TR-4300i: NetApp FAS and All-Flash Storage Systems for MEDITECH Environments Best Practices Guide (NetApp login required).
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Quantitative performance requirements and sizing guidance.
For more information, see TR-4190: NetApp Sizing Guidelines for MEDITECH Environments.
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Use of NetApp SnapMirror technologies to meet backup and disaster recovery requirements.
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Generic NetApp storage deployment guidance.
This section provides an example configuration with infrastructure deployment best practices and lists the various infrastructure hardware and software components and the versions that you can use.
Cabling diagram
The following figure illustrates the 32Gb FC/40GbE topology diagram for a MEDITECH deployment.
Always use the Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) to validate that all versions of software and firmware are supported. The table in section "MEDITECH modules and components" lists the infrastructure hardware and software components that were used in the solution testing.