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These are a few use case examples for monitoring and orchestration of NetApp storage from Cisco Intersight.

Use case 1: Monitoring NetApp storage inventory and widgets

When the NetApp storage environment is available in Cisco Intersight, you can monitor NetApp storage objects in detail from storage inventory and get an overview from storage widgets.

  1. Deploy Intersight Assist OVA (OnPrem task in vCenter Environment).

  2. Add NetApp AIQ UM devices in Intersight Assist.

  3. Go to Storage and navigate through NetApp storage inventory.

  4. Add Widgets for NetApp storage to your Monitor Dashboard.

    Here is a link to the video showing NetApp ONTAP Storage Monitoring Features from Cisco Intersight.

Use case 2: NetApp storage orchestration using reference workflows

When NetApp storage and vCenter environments are available in Cisco Intersight, you can use end-to-end reference workflows available in GitHub through the FlexPod Intersight Workflow repository.

The reference workflows include storage and virtualization tasks. The README file for the repository provides the prerequisites needed for executing workflows, links to helpful resources (including documentation on how to import a workflow), and documentation links for each reference workflow.

Each workflow has a folder in the repository containing two files:

  • The JSON file to download and import into Intersight,

  • A documentation file that provides a view of the tasks in the workflow, workflow inputs, and an example execution of the workflow.

Perform the following to import and use a reference workflow:

  1. Deploy Intersight Assist OVA (OnPrem task in vCenter Environment).

  2. Add NetApp AIQ UM devices in Intersight Assist.

  3. Add the vCenter target to Intersight via Intersight Assist.

  4. Download the JSON file for a reference workflow from the FlexPod-Intersight-Workflow repository.

  5. Import the workflow into Intersight, then execute the workflow.

Here is a list of workflows available in the GitHub FlexPod-Intersight-Workflow repository:

  • Add Initiators to NetApp Initiator Group

  • New Export Policy for NetApp Volume

  • New NAS Datastore Using NetApp Smart Volume

  • New NetApp FC Data Interface

  • New NetApp Initiator Group

  • New NetApp iSCSI Data Interface

  • New NetApp NAS Data Interface

  • New NetApp Storage Virtual Machine

  • New VMFS Datastore Using NetApp Smart LUN

  • Remove Initiators from NetApp Initiator Group

  • Remove NAS Datastore Using NetApp Smart Volume

  • Remove NetApp Export Policy

  • Remove NetApp Initiator Group

  • Remove VMFS Datastore Using NetApp Smart LUN

  • Update NAS Datastore Using NetApp Smart Volume

  • Update VMFS Datastore Using NetApp Smart LUN

Use case 3: Custom workflows using designer-free form

When the NetApp Storage and vCenter environments are available in Cisco Intersight, you can build custom workflows using the NetApp storage and virtualization tasks.

  1. Deploy Intersight Assist OVA (OnPrem task in vCenter Environment)

  2. Add NetApp AIQ UM devices in Intersight Assist.

  3. Add vCenter target to Intersight via Intersight Assist.

  4. Navigate to the Orchestration tab in Intersight.

  5. Select Create Workflow.

  6. Add storage and virtualization tasks to your workflows.

    Here are the NetApp storage tasks that are available from Cisco Intersight:

    • Add ACL to NetApp CIFS Share

    • Add Client Match to NetApp Export Policy Rule

    • Add Export Policy to NetApp Volume

    • Add Initiators to NetApp Initiator Group

    • Add Rule to NetApp Export Policy

    • Add Schedule to NetApp Snapshot Policy

    • Confirm NetApp License Status

    • Confirm NetApp Storage Virtual Machine FCP Protocol Status

    • Edit NetApp Aggregates for Storage Virtual Machine

    • Edit NetApp Asynchronous SnapMirror Policy

    • Edit NetApp CIFS Share ACL Permission

    • Edit NetApp Export Policy Rule

    • Edit NetApp Snapshot Policy

    • Edit NetApp Snapshot Policy Schedule

    • Edit NetApp Volume Security Style

    • Edit NetApp Volume Snapshot Policy

    • Enable NetApp CIFS Services

    • Expand NetApp LUN

    • New NetApp Asynchronous SnapMirror Policy

    • New NetApp CIFS Server

    • New NetApp CIFS Share

    • Find NetApp Initiator Group LUN Map

    • Find NetApp LUN by ID

    • Find NetApp Volume by ID

    • New NetApp Export Policy

    • New NetApp FC Data Interface

    • New NetApp Initiator Group

    • New NetApp iSCSI Data Interface

    • New NetApp Load-Sharing Mirrors for SVM Root Volume

    • New NetApp LUN

    • New NetApp LUN Map

    • New NetApp NAS Data Interface

    • New NetApp NAS Smart Volume

    • New NetApp Smart LUN

    • New NetApp SnapMirror Relationship for Volume

    • New NetApp Snapshot Policy

    • New NetApp Storage Virtual Machine

    • New NetApp Volume

    • New NetApp Volume Snapshot

    • Register DNS for NetApp Storage Virtual Machine

    • Remove ACL from NetApp CIFS Share

    • Remove Client Match from NetApp Export Policy Rule

    • Remove Export Policy from NetApp Volume

    • Remove Initiator from NetApp Initiator Group

    • Remove NetApp CIFS Server

    • Remove NetApp CIFS Share

    • Remove NetApp Export Policy

    • Remove NetApp FC Data Interface

    • Remove NetApp Initiator Group

    • Remove NetApp IP Interface

    • Remove NetApp Load-Sharing Mirrors for SVM Root Volume

    • Remove NetApp LUN

    • Remove NetApp LUN Map

    • Remove NetApp NAS Smart Volume

    • Remove NetApp Smart LUN

    • Remove NetApp Snapmirror Relationship for Volume

    • Remove NetApp Snapmirror Policy

    • Remove NetApp Snapshot Policy

    • Remove NetApp Storage Virtual Machine

    • Remove NetApp Volume

    • Remove NetApp Volume Snapshot

    • Remove Rule from NetApp Export Policy

    • Remove Schedule from NetApp Snapshot Policy

    • Rename NetApp Volume Snapshot

    • Update NetApp Load-Sharing Mirrors for SVM Root Volume

    • Update NetApp Volume Capacity

      To learn more about customizing workflows with NetApp storage and virtualization tasks, watch the video NetApp ONTAP Storage Orchestration in Cisco Intersight.