• FlexPod Solutions Documentation
• FlexPod Definition
  • FlexPod Express Technical Specifications
    • Overview
    • FlexPod Platforms
    • FlexPod Rules
    • Supported Versus Validated FlexPod Configurations
    • Storage Software
    • Minimum Hardware Requirements
    • Minimum Software Requirements
    • Connectivity Requirements
    • Other Requirements
    • Optional Features
    • Cisco Components
    • NetApp Components
    • Power and Cabling Requirements
    • Technical Specifications and References
    • Previous Architectures and Equipment
    • Legacy Equipment
    • Additional Information
  • FlexPod Datacenter Technical Specifications
    • Overview
    • FlexPod platforms
    • FlexPod rules
    • Supported versus validated FlexPod configurations
    • NetApp ONTAP
    • Cisco Nexus switching modes of operation
    • Minimum hardware requirements
    • Minimum software requirements
    • Connectivity requirements
    • Other requirements
    • Optional features
    • Cisco components
    • NetApp components
    • Power and cabling requirements
    • Technical specifications and references
    • Legacy equipment
    • Where to find additional Information
• FlexPod Datacenter
  • FlexPod DataCenter with NetApp SnapMirror Business Continuity and ONTAP 9.10
    • Introduction
    • FlexPod SM-BC solution
    • Solution validation
      • Overview
      • Compute
      • Network
      • Storage
      • Virtualization
      • Validated scenarios
    • Conclusion
    • Where to find additional information and version history
  • FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 7.0, Cisco VXLAN Single-Site Fabric, and NetApp ONTAP 9.7 - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 7.0 and NetApp ONTAP 9.7 - Deploy
  • FlexPod Datacenter with NetApp ONTAP 9.7, Cisco Intersight, and VMware vSphere 6.7 U3 - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter with NetApp ONTAP 9.7, Cisco Intersight, and VMware vSphere 6.7 U3 - Deploy
  • FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Intersight and NetApp ONTAP 9.7 - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter with NetApp ONTAP 9.6, Cisco UCS 4th Gen, VMware vSphere 6.7U2 (CVD)
  • FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.7 U1, Cisco UCS fourth-generation, and NetApp AFF A-Series - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.7 U1, Cisco UCS fourth-generation, and NetApp AFF A-Series - Deploy
  • FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 - Deploy
• Hybrid Cloud
  • FlexPod Hybrid Cloud with Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Epic
    • Solution Overview
    • Solution components
    • Installation and configuration
    • SAN configuration
    • Solution validation
    • Conclusion
    • Where to find additional information
  • FlexPod Hybrid Cloud for Google Cloud Platform with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Cisco Intersight
    • Solution overview
    • Solution components
    • Installation and configuration
      • Deploy FlexPod
      • Cisco Intersight configuration
      • Terraform Cloud Integration with ICO prerequisite
      • Configure Public Cloud Service provider
      • Automated deployment of Hybrid Cloud NetApp Storage
      • DR workflow
      • Terraform execution from controller
    • Solution validation
    • Conclusion
  • FlexPod hybrid cloud with NetApp Astra and Cisco Intersight for Red Hat OpenShift
    • Solution overview
    • Solution components
    • Installation and configuration
      • FlexPod for OpenShift Container Platform 4 bare-metal installation
      • Red Hat OpenShift on AWS
      • NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
      • Astra Control Center installation on OpenShift Container Platform
    • Solution validation
      • Overview
      • Application recovery with remote backups
    • Conclusion
  • NetApp Cloud Insights for FlexPod
    • Overview
    • Use cases
    • Architecture
    • Design considerations
    • Deploy Cloud Insights for FlexPod
    • Use cases
    • Videos and demos
    • Additional information
  • FlexPod with FabricPool - Inactive Data Tiering to Amazon AWS S3
    • Overview
    • FlexPod overview and architecture
    • FabricPool
    • FabricPool requirements
    • Configuration
      • FabricPool software revisions
      • Install FabricPool license
      • Create AWS S3 bucket
      • Add a cloud tier to ONTAP
      • Attach a cloud tier to an ONTAP aggregate
      • Set volume tiering policy
      • Set volume tiering minimum cooling days
    • Performance considerations
    • Cost of ownership
    • Conclusion
    • Where to find additional information
  • FlexPod Datacenter with IBM Cloud Private with Cisco UCS Manager, NetApp ONTAP 9.3 AFF, and VMware vSphere 6.5U1 - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and NetApp Private Storage - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and NetApp Private Storage - Deploy
• Enterprise Databases
  • SAP
    • Introduction to SAP with FlexPod
    • SAP HANA FC SAN CVD [Deploy]
    • SAP Non-HANA with SQL White Paper (WP) [Design]
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS third-generation and NetApp AFF A–Series - Deploy
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution using FibreChannel SAN with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 and NetApp ONTAP 9.7 - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco ACI, Cisco UCS Manager 4.0, and NetApp AFF A–Series - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco ACI, Cisco UCS Manager 4.0, and NetApp AFF A–Series - Deploy
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 and NetApp AFF A with ONTAP 9.6 (CVD) - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP solution with Cisco ACI on Cisco UCS M5 servers with SLES 12 SP3 and RHEL 7.4
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with IP-Based Storage using NetApp AFF A-Series and Cisco UCS Manager 3.2
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution using FibreChannel SAN with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 and NetApp ONTAP 9.7
    • Deploy SAP Application Servers on FlexPod with SQL
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco ACI, Cisco UCS Manager 4.0, and NetApp AFF A–Series
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco ACI, Cisco UCS Manager 4.0, and NetApp AFF A–Series - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS third-generation and NetApp AFF A–Series
    • FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 and NetApp AFF A with ONTAP 9.6
  • Oracle
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle 19c RAC Databases on Cisco UCS and NetApp AFF with NVMe over FibreChannel - Deploy
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC Databases on Cisco UCS and NetApp AFF A-Series - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux - Deploy
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC Databases on Cisco UCS and NetApp AFF A-Series
  • Microsoft SQL Server
    • FlexPod Datacenter for Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and VMware vSphere 6.7 - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and VMware vSphere 6.5
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Linux VM Running on VMware and Hyper-V - Design
    • FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Linux VM Running on VMware and Hyper-V - Deploy
• Healthcare
  • FlexPod for Genomics
    • Introduction
    • Benefits of deploying genomic workloads on FlexPod
    • Solution infrastructure hardware and software components
    • Genomics - GATK setup and execution
    • Output for execution of GATK using the jar file
    • Output for execution of GATK using the ./gatk script
    • Output for execution of GATK using the Cromwell engine
    • GPU setup
    • Conclusion
  • FlexPod for MEDITECH Directional Sizing Guide
    • Overview
    • MEDITECH Workload Overview
    • Technical Specifications for Small, Medium and Large Architectures
    • Additional Information
    • Acknowledgments
  • FlexPod Datacenter for MEDITECH Deployment Guide
    • Overview
    • Design
    • Deployment and configuration
      • Overview
      • Base infrastructure configuration
      • Cisco UCS blade server and switch configuration
      • ESXi configuration best practices
      • NetApp configuration
      • Aggregate configuration
      • Storage virtual machine configuration
      • Volume configuration
      • LUN configuration
      • Initiator group configuration
      • LUN mappings
    • MEDITECH modules and components
    • Acknowledgments
    • Where to find additional information
  • FlexPod for Medical Imaging
    • Overview
    • Architecture
    • Solution infrastructure hardware and software components
    • Solution sizing
    • Best practices
    • Conclusion
    • Additional information
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
  • FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops 1912 LTSR and VMware vSphere 7 for up to 6000 Seats
  • FlexPod Datacenter with NetApp ONTAP 9.6, VMware Horizon View 7.10, and VMware vSphere 6.7 U2 with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 for up to 6700 Seats
  • FlexPod for 3D Graphics Visualization with VMware and NVIDIA (White Paper)
  • FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
  • FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 with Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 5000 Seats
  • FlexPod Datacenter with NetApp ONTAP 9.6, VMware Horizon View 7.10, and VMware vSphere 6.7 U2 with Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 for up to 6700 Seats
• Modern Apps
  • FlexPod Datacenter for combined AI and ML with Cisco UCS 480 ML & Nvidia T4 & vGPU for Deep Learning CVD - Design
  • Deploy NetApp Trident CSI plug-in on Cisco Container Platform with FlexPod - Deploy
  • FlexPod Datacenter for OpenShift Container Platform 4 - Deploy
  • FlexPod Datacenter with Docker Datacenter for Container Management - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter for OpenShift Container Platform 4 - Design
  • FlexPod Datacenter for combined AI and ML with Cisco UCS 480 ML & Nvidia T4 & vGPU for Deep Learning CVD - Deploy
  • FlexPod for 3D Graphics Visualization with VMware and NVIDIA
  • FlexPod for 3D Graphics Visualization with Citrix and NVIDIA (White Paper)
• FlexPod Express
  • FlexPod Express with Cisco UCS C-Series and NetApp AFF C190 Series Design Guide
    • Overview
    • Program summary
    • Technology requirements
    • Design choices
    • Conclusion
    • Where to find additional information
  • FlexPod Express with Cisco UCS C-Series and NetApp AFF C190 Series Deployment Guide
    • Overview
    • Solution overview
    • Technology requirements
    • FlexPod Express cabling information
    • Deployment procedures
      • Overview
      • Deploy Cisco Nexus 31108PC-V
      • NetApp storage deployment procedure (part 1)
      • Deploy Cisco UCS C-Series rack server
      • NetApp AFF storage deployment procedure (part 2)
      • VMware vSphere 6.7U2 deployment procedure
      • VMware vCenter Server 6.7U2 installation procedure
      • VMware vCenter Server 6.7U2 and vSphere clustering configuration
      • NetApp Virtual Storage Console 9.6 deployment procedures
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgments
    • Where to find additional information
    • Version history
  • FlexPod Express with Cisco UCS C-Series and AFF A220 Series Design Guide
    • Overview
    • Program summary
    • Solution overview
    • Technology requirements
    • Design choices
    • Solution verification
    • Conclusion
    • Where to find additional information
  • FlexPod Express with Cisco UCS C-Series and AFF A220 Series Deployment Guide
    • Overview
    • Solution overview
    • Technology requirements
    • FlexPod Express cabling information
    • Deployment procedures
      • Cisco Nexus 3172P deployment procedure
      • NetApp storage deployment procedure (part 1)
      • Cisco UCS C-Series rack server deployment procedure
      • NetApp AFF Storage Deployment Procedure (Part 2)
      • VMware vSphere 6.7 deployment procedure
      • Install VMware vCenter Server 6.7
      • Configure VMware vCenter Server 6.7 and vSphere clustering
    • Conclusion
    • Where to find additional information
  • FlexPod Express with VMware vSphere 6.7U1 and NetApp AFF A220 with Direct-Attached IP-Based Storage
    • Overview
    • Solution Overview
    • Technology Requirements
    • FlexPod Express Cabling Information
    • Deployment Procedures
    • Conclusion
    • Additional Information
  • FlexPod Express for VMware vSphere 7.0 with Cisco UCS Mini and NetApp AFF/FAS (NVA)
• FlexPod and Security
  • FlexPod, The Solution to Ransomware
    • What is ransomware?
    • FlexPod Overview
    • Ransomware Protection Measures
    • Protect and Recover Data on FlexPod
    • Continue Business Operations Without Paying Ransom
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements
    • Additional Information
  • FIPS 140-2 security-compliant FlexPod solution for healthcare
    • Introduction
    • Cybersecurity threats in healthcare
    • Overview of FIPS 140-2
    • Control plane versus data plane
    • FlexPod Cisco UCS compute and FIPS 140-2
    • FlexPod Cisco networking and FIPS 140-2
    • FlexPod NetApp ONTAP storage and FIPS 140-2
    • Solution benefits of FlexPod converged infrastructure
    • Additional FlexPod security considerations
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowlegements, version history, and where to find additional information
• Cisco Intersight with NetApp ONTAP Storage
  • Introduction
  • What's new
  • Requirements
  • Before you begin
  • Configure AIQ UM proxy server for IMT service
  • Claim targets
  • Monitor NetApp storage from Cisco Intersight
  • Use cases
• Infrastructure
  • End-to-End NVMe for FlexPod with Cisco UCSM, VMware vSphere 7.0, and NetApp ONTAP 9
    • Introduction
    • Testing approach
    • Test results
    • Conclusion
• Legal notices