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    • NetApp HCI 1.8 Documentation
    • NetApp HCI Solutions
    • Release Notes
      • What's new in NetApp HCI
      • Additional release information
    • Concepts
      • Product overview
      • Accounts
      • Data protection
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    • Requirements and pre-deployment tasks
      • Requirements for NetApp HCI deployment
      • Network port requirements
      • Network and switch requirements
      • Network cable requirements
      • IP address requirements
      • Network configuration
        • Network configuration options overview
        • Network configuration option A
        • Network configuration option B
        • Network configuration option C
      • DNS and timekeeping requirements
      • Environmental requirements
      • Protection Domains
      • Witness Node resource requirements for two-node storage clusters
    • Get started with NetApp HCI
      • NetApp HCI installation and deployment overview
      • Install H-series hardware
      • Configure LACP for optimal storage performance
      • Validate your environment with Active IQ Config Advisor
      • Configure IPMI for each node
    • Deploy NetApp HCI
      • Access the NetApp Deployment Engine
        • NetApp Deployment Engine access options overview
        • Access the NetApp Deployment Engine in environments without DHCP
        • Access the NetApp Deployment Engine in environments with DHCP
        • Manually assign IP addresses to access the NetApp Deployment Engine
      • Start your deployment
      • Configure VMware vSphere
        • vSphere configuration overview
        • Configure a new VMware vSphere environment
        • Join an existing VMware vSphere deployment
      • Configure NetApp HCI credentials
      • Select a network topology
      • Inventory selection
        • Inventory selection and node compatibility
        • Select inventory
      • Configure network settings
      • Review and deploy
      • Post-deployment tasks
        • Post-deployment tasks overview
        • Supported networking changes
        • Disable the smartd service on NetApp HCI compute nodes
        • Disable the "lacp-individual" command on configured switches
        • Create a NetApp HCC role in vCenter
        • Keep VMware vSphere up to date
        • Install GPU drivers for GPU-enabled compute nodes
        • Configure Fully Qualified Domain Name web UI access
        • Access NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control
        • Reduce boot media wear on a NetApp HCI compute node
    • Manage NetApp HCI
      • Manage NetApp HCI overview
      • Update vCenter and ESXi credentials
      • Manage NetApp HCI storage
        • Manage NetApp HCI storage overview
        • Create and manage user accounts
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        • Create and manage volume access groups
        • Create and manage initiators
        • Create and manage volume QoS policies
      • Work with the management node
        • Management node overview
        • Install or recover a management node
          • Install a management node
          • Configure a storage Network Interface Controller (NIC)
          • Recover a management node
        • Access the management node
        • Work with the management node UI
          • Management node UI overview
          • Configure alert monitoring on NetApp HCI
          • Modify and test the management node network, cluster, and system settings
          • Run system utilities from the management node
        • Work with the management node REST API
          • Management node REST API UI overview
          • Get authorization to use REST APIs
          • Enable Active IQ and NetApp HCI monitoring
          • Configure NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control for multiple vCenters
          • Add compute and controller assets to the management node
          • How to locate a hardware tag for compute node
          • Create and manage storage cluster assets
          • View or edit existing controller assets
          • Remove an asset from the management node
          • Configure a proxy server for the management node
          • Verify management node OS and services versions
          • Getting logs from management services
        • Manage support connections
          • Start a remote NetApp Support session
          • Manage SSH functionality on the management node
      • Power your NetApp HCI system off or on
        • NetApp HCI power overview
        • Power off compute resources for a NetApp HCI system
        • Power off storage resources for a NetApp HCI system
        • Power on storage resources for a NetApp HCI system
        • Power on compute resources for a NetApp HCI system
    • Monitor your NetApp HCI system with NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control
      • View resources on the Dashboard of NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control
      • View your inventory on the Nodes page of NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control
      • Edit BMC connection information with NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control
      • Monitor volumes on your storage cluster with NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control
      • Monitor performance, capacity, and cluster health with NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control connections to Active IQ
      • Collect logs for troubleshooting
    • Upgrade your NetApp HCI system version 1.8
      • Upgrade sequence overview
      • System upgrade procedures
        • Update management services
        • Upgrade to the latest HealthTools
        • Run Element storage health checks prior to upgrading storage
        • Upgrade Element software
        • Upgrade storage firmware
        • Upgrade a management node
        • Upgrade the NetApp Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
        • Run compute node health checks prior to upgrading compute firmware
        • Update compute node drivers
        • Upgrade compute node firmware
      • Upgrade your vSphere components for a NetApp HCI system with the Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
    • Expand your NetApp HCI system
      • Expand overview
      • Expand NetApp HCI storage resources
      • Expand NetApp HCI compute resources
      • Expand NetApp storage and compute resources
      • Remove Witness Nodes after expanding cluster
    • Use Rancher on NetApp HCI
      • Rancher on NetApp HCI overview
      • Concepts
      • Requirements for Rancher on NetApp HCI
      • Deploy Rancher on NetApp HCI
      • Post-deployment tasks
        • Post-deployment tasks overview
        • Ensure Rancher Support parity
        • Improve Rancher VM resiliency
        • Configure monitoring
        • Install Trident
        • Enable Trident support for user clusters
      • Deploy user clusters and applications
      • Manage Rancher on NetApp HCI
      • Monitor Rancher on NetApp HCI
      • Upgrade Rancher on NetApp HCI
      • Remove a Rancher installation on NetApp HCI
    • Maintain H-series hardware
      • H-series hardware maintenance overview
      • Replace 2U H-series chassis
      • Replace DC power supply units in H615C and H610S nodes
      • Replace DIMMs in compute nodes
      • Replace drives for storage nodes
      • Replace H410C nodes
      • Replace H410S nodes
      • Replace H610C and H615C nodes
      • Replace H610S nodes
      • Replace power supply units
      • Replace SN2010, SN2100, and SN2700 switches
      • Replace storage node in a two-node cluster
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