• NetApp HCI Documentation 1.8
• NetApp HCI Solutions
• Release Notes
  • What's new in NetApp HCI
  • Additional release information
• Concepts
  • Product overview
  • Accounts
  • Data protection
  • Clusters
  • Nodes
  • Storage
    • Maintenance mode
    • Volumes
    • Volume access groups
    • Initiators
  • Licensing
  • NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control configuration maximums
  • Security
  • Performance
• 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
    • Add and manage storage clusters
    • Create and manage volumes
    • 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
    • Change the management node default SSL certificate
    • 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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