Flex Subscription Infrastructure
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This section describes the infrastructure components used in the customer and NetApp-operated offerings for the NetApp Keystone Flex Subscription (Flex Subscription) services. The components are also classified based on whether they reside in the data versus control plane that serve to segregate user data from command and control data.
Component | Plane | Operation Model | Purpose |
---|---|---|---|
Storage controllers |
Data |
Customer and NetApp/partner |
Provides storage capacity for Flex Subscription service |
Cluster switches |
Data |
Customer and NetApp/partner |
Provides cluster traffic pathway among three or more storage controllers. If the configuration consists of two controllers, then switchless cluster configuration is used. |
Data switches |
Data |
NetApp/partner only |
Data connectivity between user and Flex Subscription storage. |
Management switches |
Control |
NetApp/partner only |
Flex Subscription devices’ management port connectivity. |
Firewalls |
Control |
NetApp/partner only |
Limit access to and protect Flex Subscription management network and Flex Subscription components. |
Management servers |
Control |
NetApp/partner only |
Executes Flex Subscription monitoring and management applications: NetApp Service Engine API, NetApp Service Engine GUI, OpsRamp, Active IQ Unified Manager. |
Management storage |
Control |
NetApp/partner only |
Provides shared storage for management servers and applications. |
Console switch |
Control |
NetApp/partner only |
Provides serial console access to Flex Subscription devices. |