Deployment requirements for NVMe/TCP datastore in a VMware Cloud Foundation workload domain
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Review the recommended network design and infrastructure requirements to deploy NVMe/TCP datastore in a VMware Cloud Foundation workload domain. You need a fully configured ONTAP AFF or ASA storage system, a deployed VCF management domain, and an existing workload domain.
Infrastructure requirements
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An ONTAP AFF or ASA storage system with physical data ports on Ethernet switches dedicated to storage traffic.
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VCF management domain deployment is complete and the vSphere client is accessible.
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A workload domain has been previously deployed.
Recommended NVMe/TCP network design
NetApp recommends fully redundant network designs for NVMe/TCP. The following diagram illustrates an example of a redundant configuration, providing fault tolerance for storage systems, switches, networks adapters and host systems.
For multipathing and failover across multiple paths, configure a minimum of two LIFs per storage node in separate Ethernet networks for all SVMs in NVMe/TCP configurations.
What's next?
After reviewing the deployment requirements, create the SVM and LIFs.