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Features supported for host configuration with NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) varies based on your version of ONTAP and Oracle Linux.
| Feature | Oracle Linux host version | ONTAP version |
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Secure in-band authentication is supported over NVMe/TCP between a Oracle Linux host and an ONTAP controller |
9.4 or later |
9.12.1 or later |
NVMe/TCP provides namespaces using the native |
8.2 or later |
9.10.1 or later |
NVMe and SCSI traffic is supported on the same host using NVMe multipath for NVMe-oF namespaces and dm-multipath for SCSI LUNs |
7.7 or later |
9.4 or later |
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The NetApp sanlun host utility isn't supported for NVMe-oF. Instead, you can use the NetApp plug-in included in the native nvme-cli for all NVMe-oF transports.
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ONTAP supports the following SAN host features regardless of the ONTAP version running on your system setup.
| Feature | Oracle Linux host version |
|---|---|
In-kernel NVMe multipathing for NVMe namespaces is enabled by default |
8.3 or later |
SAN booting is enabled using the NVMe/FC protocol |
9.5 or later |
The |
8.3 or later |
The native udev rule in |
8.3 or later |
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For details on supported configurations, see the Interoperability Matrix Tool. |
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