Plan the deployment and prepare the environment

Review the planning requirements for your ONTAP Select nodes, storage, networking, and hypervisor environment. Preparing your environment in advance helps you avoid deployment issues.

Install the ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Install the utility that you use to deploy and manage ONTAP Select clusters.

Acquire the licenses required for a production deployment

Purchase and apply the licenses needed for your production deployment. You can choose between the Capacity Tiers and Capacity Pools licensing models.

Deploy an ONTAP Select cluster using the ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility

Use the Deploy utility to create your ONTAP Select cluster:

Administer the ONTAP Select cluster using the standard NetApp management tools and interfaces

Administer your ONTAP Select cluster using the same management tools and interfaces you use for other ONTAP clusters.