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When you make storage available to an ESXi host using NFS, you provision a volume on the using for and then connect to the NFS export from the ESXi host.
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Provision NAS storage
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- System Manager Classic docs
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Provision NAS storage
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NFS configuration
- Overview
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NFS configuration workflow
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Create a new NFS-enabled SVM
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Configure NFS access to an existing SVM
- Add NFS access to an existing SVM
- Open the export policy of the SVM root volume(Configure NFS access to an existing SVM)
- Configure LDAP (Configure NFS access to an existing SVM )
- Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
- Configure and verify NFS client access (Configure NFS access to an existing SVM)
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Add an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM
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NFS configuration for ESXi using VSC
- Overview
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NFS Client Configuration for ESXi workflow
- Verify that the configuration is supported
- Complete the NFS client configuration worksheet
- Install
- Add the storage cluster to VSC
- Configure your network for best performance
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Configure the ESXi host
- Create an aggregate
- Decide where to provision the new volume
- Create a new NFS-enabled SVM
- Add NFS access to an existing SVM
- Verify that NFS is enabled on an existing SVM
- Provision a datastore and create its containing volume
- Verify NFS access from an ESXi host
- Deploy the NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
- Mount datastores on hosts
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SMB/CIFS and NFS multiprotocol configuration
- Overview
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Multiprotocol configuration workflow
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SMB/CIFS configuration
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Provision SAN storage
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FC configuration for ESXi using VSC
- Overview
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FC configuration workflow
- Verify that the FC configuration is supported
- Complete the FC configuration worksheet
- Install Virtual Storage Console
- Add the storage cluster or SVM to VSC for VMware vSphere
- Update the HBA driver, firmware, and BIOS
- Configure the ESXi host best practice settings
- Create an aggregate
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Decide where to provision the volume
- Zone the FC switches by the host and LIF WWPNs
- Provision a datastore and create its containing LUN and volume
- Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
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FC configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Overview
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FC configuration and provisioning workflow
- Verify that the FC configuration is supported
- Complete the FC configuration worksheet
- Install the HBA utility from the HBA vendor
- Update the HBA driver, firmware, and BIOS
- Install Linux Unified Host Utilities and optimizing I/O performance
- Record the WWPN for each host FC port
- Configure DM-Multipath
- Create an aggregate
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Decide where to provision the volume
- Zone the FC switches by the host and LIF WWPNs
- Discover new SCSI devices (LUNs) and multipath devices
- Configure logical volumes on multipath devices and create a file system
- Verify that the host can write to and read from a multipath device
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FC configuration for Windows
- Overview
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FC configuration workflow
- Verify that the FC configuration is supported
- Complete the FC configuration worksheet
- Install the HBA utility from the HBA vendor
- Update the HBA driver, firmware, and BIOS
- Record the WWPN for each host FC port
- Install Windows Unified Host Utilities
- Create an aggregate
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Decide where to provision the volume
- Zone the FC switches by the host and LIF WWPNs
- Discover new disks
- Initialize and formatting the LUN
- Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
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iSCSI configuration for ESXi using VSC
- Overview
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iSCSI configuration workflow
- Verify that the iSCSI configuration is supported
- Complete the iSCSI configuration worksheet
- Install Virtual Storage Console
- Add the storage cluster or SVM to VSC for VMware vSphere
- Configure your network for best performance
- Configure host iSCSI ports and vSwitches
- Enable the iSCSI software adapter
- Bind iSCSI ports to the iSCSI software adapter
- Configure the ESXi host best practice settings
- Create an aggregate
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Decide where to provision the volume
- Test iSCSI paths from the host to the storage cluster
- Provision a datastore and creating its containing LUN and volume
- Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
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iSCSI configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Overview
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iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
- Verify that the iSCSI configuration is supported
- Complete the iSCSI configuration worksheet
- Install Linux Unified Host Utilities and optimizing I/O performance
- Record the iSCSI node name
- Set the iSCSI replacement timeout value
- Start the iSCSI service
- Configure DM-Multipath
- Create an aggregate
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Decide where to provision the volume
- Start the iSCSI sessions with the target
- Discover new SCSI devices (LUNs) and multipath devices
- Configure logical volumes on multipath devices and creating a file system
- Verify that the host can write to and read from a multipath device
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iSCSI configuration for Windows
- Overview
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iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
- Verify that the iSCSI configuration is supported
- Complete the iSCSI configuration worksheet
- Record the iSCSI initiator node name
- Install Windows Unified Host Utilities
- Create an aggregate
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Decide where to provision the volume
- Start iSCSI sessions with the target
- Discover new disks
- Initialize and formatting the LUN
- Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
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Data protection and disaster recovery
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Cluster and SVM peering configuration
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Volume disaster recovery
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Volume disaster recovery preparation
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Volume backup using SnapVault
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Volume restore management using SnapVault
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Cluster administration
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Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
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Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
- Understand System Manager
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Set up the cluster by using ONTAP System Manager
- Access a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
- Configure System Manager options
- View ONTAP System Manager log files
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Set up the cluster
- Set up the network
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Set up physical storage
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Create SVMs
- Set up SAML authentication
- Set up peering
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Manage clusters
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Applications
- Configuration update
- Service Processors
- Cluster peers
- High availability
- Licenses
- Cluster Expansion
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Update clusters
- Date and time settings of a cluster
- SNMP
- LDAP
- Users
- Roles
- Manage the network
- IPspaces
- Broadcast domains
- Subnets
- Network interfaces
- Ethernet ports
- FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
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Storage tiers
- Edit aggregates
- Delete aggregates
- Change the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
- Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
- Add capacity disks
- Change the RAID group when adding capacity disks
- Moving FlexVol volumes
- Mirroring aggregates
- View aggregate information
- Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
- How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
- What compatible spare disks are
- How System Manager works with hot spares
- Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
- Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
- Storage Tiers window
- Configure and managing cloud tiers
- Aggregates
- Storage pools
- Reassigning disks to nodes
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Disks
- Array LUNs
- Nodes
- Hardware Cache
- Events
- System alerts
- AutoSupport notifications
- Jobs
- Flash Pool statistics
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SVM Dashboard window
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Volumes
- Edit volume properties
- Edit data protection volumes
- Delete volumes
- Create FlexClone volumes
- Create FlexClone files
- Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
- View the FlexClone volume hierarchy
- Change the status of a volume
- View the list of saved Snapshot copies
- Create Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
- Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
- Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
- Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
- Restore a volume from a Snapshot copy
- Extend the expiry date of Snapshot copies
- Rename Snapshot copies
- Delete Snapshot copies
- Resize volumes
- Enable storage efficiency on a volume
- Change the deduplication schedule
- Run deduplication operations
- Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
- Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
- Create a mirror relationship from a source SVM
- Create a vault relationship from a source SVM
- Create a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
- Create an NFS datastore for VMware
- Change the tiering policy of a volume
- Create FlexGroup volumes
- View FlexGroup volume information
- Edit FlexGroup volumes
- Specifying advanced options for a FlexGroup volume
- Resize FlexGroup volumes
- Change the status of a FlexGroup volume
- Delete FlexGroup volumes
- Create FlexCache volumes
- View FlexCache volume information
- Edit FlexCache volumes
- Specifying advanced options for a FlexCache volume
- Resize FlexCache volumes
- Change the status of a FlexCache volume
- Delete FlexCache volumes
- How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
- Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
- Options for resizing volumes
- Volumes window
- Junction Path
- Shares
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LUNs
- Create FC SAN optimized LUNs
- Application-specific LUN settings
- Create LUNs
- Delete LUNs
- Manage initiator groups
- Create portsets
- Cloning LUNs
- Edit LUNs
- Bringing LUNs online
- Take LUNs offline
- Moving LUNs
- Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
- Edit initiator groups
- Edit initiators
- View LUN information
- View initiator groups
- Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
- Understand space reservations for LUNs
- Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
- LUNs window
- Qtrees
- Quotas
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CIFS protocol
- NFS protocol
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Set up NVMe
- iSCSI protocol
- FC/FCoE protocol
- Export policies
- Efficiency policies
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Manage QoS policy groups
- NIS services
- LDAP client services
- LDAP configuration services
- Kerberos realm services
- DNS/DDNS Services
- SVM users
- UNIX
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Local windows group
- Name mapping
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Mirror relationships
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Vault relationships
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Mirror and vault relationships
- Protection window
- SVM relationships
- Manage protection policies
- Manage Snapshot policies
- Manage schedules
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- ONTAP docs
- Legal Notices