• System Manager Classic docs
• Provision NAS storage
  • NFS configuration
    • Overview
    • NFS configuration workflow
      • Create an aggregate
      • Decide where to provision the new volume
    • Create a new NFS-enabled SVM
      • Create a new SVM with an NFS volume and export
      • Open the export policy of the SVM root volume (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
      • Configure LDAP (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
      • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
      • Configure and verifying NFS client access (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
    • 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)
    • Add an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM
      • Create and configure a volume
      • Create an export policy for the volume
      • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
      • Configure and verify NFS client access (Adding an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM)
  • NFS configuration for ESXi using VSC
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Configure the ESXi host
        • Configure host ports and vSwitches
        • Configure the ESXi host best practice settings
      • 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
  • SMB/CIFS and NFS multiprotocol configuration
    • Overview
    • Multiprotocol configuration workflow
      • Create an aggregate
      • Decide where to provision the new volume
        • Create a basic SVM
        • Add CIFS and NFS access to an existing SVM
        • Open the export policy of the SVM root volume (Creating a new NFS-enabled SVM)
        • Map the SMB server on the DNS server
        • Configure LDAP (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
        • Map UNIX and Windows user names
      • Create and configure a volume
      • Create a share and setting its permissions
      • Create an export policy for the volume
      • Verify SMB client access
      • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
      • Configure and verify CIFS and NFS client access
  • SMB/CIFS configuration
    • Overview
    • SMB/CIFS configuration workflow
      • Create an aggregate
      • Decide where to provision the new volume
    • Create a new CIFS-enabled SVM
      • Create a new SVM with a CIFS volume and share
      • Map the SMB server on the DNS server
      • Verify SMB client access
      • Configure and verify CIFS client access
    • Configure SMB/CIFS access to an existing SVM
      • Add CIFS access to an existing SVM
      • Map the SMB server on the DNS server
      • Verify SMB client access
      • Configure and verify CIFS client access
    • Add a CIFS volume to a CIFS-enabled SVM
      • Create and configure a volume
      • Create a share and set its permissions
      • Verify SMB client access
      • Configure and verify CIFS client access
• Provision SAN storage
  • FC configuration for ESXi using VSC
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Decide where to provision the volume
        • Verify that the FC service is running on an existing SVM
        • Configure FC on an existing SVM
        • Create a new SVM
      • 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
  • FC configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Decide where to provision the volume
        • Verify that the FC service is running on an existing SVM
        • Create a LUN
        • Configure FC on an existing SVM
        • Create a new SVM
      • 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
  • FC configuration for Windows
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Decide where to provision the volume
        • Verify that the FC service is running on an existing SVM
        • Create a LUN
        • Configure FC on an existing SVM
        • Create a new SVM
      • 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
  • iSCSI configuration for ESXi using VSC
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Decide where to provision the volume
        • Verify that the iSCSI service is running on an existing SVM
        • Configure iSCSI on an existing SVM
        • Create a new SVM
      • 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
  • iSCSI configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Decide where to provision the volume
        • Verify that the iSCSI service is running on an existing SVM
        • Create a LUN
        • Configure iSCSI on an existing SVM
        • Create a new SVM
      • 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
  • iSCSI configuration for Windows
    • Overview
    • 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
      • Decide where to provision the volume
        • Verify that the iSCSI service is running on an existing SVM
        • Create a LUN
        • Configure iSCSI on an existing SVM
        • Create a new SVM
      • 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
• Data protection and disaster recovery
  • Cluster and SVM peering configuration
    • Overview
    • Prerequisites for cluster peering
    • Cluster and SVM peering workflow
      • Prepare for cluster peering
      • Configure peer relationships (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
        • Create intercluster LIFs(Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
        • Create a cluster peer relationship (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
        • Create SVM peer relationship
      • Configure peer relationships (ONTAP 9.2 and earlier)
        • Create intercluster interfaces on all nodes (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
        • Create a cluster peer relationship (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
  • Volume disaster recovery
    • Overview
    • Volume disaster recovery workflow
      • Activate the destination volume
        • Verify the status of the source volume
        • Break the SnapMirror relationship
        • Verify the destination volume status
      • Configure the destination volume for data access
      • Reactivate the source volume
        • Resynchronize the source volume
        • Update the source volume
        • Reactivate the source volume
  • Volume disaster recovery preparation
    • Overview
    • Volume disaster recovery preparation workflow
      • Verify the cluster peer relationship and SVM peer relationship
      • Create the SnapMirror relationship (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
      • Create the SnapMirror relationship (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
      • Set up the destination SVM for data access
      • Monitor the status of SnapMirror data transfers
  • Volume backup using SnapVault
    • Overview
    • SnapVault backup configuration workflow
      • Verify cluster peer relationship and SVM peer relationship
      • Create a SnapVault relationship (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
      • Create the SnapVault relationship (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
      • Monitor the SnapVault relationship
  • Volume restore management using SnapVault
    • Overview
    • Volume restore workflow
      • Identify the SnapVault backup destination volume
      • Restore data from a SnapVault backup
      • Verify the restore operation
• Cluster administration
  • Cluster administration
    • Cluster expansion administration
      • Overview
      • Cluster expansion workflow
        • Verify the cluster is ready for expansion
          • Verify the planned configuration
          • Gather the required network information
          • Add or replace switches
        • Prepare the cluster for expansion
          • Add node-locked licenses
          • Verify the health of the system
          • Back up the cluster configuration
          • Generate an AutoSupport message about starting expansion
        • Install the new nodes
          • Install the controllers
          • Configure node-management LIFs
          • Upgrade or downgrade the nodes
          • Ensure hardware-level HA is enabled
          • Add nodes to a cluster using System Manager
          • Join nodes to the cluster using the CLI
        • Complete the expansion
          • Configure the node details in System Manager
          • Configure AutoSupport on the new nodes
          • Configure the Service Processor network
          • Validate the configuration of the expanded cluster
          • Generate an AutoSupport message about completing expansion
          • Update LUN paths for the new nodes
  • Volume move management
    • Overview
    • Volume move workflow
      • Plan the method and timing of a volume move
      • Move a volume using System Manager
      • Verify LUN reporting nodes after moving a volume
      • Update LUN reporting nodes after moving a volume
      • Update NDMP backup after moving a volume
  • SNMP configuration
    • Overview
    • SNMP configuration workflow
      • Verify that SNMP is enabled
      • Add an SNMP community
      • Add an SNMPv3 security user
      • Add an SNMP traphost
      • Test SNMP traps
      • Test SNMP polling
• Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
  • Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
    • Understand System Manager
    • Set up the cluster by using ONTAP System Manager
      • Set up a cluster by using the template file
        • Create a cluster
        • Set up a network
        • Set up a support page
        • Review storage recommendations
        • Create an SVM
    • Access a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
    • Configure System Manager options
    • View ONTAP System Manager log files
    • Set up the cluster
      • Set up the cluster
      • Add licenses
      • Setting the time zone for a cluster
      • Monitor HA pairs
    • Set up the network
    • Set up physical storage
      • Assigning disks to nodes
      • Zeroing spare disks
      • Provisioning storage through aggregates
    • Create SVMs
      • Configure CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
      • Configure iSCSI protocol on SVMs
      • Configure FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
      • Configure NVMe protocol on SVMs
      • Delegating administration to SVM administrators
      • Create FlexVol volumes
      • Create SnapLock volumes
    • Set up SAML authentication
    • Set up peering
    • Manage clusters
      • Dashboard window
      • MetroCluster switchover and switchback
        • MetroCluster switchover and switchback workflow
        • Preparing for switchover and switchback operations
        • Performing a negotiated switchover
        • Performing a unplanned switchover
        • Performing a switchback
        • MetroCluster Switchover and Switchback Operations window
    • Applications
      • Provisioning a basic template
      • Storage service definitions
      • Add Microsoft SQL Server over SAN to System Manager
      • Application provisioning settings
      • Edit an application
      • Delete an application
      • Applications window
    • Configuration update
    • Service Processors
    • Cluster peers
    • High availability
    • Licenses
    • Cluster Expansion
    • Update clusters
      • Update clusters in a non MetroCluster configuration
      • Update clusters in a MetroCluster configuration
      • Obtaining ONTAP software images
      • Update single-node clusters
      • Update a cluster nondisruptively
      • Cluster Update window
    • 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
    • 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
    • Disks
      • View disk information
      • How ONTAP reports disk types
      • Determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
      • Disks window
    • Array LUNs
    • Nodes
    • Hardware Cache
    • Events
    • System alerts
    • AutoSupport notifications
    • Jobs
    • Flash Pool statistics
    • SVM Dashboard window
      • Monitor SVMs
      • Edit SVM settings
      • Delete SVMs
      • Start SVMs
      • Stop SVMs
      • Manage SVMs
      • Tracing file access to diagnose access errors on SVMs
      • About SVMs
      • About ONTAP name service switch configuration
      • Storage Virtual Machines window
      • Trace File Access window
    • 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
    • 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
    • CIFS protocol
      • Add home directory paths
      • Reset CIFS domain controllers
      • Update the CIFS group policy configuration
      • Set up BranchCache
      • Add preferred domain controllers
      • View CIFS domain information
      • CIFS window
    • NFS protocol
    • Set up NVMe
      • Create an NVMe namespace
      • Edit an NVMe namespace
      • Cloning an NVMe namespace
      • Start and stopping the NVMe service
      • What an NVMe subsystem is
    • iSCSI protocol
    • FC/FCoE protocol
    • Export policies
    • Efficiency policies
    • Manage QoS policy groups
      • Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
    • NIS services
    • LDAP client services
    • LDAP configuration services
    • Kerberos realm services
    • DNS/DDNS Services
    • SVM users
    • UNIX
    • Local windows group
      • Manage local Windows groups
    • Name mapping
    • Mirror relationships
      • Manage mirror relationships
      • Break SnapMirror relationships
      • Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
      • Abort a mirror transfer
      • Restore a volume in a mirror relationship
    • Vault relationships
      • Manage vault relationships
      • Abort a Snapshot copy transfer
      • Restore a volume in a vault relationship
    • Mirror and vault relationships
      • Manage mirror and vault relationships
      • Abort mirror and vault relationships
      • Restore a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
    • Protection window
    • SVM relationships
    • Manage protection policies
    • Manage Snapshot policies
    • Manage schedules
• ONTAP docs
• Legal Notices