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Set up ONTAP S3 as the FabricPool cloud tier

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If you are running ONTAP 9.8 or later, you can set up ONTAP S3 as the cloud tier for FabricPool.

Before you begin

  • You must have the ONTAP S3 server name and the IP address of its associated LIFs on the remote cluster.

    Note The server name is used as the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) by client applications. Outside of ONTAP, confirm DNS records point to the SVM data LIFs being used.

  • There must be intracluster LIFs on the local cluster.

    When configured for local cluster tiering, a local tier (also known as a storage aggregate in the ONTAP CLI) is attached to a local bucket. FabricPool uses cluster LIFs for intracluster traffic.

    Note Performance degradation might occur if cluster LIF resources become saturated. To avoid this, NetApp recommends using four-node or greater clusters when tiering to a local bucket along with an HA pair for the local tier and an HA pair for the local bucket. Tiering to local buckets on a single HA pair is not recommended.

  • To enable remote FabricPool capacity (cloud) tiering using ONTAP S3, you must configure intercluster LIFs on the FabricPool client and configure data LIFs on the object store server.

About this task

Load balancing is enabled for ONTAP S3 servers in ONTAP 9.8 and later. When the server's hostname resolves to more than one IP address, ONTAP establishes client connections with all the IP addresses returned (up to a maximum of 16 IP addresses). The IP addresses are picked up in a round-robin method when connections are established.

Procedure

You can set up ONTAP S3 as the cloud tier for FabricPool with ONTAP System Manager or the ONTAP CLI.

System Manager

  1. Click Storage > Tiers > Add Cloud Tier and select ONTAP S3 as the object store provider.

  2. Complete the requested information.

  3. If you want to create a cloud mirror, click Add as FabricPool Mirror.

A FabricPool mirror provides a method for you to seamlessly replace a data store, and it helps to ensure that your data is available in the event of disaster.