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Provision NVMe storage

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Use these steps to create namespaces and provision storage for any NVMe supported host on an existing storage VM.

About this task

This procedure applies to FAS, AFF, and current ASA systems. If you have an ASA r2 system (ASA A1K, ASA A90, ASA A70, ASA A50, ASA A30, or ASA A20), follow these steps to provision your storage. ASA r2 systems provide a simplified ONTAP experience specific to SAN-only customers.

Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, when you provision storage, QoS is enabled by default. You can disable QoS or choose a custom QoS policy during the provisioning process or at a later time.

Before you begin

Your storage VM must be configured for NVME, and your FC or TCP transport should already be set up.

System Manager

Using ONTAP System Manager (9.7 and later), create namespaces to provide storage using the NVMe protocol.

Steps

  1. In System Manager, click Storage > NVMe Namespaces and then click Add.

    If you need to create a new subsystem, click More Options.

  2. If you are running ONTAP 9.8 or later and you want to disable QoS or choose a custom QoS policy, click More Options and then, under Storage and Optimization select Performance Service Level.

  3. Zone your FC switches by WWPN. Use one zone per initiator and include all target ports in each zone.

  4. On your host, discover the new namespaces.

  5. Initialize the namespace and format it with a file system.

  6. Verify that your host can write and read data on the namespace.