Manage the block devices for an FSx for ONTAP file system
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From the NetApp Workload Factory console, you can manage the block devices for your FSx for ONTAP file systems. Management tasks include viewing block device details and increasing capacity.
Block devices, or LUNs (logical unit numbers), are volumes that contain file systems in a SAN environment and can be accessed by hosts over a network.
You can manage block devices for FSx for ONTAP file systems that use the iSCSI protocol.
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You must associate a link to manage block devices. Learn how to associate an existing link or to create and associate a new link. After you associate the link, return to this operation.
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You must have an existing block device to view and manage.
View block device details
View details for an existing block device at any time.
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Log in using one of the console experiences.
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In the Storage tile, select Go to Storage.
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From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.
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From FSx for ONTAP, select the Block devices tab.
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Navigate to the actions menu for block device and then select View details.
General details, consumption, access, and protection information for the block device are displayed.
Increase the capacity of a block device
Increase the capacity of an existing block device at any time.
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Log in using one of the console experiences.
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In the Storage tile, select Go to Storage.
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From the Storage menu, select FSx for ONTAP.
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From FSx for ONTAP, select the Block devices tab.
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Navigate to the actions menu for the block device and then select Increase capacity.
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Enter the new capacity for the block device and select the unit.
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Select Increase to apply the changes.
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After you increase the size of the block device, follow the procedure provided by your host operating system to discover the new size of the block device and expand the file system on it. |