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Technical Report Introduction to NetApp EF-Series EF570 Feature Overview with SANtricity 11.50.2 Daniel Landes, NetApp June 2019 | TR-4726 Abstract ® The NetApp EF570 all-flash array delivers optimal performance without compromising on reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features that deliver up to 99.9999% availability.
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Table 39) SANtricity upgrade using Unified Manager....................93 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1) New-generation NetApp EF570 all-flash array with bezel on and off..............6 Figure 2) EF-Series 4KB random read performance improvements over time...............7 Figure 3) EF570 controller with ports identified......................8 Figure 4) Decision tree for SANtricity management components to install.
1 Introduction NetApp EF570 arrays have a modern look, leverage the 12Gbps SAS, wide-port DE224C drive shelves, and are managed by the secure, web-based SANtricity System Manager UI. Additionally, its performance capabilities that enable new-age analytics and AI workloads to simply run faster.
• 7.6TB and 15.3TB SSDs for fast, large-capacity requirements EF-Series products have a documented history of delivering up to 99.9999% availability when systems are properly sized, deployed, and maintained with NetApp support agreements. EF-Series also include ® NetApp AutoSupport technology to enhance your ongoing product experience.
The E-Series SANtricity Unified Manager or E-Series SANtricity Web Services Proxy is available on the NetApp Support site’s software download page. Either listing takes you to the combined Web Services Proxy with SANtricity Unified Manager download page. After the installation wizard completes, you can open Unified Manager, or you can directly access the SANtricity Web Services Proxy as shown in Figure 8.
Mirroring. 2.4 SANtricity System Manager As discussed previously, the NetApp EF570 controller and SANtricity 11.50.x use the on-box browser- based management interface. However, the legacy SANtricity Storage Manager EMW can still be used with the EF570-based storage arrays. As a result, the installation flow is similar to legacy E-Series arrays.
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Manager 11.50 or later. To discover EF570 storage systems running SANtricity 11.50.x from a central view, download SANtricity Storage Manager 11.5x or Web Services Proxy 3.0 or later from the NetApp Support site and load it on a management server that has IP access to the storage systems.
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NetApp Support site at https://mysupport.netapp.com/eseries. Note: Creating an account on the NetApp Support site can take 24 hours or more for first-time customers. New customers should register for Support site access well before the initial product installation date.
Note: See the SMcli command reference from the NetApp Support site for a detailed listing of SMcli commands available with each user role. Setting Up the Directory Server and Roles Directory servers, like most data center devices, are complex and designed to fulfill many use cases.
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(I/O path that uses a host agent), or native SYMbol interface. The lack of SYMbol access means that you cannot use the Storage Manager EMW or other SYMbol-based tools such as the NetApp Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) provider.
This feature is a critically important to turn on by default when you provision new volumes. Note: If you have been running I/O to an array with media scan off, consult with NetApp Technical Support before you turn it on.
For additional details and use case information about SANtricity copy services features, see TR-4458: Deploying NetApp E-Series and EF-Series Copy Services with Oracle and SQL Server Databases. For mirroring details and setup procedures, see TR-4656: SANtricity OS 11.40 Synchronous and Asynchronous Mirroring Guide.
Fusion, the NetApp one-stop tool for all product sizing. This tool is not available to end customers, but it is a key tool for sales engineers and partner sales to propose the most cost-effective configurations that meet customers’...
Tool Description Config Advisor creates PDF, Word, and Excel reports about the system configuration summary and health check results. It also sends Config Advisor AutoSupport data back to NetApp over HTTP; this data can be viewed through SmartSolve. To download the Config Advisor tool and associated installation documentation use the Config Advisor link above, acknowledge the EULA, and select Continue.
Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) guidance. The kits are on the NetApp Support site at Downloads > Software > Host Utilities— SAN. Currently, the Linux and Windows kits support E-Series and FAS implementations. Other available kits support FAS implementations only.
56Gbps 40Gbps Note: NetApp does not sell IB cables for either port speed; however, cables are readily available from suppliers such as Mellanox and QLogic. For optical connections, the appropriate SFPs must be ordered for the specific implementation. Consult Hardware Universe for a full listing of available host interface equipment.
To prevent the loss of data availability to existing drive shelves when new drive shelves are added, the storage system must be cabled according to the cabling best practices that NetApp recommends. Two independent SAS channel paths must be available to the drive shelves so that one path can be interrupted when a drive shelf is added to the storage system while the other path maintains data availability to existing shelves.
LUNs during I/O activity. 7 E-Series Product Support NetApp E-Series storage systems are identified by the serial number (SN) of the E-Series system shelf, not the SNs of the individual controllers in the E-Series system shelf. The correct SN must be registered for an E-Series system because only the SN of the E-Series system shelf can be used to log a support case with NetApp.
This causes the storage array to reboot. The new protocol will be active after the system is back online. For issues with accessing license key files, open a support ticket with NetApp Customer Support Delivery using the serial number of the registered controller shelf for the associated storage system.
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