NetApp EF, EF570 Overview Manual

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. The 100Gb host interface now supports NVMe/RoCE (NVMe over RDMA over Converged Ethernet) and NVMe over InfiniBand (NVMe/IB) and the 32Gb FC host interface now supports NVMe/FC. The EF-Series 12Gb wide port backend can deliver 100µsec response times at low queue depths and <1msec response times up to 1,000,000 IOPs. The embedded browser-based SANtricity System Manager provides enhanced security for array management and the new SANtricity Unified Manager simplifies managing multiple EF570 systems. This report provides detailed information about the hardware and software features of the EF570 all-flash array including what’s new with SANtricity 11.50.2.

Introduction to NetApp EF570 All-Flash Arrays: Feature Overview with SANtricity 11.50.2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 6

2 SANtricity Management Features ....................................................................................................... 9

2.1 Deployment .....................................................................................................................................................9

2.2 SANtricity Unified Manager ........................................................................................................................... 12

2.3 SANtricity Unified Manager Navigation ................................................................................................ ......... 14

2.4 SANtricity System Manager .......................................................................................................................... 21

2.5 SANtricity Storage Features.......................................................................................................................... 36

2.6 SANtricity Management Integration .............................................................................................................. 40

2.7 SANtricity Web Services Native REST API ................................................................................................... 40

3 Sales Support Tool Enhancements .................................................................................................. 43

3.1 Config Advisor ............................................................................................................................................... 43

3.2 Fusion ................................................................................................ ........................................................... 44

3.3 Synergy ......................................................................................................................................................... 46

3.4 Hardware Universe ....................................................................................................................................... 46

3.5 Host Utilities .................................................................................................................................................. 46

4 SANtricity Software Specifications for EF570 Hardware................................................................ 46

5 EF570 Hardware Configurations ....................................................................................................... 48

5.1 Controller Shelf Configurations ..................................................................................................................... 48

5.2 See the Hardware Universe for current supported drive availability information and encryption capability

by drive capacity (FDE, FIPS).Controller Host Interface Features ................................................................ 50

5.3 Hardware LED Definitions ............................................................................................................................. 52

5.4 Setting Shelf ID with ODP Pushbutton .......................................................................................................... 64

6 Drive Shelves ...................................................................................................................................... 65

6.1 IOM LED Definitions ..................................................................................................................................... 66

6.2 Drive LED Definitions .................................................................................................................................... 67

6.3 Greenfield Installation ................................................................................................................................... 68

6.4 Drive Shelf Hot Add ...................................................................................................................................... 69

7 E-Series Product Support .................................................................................................................. 70

7.1 Controller Shelf Serial Number ..................................................................................................................... 70

7.2 License Keys ................................................................................................................................................. 72

Summary .................................................................................................................................................... 73

Appendix .................................................................................................................................................... 74

System Manager Tables ....................................................................................................................................... 74

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Where to Find Additional Information .................................................................................................... 93

Version History ......................................................................................................................................... 93

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1) Management use cases. ................................................................................................................................ 21

Table 2) Built-in roles and associated permissions. ..................................................................................................... 29

Table 3) LDAP/RBAC required fields and definitions. .................................................................................................. 30

Table 4) SANtricity host types and associated failover behavior in SANtricity 11.50.x. ................................................ 37

Table 5) SANtricity 11.50.x features for long-term reliability. ................................................................ ........................ 37

Table 6) EF570 standard features that are included with SANtricity 11.50.x. ............................................................... 38

Table 7) SANtricity 11.50.x copy services features. ..................................................................................................... 39

Table 8) SANtricity APIs and toolkits. ........................................................................................................................... 40

Table 9) Third platform plug-ins that use the SANtricity Web Services Proxy. ............................................................. 40

Table 10) SANtricity software boundaries for EF570-based storage systems. ............................................................. 46

Table 11) EF570 technical specifications. .................................................................................................................... 49

Table 12) Available FP-SMIDs for EF570 controllers. ................................................................................................ .. 50

Table 13) FC host interface port speed and associated SFPs. .................................................................................... 51

Table 14) iSCSI host interface port speed and associated SFPs. ................................................................................ 51

Table 15) IB host interface port speed and associated cables and SFPs. ................................................................... 51

Table 16) EF570 controller shelf LED definitions (front panel). .................................................................................... 53

Table 17) EF570 controller shelf power and fan canister LED definitions. ................................................................... 55

Table 18) Controller base features LED definitions. ..................................................................................................... 57

Table 19) Ethernet management port LED definitions. ................................................................................................. 58

Table 20) 16Gb FC/10Gb iSCSI baseboard host port LED definitions. ........................................................................ 58

Table 21) Drive expansion port LED definitions. .......................................................................................................... 59

Table 22) 2-port 100Gb IB HIC LED definitions. ........................................................................................................... 60

Table 23) 4-port 12Gb SAS HIC LED definitions. ......................................................................................................... 61

Table 24) 4-port 32Gb FC HIC LED definitions. ........................................................................................................... 62

Table 25) 4-port optical 25Gb iSCSI HIC LED definitions............................................................................................. 63

Table 26) IOM LED definitions. .................................................................................................................................... 66

Table 27) EF570 drive LED definitions. ........................................................................................................................ 67

Table 28) Storage array options: AMW compared with System Manager. ................................................................... 74

Table 29) Disk pool options: AMW compared with System Manager. .......................................................................... 75

Table 30) Volume group options: AMW compared with System Manager.................................................................... 76

Table 31) Volume options: AMW compared with System Manager. ............................................................................. 78

Table 32) Snapshot group options: AMW compared with System Manager................................................................. 80

Table 33) Snapshot image options: AMW compared with System Manager. ............................................................... 81

Table 34) Snapshot volume options: AMW compared with System Manager. ............................................................. 82

Table 35) Volume copy options: AMW compared with System Manager. .................................................................... 83

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Table 36) Asynchronous mirroring options: AMW compared with System Manager. ................................................... 83

Table 37) Synchronous mirroring options: AMW compared with System Manager. ..................................................... 85

Table 38) Host mapping options: AMW compared with System Manager. ................................................................... 86

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. .................................................................. 10

Figure 5) Managing a single EF570 with SANtricity System Manager. ........................................................................ 10

Figure 6) Managing multiple EF570 systems and E5700 systems with EMW and System Manager. .......................... 11

Figure 7) Managing a mixed-array environment with SANtricity Storage Manager and System Manager. .................. 12

Figure 8) Final dialog box in the Web Services Proxy installation wizard. .................................................................... 13

Figure 9) SANtricity Unified Manager login page. ......................................................................................................... 14

Figure 10) New SANtricity Unified Manager landing page—discover and add arrays. ................................................. 15

Figure 11) SANtricity Unified Manager landing page. ................................................................................................... 15

Figure 12) Creating a group to organize arrays in SANtricity Unified Manager. ........................................................... 16

Figure 13) Creating a group in Unified Manager. ......................................................................................................... 16

Figure 14) SANtricity Unified Manager showing newly created group. ......................................................................... 17

Figure 15) SANtricity Unified Manager Operations view............................................................................................... 17

Figure 16) SANtricity Unified Manager OS Software Repository view. ......................................................................... 18

Figure 17) SANtricity Unified Manager upgrade OS. .................................................................................................... 18

Figure 18) SANtricity Unified Manager upgrade OS options. ....................................................................................... 19

Figure 19) SANtricity OS Confirm Transfer. ................................................................................................................. 19

Figure 20) Upgrade status. ........................................................................................................................................... 20

Figure 21) OS software upgrade successful. ................................................................................................................ 20

Figure 22) New SANtricity OS version displayed. ........................................................................................................ 20

Figure 23) SANtricity System Manager home page. .................................................................................................... 25

Figure 24) System Manager Storage page. .................................................................................................................. 26

Figure 25) System Manager Hardware page................................................................................................................ 26

Figure 26) System Manager Settings page with new security tiles. .............................................................................. 27

Figure 27) System Manager Support page. .................................................................................................................. 27

Figure 28) System Manager Support Center. ............................................................................................................... 28

Figure 29) SANtricity System Manager directory server setup wizard. ......................................................................... 31

Figure 30) Role Mapping tab in the directory server settings wizard. ........................................................................... 32

Figure 31) SANtricity System Manager views change based on user permission level. .............................................. 33

Figure 32) Initial step required to set up web server certificates. .................................................................................. 34

Figure 33) Expanded SANtricity System Manager Certificates tile. .............................................................................. 34

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Figure 34) Opening the API documentation. ................................................................................................................ 41

Figure 35) Example expanding the Device-ASUP endpoint. ........................................................................................ 41

Figure 36) REST API documentation sample. .............................................................................................................. 42

Figure 37) Sample output from the Try It Out! button. .................................................................................................. 42

Figure 38) Device-asup endpoint possible response codes and definitions. ................................................................ 43

Figure 39) E-Series and EF-Series performance sizing tool launched from the Fusion tool......................................... 45

Figure 40) Performance sizing report. ................................................................ .......................................................... 45

Figure 41) EF570 front view with bezel. ....................................................................................................................... 48

Figure 42) EF570 front view (open). ............................................................................................................................. 48

Figure 43) EF570 rear view. ......................................................................................................................................... 48

Figure 44) EF570 with optional HICs. ........................................................................................................................... 52

Figure 45) ODP on front panel of EF570 controller shelf. ............................................................................................. 53

Figure 46) Setting shelf ID by using SANtricity System Manager. ................................................................................ 54

Figure 47) LEDs on EF570 power fan canister (rear view). .......................................................................................... 55

Figure 48) Viewing system status information by using SANtricity System Manager. .................................................. 56

Figure 49) Controller module and array status LEDs. .................................................................................................. 56

Figure 50) Ethernet management ports on the EF570 controller canister. ................................................................... 57

Figure 51) Ports 0a and 0b 16Gb FC/10Gb iSCSI baseboard host ports. .................................................................... 58

Figure 52) LEDs for drive expansion ports. .................................................................................................................. 59

Figure 53) LEDs on 2-port 100Gb IB HIC. .................................................................................................................... 60

Figure 54) LEDs for 4-port 12Gb SAS HIC. ................................................................................................ .................. 61

Figure 55) LEDs for 4-port 32Gb FC HIC. .................................................................................................................... 62

Figure 56) LEDs for 4-port 25Gb iSCSI HIC. ................................................................ ................................................ 63

Figure 57) ODP on the DE224C (front bezel or end caps removed). ........................................................................... 64

Figure 58) DE224C front view with end caps. .............................................................................................................. 65

Figure 59) DE224C front view without end caps. ......................................................................................................... 65

Figure 60) DE224C rear view. ...................................................................................................................................... 65

Figure 61) LEDs for IOM. ............................................................................................................................................. 66

Figure 62) EF570 drive carrier LEDs. ........................................................................................................................... 67

Figure 63) EF570 expansion-drive shelf cabling example for maximum DE224C shelf configuration. ......................... 68

Figure 64) EF570 with mixed 6Gbps and 12Gbps expansion shelves. ........................................................................ 68

Figure 65) Drive shelf hot-add controller expansion port 1 cabling. .............................................................................. 69

Figure 66) Drive shelf hot-add controller expansion port 2 cabling. .............................................................................. 70

Figure 67) Controller shelf SN. ..................................................................................................................................... 71

Figure 68) SANtricity System Manager Support Center tile showing chassis serial number. ....................................... 71

Figure 69) Change feature pack from Settings>System view. ...................................................................................... 72

Figure 70) Change feature pack option. ....................................................................................................................... 73

Introduction to NetApp EF570 All-Flash Arrays: Feature Overview with SANtricity 11.50.2

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.

Figure 1) New-generation NetApp EF570 all-flash array with bezel on and off.

In one powerful all-flash array package, the EF570 delivers optimal performance for both mixed random workloads and large sequential workloads. The array can deliver consistent submillisecond-latency response times for up to 1 million 4KB random read IOPS with as few as 24 solid-state drives (SSDs). The same configuration can deliver up to 16GBps large sequential read throughput and about 8GBps cache mirrored large sequential write throughput. When your workload meets the criteria of the built-in full-stripe write acceleration feature, you can accelerate write performance up to 12Gbps. If you add an expansion shelf and 12 additional SSDs, the EF570 array will deliver up to 21GBps throughput for large sequential read workloads.

This performance capability builds on a legacy of generation-over-generation performance gains that EFSeries all-flash arrays have delivered. Figure 2 shows the comparison between each generation of EFSeries system and the associated SANtricity software release by comparing a 4KB random read performance benchmark.

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Figure 2) EF-Series 4KB random read performance improvements over time.

The EF570 is used for storage solutions that require the depth of enterprise-grade SAN storage and that consistently deliver response times in the sub-120µsec range.

The array now supports the NVMe/FC protocol on the 32Gb FC host interface card in addition to NVMe/IB and NVMe/RoCE.

Note: The NVMe/IB,NVMe/RoCE and NVMe/FC protocols are supported only on EF570 or E5700

controllers with the 64GB memory option running SANtricity 11.50 or later software versions (11.50.2 for NVMe/FC).

This performance versatility is enhanced by multiple SSD choices to achieve the price-performance combination that fits your business need. Current drive choices include:

• Entry-price-point 800GB SSDs for fast, small random workloads

• 1.6TB and 3.8TB fast, large-capacity SSDs to support higher-capacity sequential workloads, random

or mixed workloads

• 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.

Note: EF570 controllers are not offered in the 12-drive DE212C shelf or in the 60-drive DE460C shelf.

EF570 is offered only in the 24-drive DE224C shelf.

Each EF570 controller provides two Ethernet management ports for out-of-band management and has two 12Gbps wide-port (x4 lanes) SAS drive expansion ports to support redundant drive expansion paths.

The EF570 also introduces new, faster host interface options that fit the needs of small and mid-tier businesses or the world’s most demanding storage environments. These options are in one easy-toinstall and easy-to-maintain hardware and integrated management software package.

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This package includes two built-in host ports on each controller, either two 16Gb FC or two 10Gb iSCSI, and your choice of the following optional HICs:

• 4-port 12Gb SAS (mini-SAS 3 connector)

• 4-port 32Gb FC (OM4 fiber required)

• 4-port 25Gb iSCSI (OM4 fiber required)

• 2-port 100Gb IB (requires 100Gb-capable cables and host channel adapters [HCAs])

Note: A software feature pack can be downloaded and installed in the field to change the host

protocol of the optical baseboard ports from FC to iSCSI or from iSCSI to FC. In addition, the 100Gb HIC protocol can be changed to one of four choices: iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER), SCSI RDMA Protocol (SRP), NVMe/IB, or NVMe/RoCE. The 32Gb FC HIC can be changed to run NVMe/FC.

Only one protocol can be active on the 100Gb HIC at one time, and the on-board host interface ports are disabled when an NVMe based protocol is activated. Figure 3 identifies the various interface ports on the EF570 controller.

Figure 3) EF570 controller with ports identified.

For optical connections, appropriate SFPs must be ordered for the specific implementation. Consult the NetApp Hardware Universe for a full listing of available host interface equipment.

For detailed instructions about how to change host protocols, go to the Upgrading > Hardware Upgrade section at https://mysupport.netapp.com/eseries.

The EF570 continues the E-Series legacy of being fast, simple, reliable, and flexible SAN storage regardless of the workload. E-Series EF570 all-flash arrays can support the workload if the following conditions are met:

• Hosts are qualified with E-Series arrays (most common host types are supported).

• The hosts use SAN access to the storage, whether directly connected or fabric connected.

• The storage is managed at the host or file system level.

In fact, some of the world’s most demanding online transactional workloads run on EF-Series arrays because these arrays are blazing fast, simple to install and operate, and are extremely reliable (up to

99.9999% data availability). These highly flexible SAN building blocks can be applied when you need them and can be plugged-in to your current application environment on demand without disrupting your primary storage management strategy. EF-Series arrays can operate in a space as small as 2RU,

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seamlessly integrate with many software layers, and still deliver consistently low-latency performance. These capabilities make EF-Series an optimal SAN building block for any size enterprise that needs to support demanding online or database reliant workloads.

Whether you are running Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Microsoft SQL Server, Splunk real-time analytics, or specialty applications with demanding response-time requirements, the EF570 maintains its performance profile as systems scale up to 120 SSDs or five total shelves. To fully maximize performance, only minor setting changes are required when you create disk pools, volume groups, or volumes to switch between high-IOPS configurations and high-throughput configurations, making EFSeries arrays easy to deploy regardless of your workload.

EF570 arrays use the new-generation, web-based SANtricity System Manager GUI to manage individual arrays, and the new SANtricity Unified Manager enables you to organize and manage multiple new generation E-Series and EF-Series arrays from the new API based central management application. The built-in web services API integration or the management client-based web services package makes the EF-Series product line easier than ever to integrate with your standard API-driven environment. The following sections provide broad product information, including technical details about the new features with SANtricity 11.50.1.

2 SANtricity Management Features

E-Series and EF-Series arrays have a rock-solid reputation for reliability, availability, simplicity, and security. The SANtricity 11.50.x release builds on that legacy by adding a new central management interface built on the existing SANtricity Web Services Proxy for new EF280/E2800 and EF570/E5700 storage systems.

The new generation E-Series and EF-Series arrays running the latest OS are now common criteria certified (NDcPP v2 certification) and are listed on the Canadian Communications Security Establishment (CSE) site.

2.1 Deployment

The decisions about which components to install if you have purchased an EF570 all-flash array depend on how you answer the questions that are shown in Figure 4.

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Figure 4) Decision tree for SANtricity management components to install.

Note: If you are not using synchronous or asynchronous mirroring features; only have new-generation

EF570, E5700, EF280 or E2800 storage arrays; and do not want to use the SANtricity script editor, an alternative to installing the EMW to manage multiple arrays is to simply bookmark each array in a web browser.

Single EF570 Storage Array

If you have only a single new array and are not using either the synchronous mirroring or asynchronous mirroring feature and do not require the CLI, then all configuration can be handled from SANtricity System Manager as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5) Managing a single EF570 with SANtricity System Manager.

Multiple EF570 Storage Arrays

If you have one or more EF570 storage arrays and other new generation E-Series or EF-Series arrays, you can install SANtricity Storage Manager (EMW) to manage your overall environment, or you can now install the SANtricity Web Services Proxy 3.0 or later versions and use SANtricity Unified Manager. Either way, you can still handle all storage array-based configuration tasks through SANtricity System Manager as shown in Figure 6.

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Figure 6) Managing multiple EF570 systems and E5700 systems with EMW and System Manager.

Mixed-Array Environment

If you have one or more EF570 all-flash arrays and any other E-Series storage arrays and want to have the EF570 included in your aggregate view or use synchronous or asynchronous mirroring, you must install the EMW. Use the SANtricity System Manager for array-based tasks on the EF570 all-flash arrays and use the AMW for array-based tasks on other older generation E-Series storage arrays, as shown in Figure 7.

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Figure 7) Managing a mixed-array environment with SANtricity Storage Manager and System Manager.

For a detailed description of installing and configuring the components you choose, see the appropriate

Express Guides for deployment instructions.

2.2 SANtricity Unified Manager

SANtricity Unified Manager is a web-based central management interface that replaces the legacy SANtricity Storage Manager Enterprise Management Window (EMW) for managing the new-generation EF570/E5700 and EF280/E2800 arrays. The Unified Manager GUI is bundled with the SANtricity Web Services Proxy starting with version 3.0 and installs on a management server with IP access to the managed arrays. Unified Manager can manage hundreds of arrays.

SANtricity Unified Manager has added the following time-saving features:

• Upgrade multiple arrays with same type of controller at one time.

• Supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and role-based access control (RBAC) just

like SANtricity System Manager. It includes a simplified certificate management workflow to manage the Unified Manager or Web Services Proxy server certificates (truststore and keystore certificates).

• Supports organizing arrays by groups that you can create, name, and arrange.

• Supports importing common settings from one array to another, saving time from duplicating setup

steps for each array.

• Supports synchronous and asynchronous mirroring for EF570/E5700 and EF280/E2800 arrays. You need the EMW only if the initiator or target array is a legacy E2700, E5600/EF560, or earlier array model.

Note: With Unified Manager, you must use the legacy SYMbol management interface to set up or

manage mirrored relationships, but once you create them, you can disable the SYMbol interface again. In an upcoming maintenance release, Unified Manager will fully support managing mirroring through the more secure SSL interface.

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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.

Figure 8) Final dialog box in the Web Services Proxy installation wizard.

If you want to open the Unified Manager UI after the Web Services Proxy installation, simply open a browser and navigate to the server IP address and secure port number that was reserved during the Web Services Proxy software installation. For example, enter the URL in the form https://<proxy-FQDN>:<port #>/, and then select the link for Unified Manager. You could go directly to the Unified Manager login page (Figure 9) by adding /um to the URL. For example, https://<proxy-FQDN>:<port #>/um.

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Figure 9) SANtricity Unified Manager login page.

2.3 SANtricity Unified Manager Navigation

SANtricity Unified Manager has a similar appearance as SANtricity System Manager, but there is one significant difference at the initial login. SANtricity System Manager (the embedded UI for a single array) requires administrators to set the array admin password as part of the initial login. SANtricity Unified Manager has a factory default admin account and password:

• User = admin

• Password = admin

The administrator can continue the setup with the default admin settings or can change the password before completing the additional setup.

Discovering and Adding Storage Arrays

Similar to the SANtricity EMW, SANtricity Unified Manager must discover arrays to manage, and like the EMW, you can discover a single array or scan a range of IP addresses to discover multiple arrays simultaneously. Select the tab or link shown in Figure 10 to open the Add/Discover wizard. After discovering arrays, you then choose to add them to be managed by Unified Manager.

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Figure 10) New SANtricity Unified Manager landing page—discover and add arrays.

After the arrays are discovered and added, they are displayed on the landing page of Unified Manager (Figure 11).

Figure 11) SANtricity Unified Manager landing page.

Organizing Arrays by Group

After you add arrays to Unified Manager, you can group them to organize your array management environment. Figure 12 shows EF280 arrays added to a group. This capability is available for all new generation E-Series and EF-Series arrays.

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Figure 12) Creating a group to organize arrays in SANtricity Unified Manager.

The built-in wizard makes adding arrays to groups quick and easy, as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13) Creating a group in Unified Manager.

The SANtricity Unified Manager allows you to see just the subset of arrays in the new group shown in Figure 14.

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Figure 14) SANtricity Unified Manager showing newly created group.

Import Settings and Viewing Operations

Other features in SANtricity Unified Manager require the ability to view operations that take some time to complete. One example is importing settings from one storage array to another. This new feature is especially helpful and time saving when you install a new array in an environment that already contains E-Series or EF-Series arrays running SANtricity 11.50 or later. For example, if you want the same alerting and NetApp AutoSupport® settings on all systems, simply use the Import Settings wizard to select the setting category, the array to copy from, and the array to import to, and click Finish. The operation to copy the settings is displayed in the Operations view, as shown in Figure 15.

Note: Be careful when importing settings from another storage array, especially if you have different

alerting requirements and unique storage configurations. The storage configuration option is successful only when the source and destination arrays have identical hardware configurations. The import feature does not show details about the pending import and does not prompt for confirmation. When you click Finish, you cannot stop the copy/import process.

Figure 15) SANtricity Unified Manager Operations view.

Updating SANtricity OS Through Unified Manager

To upgrade the array’s firmware, import SANtricity OS software into the Unified Manager’s SANtricity OS Software Repository using Manage SANtricity OS Software Repository (under Upgrade Center on the landing page). See Figure 16.

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Figure 16) SANtricity Unified Manager OS Software Repository view.

On the Unified Manager landing page, click Upgrade Center and then click Upgrade SANtricity OS Software. See Figure 17.

Figure 17) SANtricity Unified Manager upgrade OS.

On the Upgrade SANtricity OS Software page, select the following items:

• The desired SANtricity OS and/or NVSRAM files

• The arrays to be upgraded that are appropriate to the selected SANtricity OS files

• Whether to transfer and activate the OS files immediately or at a later time

Click Start to continue. See Figure 18.

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Figure 18) SANtricity Unified Manager upgrade OS options.

On the Confirm Transfer and Activation page, enter Upgrade and then click Upgrade to begin the SANtricity OS files transfer. See Figure 19.

Figure 19) SANtricity OS Confirm Transfer.

After the transfer starts, the Upgrade SANtricity OS Software window is displayed. The status of the selected arrays are updated throughout the upgrade process. The first status is Health Check in Progress, followed by File Transfer in Progress, and finally Reboot in Progress. See Figure 20.

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Figure 20) Upgrade status.

After the files have been transferred and the controllers have completed rebooting, the status changes to OS Software Upgrade Successful. See Figure 21.

Figure 21) OS software upgrade successful.

Back on the Unified Manager landing page, the SANtricity OS Software version reflects the newly installed SANtricity OS version. See Figure 22.

Figure 22) New SANtricity OS version displayed.

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SANtricity Unified Manager Security

SANtricity Unified Manager supports the same secure management features as SANtricity System Manager including LDAP, RBAC, and SSL certificates. For complete details and workflow examples, see

TR-4712: NetApp SANtricity Management Security.

Remote Mirroring with SANtricity Unified Manager

With Unified Manager, you can set up remote mirroring between two EF570/E5700 and/or EF280/E2800 arrays when the arrays used to initiate mirror relationships are running SANtricity 11.50 or later versions. Both the initiator and target arrays must be discovered and managed by SANtricity Unified Manager, and the System Manager session for the initiator and target arrays must be launched from SANtricity Unified Manager. For this workflow, the legacy SANtricity Storage Manager and EMW are not needed. If you want to mirror between a new E-Series array and a previous generation E-Series array, you must still use the EMW. For details about the configuration options for new E-Series and EF-Series arrays running SANtricity 11.50 or later versions, see TR-4656: SANtricity Synchronous and Asynchronous Mirroring.

2.4 SANtricity System Manager

As discussed previously, the NetApp EF570 controller and SANtricity 11.50.x use the on-box browserbased 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. You can also elect to use the new SANtricity Unified Manager instead of the EMW if you want to manage only EF570/EF280, E5700/E2800 storage arrays. The only UI component that is never used with the EF570 storage systems is the Array Management Window (AMW). The AMW is still used with EF560 and other legacy E-Series systems. The AMW has been replaced on the EF570 by the embedded, browserbased SANtricity System Manager UI.

Overview

SANtricity System Manager provides embedded management software, web services, event monitoring, and AutoSupport for EF570 arrays. Previous arrays that use EF560 or other legacy controllers do not have this embedded functionality or the new security features introduced with SANtricity System Manager

11.40 and later versions. Because you might have a mixed environment, with both the new EF570

storage array and older E-Series storage arrays, there are various management options. Table 1 provides an overview of management use cases.

Table 1) Management use cases.

Task

EF560

EF570 and EF280

Manage and Discover

Discover an array in your management domain

EMW

• SANtricity Unified Manager

• EMW

Add an array to or remove an array from your management domain

• EMW

• SANtricity storage management

CLI (SMcli)

• SANtricity Unified Manager

• EMW

• SMcli (requires that SANtricity

Storage Manager be installed)

Launch SANtricity System Manager

N/A

• SANtricity Unified Manager

• EMW

• Directly from browser

Launch the AMW

EMW

N/A

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Task

EF560

EF570 and EF280

AutoSupport and Legacy Support Bundle Collection

Enable or disable AutoSupport, AutoSupport OnDemand, and AutoSupport remote diagnostics features

• EMW

• SMcli

• System Manager

• SANtricity Unified Manager

• SANtricity Web Services (REST)

Show AutoSupport logs for all arrays or a select storage array

• EMW

• SMcli

• System Manager

• REST

Enable or disable legacy support bundle collection for a select storage array

• EMW

• SMcli

N/A Specify the support bundle

collection schedule

• EMW

• SMcli

N/A

Configuration and Status

Display information (other than alert settings) about configured arrays

• AMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires SANtricity Web

Services Proxy)

• System Manager

• SMcli (both legacy and secure)

• REST

Show the IP address of each array

• AMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• SANtricity Unified Manager

• System Manager

• SMcli (both legacy and secure)

•

Show the WWN of each array

• AMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• System Manager

• SMcli (both legacy and secure)

• REST

Show the status of each array

• EMW/AMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• SANtricity Unified Manager

• System Manager

• SMcli (both legacy and secure)

• Secure CLI

• EMW

Set up remote volume mirroring groups and pairs

• EMW/AMW

• SMcli

• EMW script editor CLI

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• System Manager

• Unified Manager and System

Manager

• EMW

• SMcli (both legacy and secure)

Show array-level configuration, provisioning, and tuning

• AMW

• SMcli

• EMW script editor CLI

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• System Manager

• REST

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Task

EF560

EF570 and EF280

Alert and SNMP Configuration

Show or configure global alert settings

• EMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• N/A

• REST

Configure email server or SNMP settings for an array

• EMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• System Manager

• REST

Send a test email based on global alert settings

• EMW

• SMcli

• REST (requires Web Services

Proxy)

• N/A

• REST

Certificate handling: view SSL information, get a certificate signing request (CSR), import a new certificate

N/A

• System Manager

• REST

More convenient syslog configuration

N/A

• System Manager

• REST

Save up to 30 days of historical statistical I/O data

N/A

• System Manager

• REST

Apply application tags to volumes

N/A

• System Manager

• REST

EF570 storage systems are shipped preloaded with SANtricity 11.50.x, which includes SANtricity System 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.

Note: The x in the SANtricity Storage Manager version number must be greater than or equal to the x in

the SANtricity 11.50.x version number.

Previous versions of SANtricity Storage Manager (the EMW) cannot discover EF570 arrays running SANtricity 11.50.x. However, SANtricity Storage Manager 11.5x can discover the new EF570 arrays and all the previous E-Series array software versions from the last five years. If you use SANtricity Unified Manager instead of the SANtricity EMW, you must use SANtricity Web Services Proxy 3.0 or later.

Following are reasons to download and install at least some portions of the SANtricity Storage Manager software package:

• You have multiple older-generation and new-generation E-Series or EF-Series arrays and want the enterprise view from the EMW.

• You plan to use synchronous or asynchronous remote mirroring from older-generation arrays and new-generation arrays.

• You need to use SMcli, in either legacy or secure mode.

• You need the Host Utilities package (SMutils) for legacy arrays. The host package is loaded on I/O

generating hosts.

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• You need to install the Microsoft Windows device-specific module (DSM) on a Windows host for multipath failover (delivered as part of the Windows host package).

Following are reasons to download and install the latest version of the SANtricity Web Services Proxy and Unified Manager:

• You have multiple new-generation E-Series or EF-Series arrays and want the enterprise view from SANtricity Unified Manager.

• You plan to use synchronous or asynchronous remote mirroring with only new-generation arrays.

• You want to use the new management features to set up and organize arrays in a more user-friendly

UI.

• You want a more secure enterprise view that supports the same user and session security as SANtricity System Manager.

If you do not want to use the SANtricity EMW or SANtricity Unified Manager to discover and manage your E-Series arrays, you do not need to download and install the legacy SANtricity Storage Manager or Web Services Proxy software. To use any of the listed functionalities, download and install Storage Manager or the Web Services Proxy as described. You should install the various SANtricity host packages according to your OS type, if recommended by the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT). See the appropriate OS Express Guide for host setup requirements, instructions, and references. The guides are available from the 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.

System Manager Navigation

After you log in to SANtricity System Manager, the home page is displayed, as shown in Figure 23.

• The icons on the left of the home page are used to navigate through the System Manager pages and are available on all pages. The text can be toggled on and off.

• The items on the top right of the page (Preferences, Help, Log Out) are also available from any location in System Manager.

• Highlighted on the bottom-right corner is an architectural view of your array that includes the ability to provision the storage.

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Figure 23) SANtricity System Manager home page.

Figure 24, Figure 25, Figure 26, and Figure 27 show the other four main pages that are used in SANtricity System Manager and that are accessible from anywhere in the application.

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Figure 24) System Manager Storage page.

Figure 25) System Manager Hardware page.

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Figure 26) System Manager Settings page with new security tiles.

Note: Figure 26 shows the view for an administrator or security administrator. Others with a lower

access permission level will see only the Alerts and System tiles.

Figure 27) System Manager Support page.

Figure 28 displays the Support Center, which you can reach by selecting the Support Center tile on the Support page. From the Support Center, use navigation tabs to reach support topics.

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Figure 28) System Manager Support Center.

See the System Manager Tables in the appendix for a list of legacy SANtricity Storage Manager AMW functions and their corresponding locations in SANtricity System Manager. The SANtricity System Manager online help also provides an excellent reference guide.

SANtricity System Manager Security

SANtricity System Manager supports multiple levels of management interface security including:

• Support for directory services using LDAP.

• Support for RBAC: five standard roles with varying permission levels.

• Support for certification authority (CA) and SSL certificates.

• Implementation of a secure CLI. The CLI is secure when the certificates are installed. Syntax and

invocation are the same as in the legacy CLI, but additional security parameters are supplied.

• Security enhancements that extend to the onboard web services API, where user account passwords are now required.

Note: If you want to run in the previous security mode with a single administrative password and still

use symbols to communicate through the legacy API, the new security features can be disabled by the admin or security users.

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LDAP and RBAC

LDAP is a commonly used communication protocol that enables directory servers such as Microsoft Active Directory to provide centralized identity control over user and group definitions. The directory service is used by many devices in a network infrastructure to identify and authenticate users seeking access to devices in the network.

RBAC is software on the E-Series array that defines standard user levels, each with a well-defined set of access permissions. The combination of authenticating a user as a member of a group and then having specific permissions set on the array side to define the type of access that user or group is allowed enables SANtricity 11.40 and later versions to provide the granularity of access that customers require.

The permission level with each role is defined in Table 2.

Table 2) Built-in roles and associated permissions.

Role Name (login as)

Access Permissions

Root Admin (admin)

This role allows you to change the passwords of any local users and execute any command supported by the array. The admin password is set at initial login or any time after.

Security Admin (security)

This role allows you to modify security configuration settings on the array. It allows you to view audit logs, configure secure syslog server, LDAP or LDAPS server connections, and manage certificates. This role provides read access but does not provide write access to storage array properties such as pool or volume creation or deletion. This role also has privileges to enable or disable SYMbol access to the array.

Storage Admin (storage)

This role allows full read and write access to the storage array properties and maintenance/diagnostics functions. However, it does not include access to perform any security configuration functions.

Support Admin (support)

This role provides access to all hardware resources on the array, failure data, MEL/Audit log and CFW upgrades. You can view the storage configuration but cannot change it.

Monitor (monitor)

This role provides read-only access to all storage array properties. However, you will not be able view the security configuration.

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. However, the E-Series LDAP/RBAC implementation focuses on authentication and two main elements: users and groups. As with most applications, you must understand a few acronyms and follow a few conventions to set up communication between the E-Series array and the directory server. The most critical acronyms to understand are:

• CN. Stands for commonName, used to identify group names as defined by the directory server tree structure.

• DC. Stands for domainComponent, the network in which user and groups exist (for example, netapp.com).

• DN. Stands for distinguishedName, the fully qualified domain name made up of one or more comma-separate common names, followed by one or more comma-separated DCs (for example, CN=functional_group_name,CN=Users,DC=netapp,DC=com).

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E-Series systems follow a standard web server implementation on the controllers, and information about the general directory services setup is available on the web. As a result, setting up the service on ESeries systems only requires some fields, which are listed in Table 3.

Table 3) LDAP/RBAC required fields and definitions.

Field Name

Definitions

Domain (for example, netapp.com)

Network domains defined in the directory server of which users accessing the storage array are members.

Server URL

Could be a fully qualified domain name or IP and port number with format

ldap://<IP:port_number> (port 389 or port 636 for LDAPs).

Bind account

Format is CN=binduser,CN=Users,DC=<some_name>,DC=com.

Bind account password

Password for bind account user

Search base DN

Format is CN=Users,DC=<some_name>,DC=com.

Username attribute

The LDAP attribute that defines the username. Example: sAMAccountName: standard entry for legacy Windows-based browsers, including Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows XP. Linux can have other designations.

Group attributes

The LDAP attribute that defines the groups to which a given user belongs. Example: memberOf is a standard attribute.

Figure 29 shows an example Microsoft Active Directory (AD) server integration with SANtricity System Manager. The entries shown are all examples except username attributes and group attributes in the privileges section. Those items are standard entries for Windows and are not likely to change for most implementations.

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Figure 29) SANtricity System Manager directory server setup wizard.

The array roles for the specified user groups are set in the Role Mapping tab. In Figure 30, users who are members of the StorageAdmin, StorageTech, and ITSupport groups are authenticated as branches of the Users group @cre.com. When users in one of those groups log in to the array, they are allowed access to certain views and functions in the management interface based on the permissions granted.

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Figure 30) Role Mapping tab in the directory server settings wizard.

Note: The monitor role is automatically added to all group DNs. Without monitor permission, users in

the associated mapped group are not able to log in to the array.

Multiple groups can be defined and mapped to specific roles that meet individual business requirements. Figure 31 shows the difference in user views and access to features based on access permission level. The login on top provides monitor and support access, but it does not provide security access like the admin login below it.

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Figure 31) SANtricity System Manager views change based on user permission level.

SANtricity Web Server Security Certificates

In addition to authentication and access control, SANtricity System Manager supports standard CA certificates. This support enables secure communications (SSL/TLS) between browser clients and the ESeries built-in web servers on the controllers. On E5750 arrays, the SANtricity System Manager UI is accessed through one of the two controllers. (In the legacy SANtricity Storage Manager application, access was through both controllers simultaneously.) As a result, all communication to the other controller in the E5750 array is done through the midplane in the shelf. Because you can log in to either of the controllers through the web browser, both controllers must run a web server instance. For proper communication, both controllers must present a self-signed certificate to each other. This process happens automatically when the admin or security user logs in to each controller and opens the Certificates tile. Figure 32 shows the dialog box that is displayed the first time the tile is opened.

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Figure 32) Initial step required to set up web server certificates.

You must accept the self-signed certificate to continue setting up certificates. The process takes you to another webpage, where the certificate is created in the background. Follow the prompts to complete the process. When the process is complete, the array requires the admin user or a user with security permissions to log in again. Both controllers are then displayed with valid local host certificates, as shown in Figure 33.

Figure 33) Expanded SANtricity System Manager Certificates tile.

To enable the E-Series onboard web servers to validate certificates from external client browsers, the controllers are preloaded with industry-standard CA root certificates. To view the standard root certificates, select the Trusted tab in the Certificates tile window shown in Figure 33 and then select Show Preinstalled Certificates from the drop-down menu.

Multifactor Authentication

Feature Overview

Multifactor authentication (MFA) includes several new functional areas on E5750 arrays:

• Authentication with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 to support MFA. You can manage authentication through an identity provider (IdP) by using SAML 2.0. An administrator establishes communication between the IdP system and the storage array and then maps IdP users to the local user roles embedded in the storage array. Using IdP allows the administrator to configure MFA.

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• Digitally signed firmware. The controller firmware verifies the authenticity of any downloadable SANtricity firmware. Digitally signed firmware is required in controller firmware version 8.42 (SANtricity 11.40.2) and later. If you attempt to download unsigned firmware during the controller upgrade process, an error is displayed, and the download is aborted.

• Certificate revocation checking using Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP). Certificate management includes certificate revocation checking through an OCSP server. The OCSP server determines whether the certificate authority (CA) has revoked any certificates before the scheduled expiration date. The OCSP server then blocks the user from accessing a server if the certificate is revoked. Revocation checking is performed whenever the storage array connects to an AutoSupport server, external key management server, LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) server, or syslog server. Configuration tasks are available from Settings > Certificates and require security admin permissions.

• Syslog server configuration for audit log archiving. In access management, you can configure a syslog server to archive audit logs. After configuration, all new audit logs are sent to the syslog server; however, previous logs are not transferred. Configuration tasks are available from Settings > Access Management and require security admin permissions.

How MFA Works

MFA is provided through the industry-standard SAML protocol. SAML does not directly provide the MFA functionality; instead, it allows the web service to send a request to an external system. The external system requests credentials from the user and verifies those credentials. Information about the authenticated user is then returned to the web service to allow the user to be assigned appropriate roles. With the previous E-Series authentication methods, the web service was responsible for requesting the user credentials and authenticating the user. With SAML, an external system provides all authentication activity. The external system can be configured to require any amount and types of user authentication factors.

SAML identifies two types of systems that cooperate to provide authentication of users:

• Identity provider. The identity provider (IdP) is the external system that does the actual authentication of users by requesting the user credentials and verifying their validity. Maintenance and configuration of the IdP is your responsibility.

• Service provider. The service provider (SP) is the system that sends a request to the IdP to have a user authenticated. For E-Series storage arrays, the controllers are the service providers; each controller is a separate SP.

Using SAML to provide MFA also enables single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. If multiple applications are configured to use the same IdP, SSO enables them to accept the same user credentials without requiring users to reenter them. The SSO feature is available only if the user is accessing these applications with the same browser.

Note that when SAML is enabled, SANtricity System Manager is the only management access point. There is therefore no access through the SANtricity CLI, the SANtricity Web Services REST API, in-band management (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.

For more information about MFA, see the E-Series online help center and the E-Series Documentation

Center. For detailed explanations about the full set of SANtricity management security features and

settings, see TR-4712: NetApp SANtricity Management Security.

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2.5 SANtricity Storage Features

SANtricity offers several layers of storage features ranging from security for data at rest, features that manage host paths, features to manage large-capacity drives that ensure data integrity and efficiently manage drive faults, and features that provide data protection. The following sections describe many of the features and provide links to additional information resources.

Drive Encryption

When external key management is enabled from the Settings tile, use the Key Management tab to generate a CSR file. Use the CSR file on the key management server to generate a client certificate. Import the client certificate from the Key Management tab to enable secure communication between the E-Series controllers and the external key management server. For more information about the SANtricity drive security feature, see the E-Series online help center and TR-4474: NetApp SANtricity Drive

Security: Feature Details Using SANtricity 11.50.

SANtricity Host and Path Management Features

When considering the elements of E-Series multipath functionality, you must understand two concepts. The first is controller-to-volume ownership and how path failover between controllers is managed through asymmetrical logical unit access (ALUA). This scenario occurs when the primary paths to an E-Series volume (I/O paths through the owning controller) are lost. The second concept concerns how the multipath driver on the host interacts with multiple ports on each E-Series controller (target port group support, or TPGS) to spread I/O across the interfaces and maximize performance. This section provides a brief explanation of each concept. For a deep explanation of E-Series multipath behavior, see TR-4604:

Clustered File Systems with E-Series Products: BPG for Media.

The design of the E-Series multipath behavior has evolved from a host multipath driver-managed scenario (explicit failover) to the new E-Series-led path management model (implicit failover). However, the E-Series fundamentals have not changed. For example, E-Series systems have asymmetric dual active controllers for which:

• Volume ownership alternates as volumes are provisioned.

• Write I/O is mirrored to the peer controller.

• Both controllers have access to every volume on the array.

• Both controllers have multiple host ports.

• If one E-Series controller fails, the other controller takes control of all the LUNs and continues to

process I/O.

These attributes allow host multipath drivers to spread I/O across ports on each controller that are associated to the volumes owned by that controller (TPGS). The drivers use path policies such as least queue depth and round robin. Depending on the host operating system, the default path policy is one of these two methods.

When all the paths from a host to one E-Series controller are lost, I/O from that host to the volumes owned by that controller is routed to ports on the other E-Series controller, which performs “I/O shipping” across the shelf midplane to the controller that owns the volumes. In parallel, an ALUA timer is set, and changes in controller-to-volume ownership are delayed until the timer expires. This delay time is long enough for links to reset and return to service (the default is 5 minutes). After the timer expires, the array decides whether to initiate a change of volume ownership to the peer controller. The decision is based on whether the nonowning controller is still receiving more than 75% of the I/O.

Table 4 provides a list of SANtricity host types and the associated support for implicit failover/failback.

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Table 4) SANtricity host types and associated failover behavior in SANtricity 11.50.x.

Host Type

ALUA/AVT Status

Implicit Failover

Implicit Failback

Automatic Load Balance

Linux DM-Multipath (kernel 3.10 or later)

Enabled

Supported

Supported VMware

Enabled

Supported

Windows

Enabled

Supported

Windows cluster

Enabled

Supported

ATTO cluster (all operating systems)

Enabled

Supported

Not supported

SANtricity Reliability Features

Table 5 provides a list of SANtricity reliability features and a brief explanation of each with references to additional information.

Table 5) SANtricity 11.50.x features for long-term reliability.

EF570 Reliability Features with SANtricity 11.50.x

Dynamic Disk Pools. NetApp patented technology that allows administrators to group a set of drives on the array to form a specialized RAID configuration. The configuration uses an 8+2 RAID 6–like algorithm to stripe I/O across all drives in the pool. The technology provides consistent performance, but it excels when a drive fails; rebuilds often take hours instead of days when the system uses large-capacity NL-SAS drives. For feature details, see TR-4652: SANtricity OS 11.40.1 Dynamic Disk Pools.

DDP capacity limits. As of SANtricity 11.40.1, the total allowable capacity associated to the DDP feature on an E5700 or EF570 array is 6PiB. The maximum single volume size is 2PiB.

The current maximum volume capacity for a thin-provisioned volume is 256TiB.

Media scan with redundancy check. A background scan of media that is run on a set schedule and detects data integrity issues. 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.

Data assurance (T10 PI). Confirms data integrity from the HIC to the drive (end-to-end in the storage array). This data integrity is especially important with large-capacity drives.

Cache mirroring. Each E-Series controller owns a set of LUNs and is responsible for processing I/O to and from those LUNs. Both controllers have access to all LUNs, and by default, all incoming writes are cached in memory on the peer controller. This mechanism enables a second level of data integrity checking and enables E-Series and EF-Series arrays to handle controller failover scenarios gracefully.

Nondisruptive controller firmware upgrade. Using the ALUA host type with multiple paths to hosts and an upgrade wizard that activates one controller at a time, this feature prevents upgrades from affecting host-toLUN access.

Note: Not all host operating systems support the ALUA host type.

Proactive drive monitor and data evacuator. Nonresponsive drives are automatically power-cycled to see

if the fault condition can be cleared. If the condition cannot be cleared, the drive is flagged as failed. For predictive failure events, the evacuator feature starts to remove data from the affected drive to move the data

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before the drive fails. If the drive fails, rebuild resumes where the evacuator was disrupted, reducing the rebuild time.

Automatic drive fault detection, failover, and rebuild by using global hot spare drives for standard RAID and spare pool capacity in the case of DDP.

SSD wear-life tracking and reporting. This metric is found in the Hardware tab’s Drive Settings dialog box.

It indicates the wear life of SSDs and replaces two SSD wear-life metrics (average erase count and spare blocks remaining) that were in previous versions of SANtricity. The metric is Percent Endurance Used; to access it, select a drive from the hardware view and then select Settings.

Online drive firmware upgrade. This feature upgrades one drive at a time and tracks writes to the affected drives during the upgrade window; it should be used only during low write I/O periods.

Note: Parallel drive firmware upgrades are supported offline to upgrade multiple drives more quickly during a maintenance window.

Automatic load balancing. This feature provides automated I/O workload balancing and confirms that incoming I/O traffic from hosts is dynamically managed and balanced across both controllers. The workload of each controller is continually monitored and analyzed in the background. When I/O on one controller significantly exceeds the I/O on the other controller for a prolonged and predictable period, SANtricity can change LUN ownership from the busy controller to the less busy controller. The feature does not react to short-term changes in I/O patterns. However, when a change of ownership is needed, SANtricity interacts with the affected host multipath driver to initiate an implicit path failover. Most current server operating systems and associated multipath drivers support implicit failover. For more information, search for “What is

automatic load balancing?” in the System Manager online help.

Embedded SNMP agent. For the EF570 controller, SNMP is supported natively. The embedded SNMP

agent complies with the SNMP V2C standard and RFC 1213 (MIB-II). For more information, search for

“manage SNMP alerts” in the System Manager online help.

Automatic alerts. This feature sends email alerts to notify data center support staff about events on the storage array.

Event monitor and system log. The SANtricity event monitor automatically records events that occur on the

storage array. Syslog enables a second level of activity tracking that allows you to connect events with associated changes recorded in the system log.

AutoSupport. E-Series products have supported AutoSupport for several releases.

Ability to enable or disable AutoSupport maintenance window. AutoSupport includes an option for

enabling or suppressing automatic ticket creation on error events. Under normal operation mode, the storage array uses AutoSupport to open a support case if there is an issue. To enable or disable the AutoSupport maintenance window, select Support > Access Management > AutoSupport.

SANtricity Data Management Features

E-Series EF570 systems ship with significant storage management features that can be activated from SANtricity System Manager. Table 6 lists the EF570 features that are standard with SANtricity 11.50.x.

Table 6) EF570 standard features that are included with SANtricity 11.50.x.

EF570 Data Management Features with SANtricity 11.50.x

SANtricity System Manager (embedded single-array management). The browser-based, on-box SANtricity System Manager is used to manage individual EF570/E5700 and EF280/E2800 storage arrays.

• Access all array setup, storage provisioning, and array monitoring features from one UI.

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• You need the EMW only if you are managing legacy arrays or a mix of legacy E-Series or EF-Series arrays and new EF570/E5700 or EF280/E2800 arrays. Otherwise, use SANtricity Unified Manager when you only have new-generation E-Series or EF-Series arrays.

• Includes an embedded RESTful API that can be used for management.

Volume workload tags. SANtricity System Manager provides a built-in volume tagging feature that allows

administrators to organize the volumes in their array by workload type. Usually, the tag is only for organization purposes. In some cases—for example, Microsoft and VMware tags—the volume creation wizard provides suggested configuration or volume segment size settings associated with the workload type. You do not have to accept the recommendations. The configurations are suggestions for saving time when you provision volumes for common applications.

Storage partitions. Partitions can consist of an individual host without shared LUNs, host groups with shared LUNs, or a combination of both. This concept has been abstracted in the new System Manager, but you can view the partitions by using a CLI.

Thin provisioning. This feature enables you to overcommit storage and add capacity when you need it. This approach is a DDP feature. Starting with 11.40.2, it is available through the CLI and the SANtricity Web Services REST API.

Note: DDP thin provisioning is intended for use cases that do not have a specific performance requirement, such as slow-growing, age-out archives where data is written once and seldom read. This feature is not appropriate for transactional workloads requiring low latencies and high IOPS or throughput, such as backup application use cases in which you want to maintain or reduce a backup window.

SSD read cache. This feature enables you to accelerate 85% or higher random read workloads by using a few SSDs.

Note: The SSD read cache is not recommended for environments with sequential write workloads and should never be used with DDP thin provisioning. Both cases can result in reduced performance.

Secure SSD read cache. The SSD read cache can be secured with a nonsecure base volume or a secure base volume (FIPS drive). However, when there is an FIPS secure base volume, the storage management software alerts you if the SSD read cache does not have the same security capabilities as the base volume.

Note: If drive security is enabled and the SSD is secure capable, the SSD read cache can be secured only when you create it.

Changing host protocol. Supported through new feature pack keys. To obtain free activation codes and detailed instructions for each starting and ending protocol, go to the E-Series and SANtricity 11 Resources page (Upgrading > Hardware Upgrade).

SANtricity Copy Services Features

Table 7 lists standard copy services features with EF570 storage arrays.

Table 7) SANtricity 11.50.x copy services features.

Standard SANtricity Copy Services Features

SANtricity Snapshot copies. Point-in-time NetApp Snapshot™ copies.

Synchronous mirroring. Real-time mirroring to a remote site (usually within 10km).

Asynchronous mirroring. Mirroring to a remote site where RPO = 0 is not a requirement.

Volume copy. Used to clone volumes for testing/development or analytics purposes.

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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.

2.6 SANtricity Management Integration

Starting with SANtricity 11.40 and continuing with SANtricity 11.50.x, the E-Series SANtricity integration model changed focus. To support today’s modernized data center operations and partner appliances, NetApp is de-emphasizing legacy plug-ins and emphasizing API integration.

Table 8 shows the SANtricity APIs and toolkits that can be used for scripting and custom integration into other management tools and appliance architectures. For the web services software and documentation, go to the NetApp Support software downloads page and select E-Series/EF-Series SANtricity Management Plug-Ins. For the Windows PowerShell toolkit, go to the NetApp PowerShell Toolkit page of the NetApp Support site.

Table 8) SANtricity APIs and toolkits.

APIs and Toolkits

Description

SANtricity Web Services Proxy Note: You can use either the proxy or the embedded

REST API for EF570 systems.

These web APIs provide a collection of REST interfaces to configure, manage, and monitor ESeries systems.

NetApp PowerShell Toolkit

The unified toolkit provides end-to-end automation and storage management across NetApp storage systems.

Table 9 provides a list of third platform plug-ins that use E-Series storage systems as building blocks in cloud storage environments. The SANtricity Web Services Proxy is available at

http://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/software/eseries_webservices/1.3/. Usually, the plug-ins

listed are available on the various provider websites. For more information about third platform integration with EF570 storage systems, contact your NetApp sales representative.

Table 9) Third platform plug-ins that use the SANtricity Web Services Proxy.

Software Package

Use

SANtricity performance application for Splunk Enterprise

A display and monitor tool to report configuration and performance details of multiple E-Series systems in one interface.

2.7 SANtricity Web Services Native REST API

The SANtricity Web Services REST API is an embedded API for experienced developers. Actions performed through the REST API are applied on execution and without user prompts or confirmation dialog boxes. The REST API is URL based, and the accompanying API documentation is completely interactive. Each URL contains a description of the corresponding operation and lets you perform the action directly through the API documentation. To access the documentation, select API Documentation in the Help drop-down menu from any page in System Manager, as shown in Figure 34.

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Figure 34) Opening the API documentation.

Each URL endpoint presented in the API documentation has a corresponding POST, DELETE, or GET option. These URL endpoint options, known as HTTP verbs, are the actions available through the API documentation. A sample from the REST API documentation is shown in Figure 35. You can expand or hide operations by selecting the drop-down beside the topic name or clicking the individual endpoints. Click Try it out to execute the endpoint. You must click Execute to run an endpoint (Figure 36).

Note: To execute successfully, some endpoints require additional input parameters in the Try it out

dialog box. No additional input is required for this example.

Figure 35) Example expanding the Device-ASUP endpoint.

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Figure 36) REST API documentation sample.

The corresponding output for the GET device-asup verb is shown in Figure 37 and Figure 38.

Figure 37) Sample output from the Try It Out! button.

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Figure 38) Device-asup endpoint possible response codes and definitions.

Data in the REST API is encoded through JSON. The structured JSON data from the REST API can be easily parsed by programming languages (C, C++, cURL, Java, Python, Perl, and so on). JSON is simple encoding based on key-value pairs with support for list and subject objects. Objects start and end with curly braces (that is, { }), whereas lists start and end with brackets (that is, [ ]). JSON understands values that are strings, numbers, and Booleans. Numbers are floating-point values. The API documentation provides a JSON template for each applicable URL operation, allowing the developer to simply enter parameters under a properly formatted JSON command.

For more information, see the E-Series Documentation Center.

3 Sales Support Tool Enhancements

Improving the customer experience is the central goal of NetApp enablement tools. To continue the legacy of prioritizing enablement tools, several key enhancements have been implemented, including the launch of 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’ requirements.

3.1 Config Advisor

Config Advisor is a configuration validation and health check tool for NetApp systems. Config Advisor can

be used to check a NetApp system for the correctness of hardware installation and conformance to NetApp recommended settings. It collects data and runs a series of commands on the hardware, then checks for cabling, configuration, availability, and best practice issues.

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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. For general installation instructions, use the Config Advisor 4.5 Installation and Administration Guide.

Config Advisor Workflow and Key Features

Config Advisor has three major components:

• Data collector. The data collector supports multiple data input methods, including support for secure site data collection.

• Analysis engine. The analysis engine takes the collected data and performs a series of configuration validation and best practices checks. The analysis engine checks for at-risk systems, checks for systems that require firmware updates, and performs network switch checks.

• Presentation layer. The presentation medium is flexible. Users can view the output using Config Advisor’s UI, or they can generate PDF, Excel, or Microsoft Word reports for these contents.

3.2 Fusion

The E-Series Performance Sizing tool launched from Fusion allows sales engineers and partners to confirm that specific customer architectures are properly sized and can meet customer performance requirements.

The E-Series Performance Sizing tool is available for NetApp employees and is also open for partner access.

Note: If you are unable to access this tool, contact your NetApp or partner sales representative. Figure 39 shows the new performance sizer landing page. On this page, you can select a new forward

sizing (enter criteria and see possible configurations). You can perform reverse sizing (enter criteria and get one report back with details for that configuration). You can also base new sizing calculations on previous sizing configurations.

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Figure 39) E-Series and EF-Series performance sizing tool launched from the Fusion tool.

Figure 40 shows the expanded details from the configuration option containing 10TB drives that meet the criteria in Figure 39. You can easily compare configuration options associated to various drive choices using this method.

Figure 40) Performance sizing report.

For additional details, go to the Fusion tool and try the E-Series or EF-Series sizing tool.

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3.3 Synergy

NetApp Synergy is a web-based tool used for accurately designing NetApp configurations. An emphasis

is placed on showing realistic capacity yield and environmental details. Advantages of using Synergy over traditional spreadsheets or alternative tools include automatic product updates, best practices enforcement, alignment to the sales workflow, and data sharing with users and tools.

Note: If you are unable to access this tool, contact your NetApp or partner sales representative.

3.4 Hardware Universe

The Hardware Universe is a web-based tool that provides a visual presentation of the complete NetApp line of hardware products.

Hardware Universe provides the information needed to make side-by-side comparisons of the various NetApp systems in terms of capacity, memory size, maximum spindle count, and other features.

Note: If you are unable to access this tool, contact your NetApp or partner sales representative. The Hardware Universe has three components:

• HWU poster is a one-stop location to find specifications for all NetApp products.

• HWU application provides the complete NetApp hardware portfolio in a web application.

• HWU mobile application represents the complete NetApp hardware portfolio in a mobile application

for iPhone or Android.

The Hardware Universe user guide is at http://hwu.netapp.com/Resources/hwu_ug.pdf.

3.5 Host Utilities

When customers implement E-Series with Windows and Linux operating systems, they can use the settings in the Host Utilities to properly configure each host, according to the latest 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.

4 SANtricity Software Specifications for EF570 Hardware

Table 10 lists the SANtricity software specifications for EF570-based storage systems.

Table 10) SANtricity software boundaries for EF570-based storage systems.

Components

Maximum

Storage Hardware Components

Shelves (controller and expansion)

5 total (1x controller + 4x expansion)

Drives

120 SSDs

SSD cache capacity

N/A

Logical Components

Partitions

512

Volumes per partition

256

Volumes (includes thick and thin volumes)

2,048

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Components

Maximum

Disk pools per system

Total DDP capacity in an array (maximum capacity includes RAID overhead, DDP reserve capacity, and a small DDP specific overhead based on the number of drives in the pool and other factors)

SANtricity 11.40:

• 2PB maximum DDP capacity per EF570 array

SANtricity 11.40.1:

• 6PB maximum DDP capacity per EF570 array

Maximum Standard Raid Capacity Limits

Limits for standard RAID based on max supported drives per RAID type:

• 30 drives any supported capacity for RAID 5 and RAID 6

all drives any supported capacity for RAID 10

Maximum DDP single volume capacity (SANtricity

11.40 / 11.40.1)

2PiB

Maximum DDP single thin volume capacity (SANtricity 11.30 and later)

256TiB

Maximum standard RAID single volume capacity

15EiB (theoretical max limit – actual limit based on RAID type, number of data drives per volume group, and the capacity of the drives used)

Consistency Groups

Volumes per consistency group

Consistency groups per system

Snapshot Copies

Per Snapshot group

Per volume

128

Per storage system

2,048

Snapshot Volumes

Per Snapshot copy

Per system

1,024

Snapshot Groups

Per volume

Per system

1,024

Mirrors

Mirrors per system

128

Mirrors per volume

Mirrors per asynchronous mirror consistency group

Asynchronous mirror consistency groups per system

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For additional software limits and specifications, see the Hardware Universe.

5 EF570 Hardware Configurations

EF570 storage systems, like all E-Series arrays, use a modular approach to hardware configuration. This approach can meet most customer SAN storage requirements for flexible host interfaces and versatile drive choices without sacrificing supportability, ease of implementation, and long-term stability. E-Series has a proven record of accomplishment for reliability and scalability to satisfy requirements in remote dedicated environments or primary data centers providing mission-critical infrastructure.

5.1 Controller Shelf Configurations

The following sections provide detailed information about the EF570 shelf configuration.

EF570 Controller Shelf

The EF570 is a two-rack-unit-high (2U) shelf that holds up to 24 2.5" SSDs. It features two RAID controllers and two ENERGY STAR Platinum certified high-efficiency power supplies (913W) with integrated fans. EF570 all-flash arrays support a maximum of 120 SSDs in up to 5 DE224C shelves (one controller and four expansion-drive shelves).

Figure 41, Figure 42, and Figure 43 show the front and rear views of the EF570 controller shelf. In the example, the EF570 controllers have two optical base ports and have the optional 4-port 32Gb FC HIC installed.

Figure 41) EF570 front view with bezel.

Figure 42) EF570 front view (open).

Figure 43) EF570 rear view.

EF570 Hardware Specifications

The EF570 controller has the following base hardware features:

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• Dual Ethernet ports for management-related activities

• Dual optical 16Gbps FC or 10Gbps iSCSI baseboard ports for host connection

• SAS drive expansion ports to attach expansion-drive shelves

Note: Adding the new optional HICs for the EF570 controller provides faster host interfaces for iSCSI,

FC, and IB. See Controller Host Interface Features for the details of the new, faster host interfaces.

Table 11 lists the technical specifications for the EF570-based storage systems.

Table 11) EF570 technical specifications.

Specification

EF570

Maximum raw system capacity (assumes 120 SSDs)

1836TB (120 x 15.3TB SSDs)

Maximum number of drives per system (assumes not mixing shelf models)

120 SSDs maximum Shelf form factor

2U, 24 drives

Memory 16GB or 64GB per controller; 64GB memory option required

when using NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE, or NVMe/FC protocols

32GB or 128GB per duplex system

Onboard host interface

2-port 10Gb iSCSI (optical) or 16Gb FC per controller Note: Only one protocol can be configured per system using

the onboard host ports.

Optional host interface (HIC) per controller

• Controllers must match

• A software feature pack* can be applied

to convert the FC onboard ports to iSCSI or to convert between the three IB protocols on the optional IB HIC

2-port 100Gb IB (iSER, SRP, NVMe/IB, or NVMe/RoCE based on feature pack installed*)

Note: Onboard host ports are disabled when using NVMe protocols.

4-port 12Gb SAS (wide-port); uses mini-SAS HD cables

4-port 32Gb FC or NVMe/FC (see Hardware Universe for SFP details; 32Gb SFP supports 32Gbps and 16Gbps but not 8Gbps or slower)

Note: Onboard host ports are disabled when using NVMe protocols

4-port 25Gb iSCSI (see Hardware Universe for SFP details; must set port speed for 10Gbps or 25Gbps using SANtricity System Manager; the 25Gbps SFP does work for 25Gb and 10Gb speeds, but the port does not change speeds automatically)

Drive shelves supported for expansiondrive offerings

DE224C (2U, 24 drives): 4 x SAS3 12Gbps expansion shelves maximum

DE5600 (2U, 24 drives): 4 x expansion shelves max. Note: Supports only SAS 2 (6Gbps) transfer speeds.

High-availability (HA) features

Dual active controllers with automated I/O path failover

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Specification

EF570

Support for RAID 0, 1 (10 for 4 drives or more), 5, 6, and DDP Note: It is only possible to create RAID 3 volumes through the

CLI. For more information, search for “using the create volume

group wizard” in SANtricity System Manager online help.

Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disks, and power fan canisters

Mirrored data cache with battery-backed destage to flash

*See the Controller Host Interface Features section for details of the available feature pack SMIDs for EF570 controllers.

See the Hardware Universe for current supported drive availability information and encryption capability by drive capacity (FDE, FIPS) Controller Host Interface Features.

By default, the EF570 controller includes two Ethernet management ports that provide out-of-band system management access and either two 16Gbps FC or 10Gbps iSCSI optical baseboard ports for host connections. As a result, EF570 controllers are ordered as either FC base or iSCSI base. Optional host interface ports can be added as indicated in Table 12. For the optional 32Gbps FC, 25Gbps iSCSI, and 12Gbps SAS HICs, any of the feature pack SMIDs (FP-SMID) can be used because those interfaces don’t have multiple protocol choices. The 32Gbps FC HIC uses specific FP-SMIDs for NVMe/FC protocol. The 100Gbps IB HIC has four IB protocols available on the E5700 100Gb IB HIC, including:

• iSER

• SRP

• NVMe/IB

• NVMe/RoCE

Table 12) Available FP-SMIDs for EF570 controllers.

Controller Base Protocol

Encryption-Enabled FP-SMID

HIC Protocol

Encryption-Disabled FP-SMID

EF570 FC base

360

Any or no HIC (IB = iSER)

365 EF570 FC base

361

IB = SRP

366

EF570 FC base

382

IB = NVMe/IB

384

EF570 FC base

403

NVMe/FC or NVMe/RoCE

405 EF570 iSCSI base

362

IB = iSER

367

EF570 iSCSI base

363

Any or no HIC (IB = SRP)

368

EF570 iSCSI base

383

Any or no HIC (IB = NVMe-oF)

385 EF570 iSCSI base

404

NVMe/RoCE

406

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For instructions to obtain and apply software feature packs to change baseboard and IB HIC protocol, go to the E-Series and EF-Series Systems Documentation Center. Locate the Upgrading > Hardware Upgrade section of the page, select Changing the Host Protocol, and download the Converting EF570 Host Protocol document.

The 32Gbps FC HIC and the two onboard 16Gb FC ports use different SFPs. Table 13 provides port speed details for the FC options. Use the unified SFP part number X-48895-00-R6-C for the 16Gb ports.

Table 13) FC host interface port speed and associated SFPs.

HIC Protocol

32Gbps SFP

16Gbps SFP

8Gbps SFP

32Gbps FC

32Gbps/16Gbps

16Gbps/8Gbps

N/A

16Gbps FC base ports

N/A

16Gbps/8Gbps/4Gbps

8Gbps/4Gbps

Table 14 provides the iSCSI port speed details based on the installed SFP. For the 10Gbps iSCSI onboard ports, use the unified SFP part number X-48895-00-R6-C. For 1Gbps iSCSI base ports, use SFP part number X-48896-00-C.

Note: The unified SFP does not support 1Gb iSCSI. It does support 4/8/16Gb FC and 10Gb iSCSI.

Table 14) iSCSI host interface port speed and associated SFPs.

HIC Protocol

25Gbps SFP

10Gbps SFP (Unified SFP)

1Gbps SFP

25Gbps iSCSI

25Gbps/10Gbps

N/A

10Gbps iSCSI base ports

N/A

10Gbps

1Gbps

Note: You must change port speed from 25Gbps to 10Gbps or 10Gbps to 25Gbps using SANtricity

System Manager in the iSCSI setup section. Change one HIC port per controller as required to match the SFP and the switch port setting. The remaining HIC ports on each controller change automatically to match the one port per controller that you manually changed.

Table 15 provides the port speed details for the new 100Gbps IB/converged Ethernet HIC. Unlike iSCSI, IB or converged Ethernet does not require you to set a port speed. The HIC autonegotiates to the link speed based on the cables and HCAs used on the host.

Table 15) IB host interface port speed and associated cables and SFPs.

HIC Protocol

100Gbps Cable

56Gbps Cable

40Gbps Cable

100Gbps IB

100Gbps

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 the Hardware Universe for a full listing of available host interface equipment. All EF570 optical connections use OM4 optical cable.

Note: Both controllers in a duplex configuration must be configured identically. The four HIC options are shown in Figure 44.

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Figure 44) EF570 with optional HICs.

5.2 Hardware LED Definitions

EF570 Controller Shelf LEDs

The EF570 controller shelf has LED status indicators on the front of the shelf, the operator display panel (ODP), the rear of the shelf, the power-fan canisters, and the controller canisters. The new EF570 shelf ODP also includes a dual seven-segment display to indicate the shelf identity. The LEDs on the ODP indicate systemwide conditions, and the LEDs on the power-fan canisters and controller canisters indicate the status of the individual units.

Figure 45 shows the ODP of the EF570 controller shelf.

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Figure 45) ODP on front panel of EF570 controller shelf.

Table 16 defines the ODP LEDs on the EF570 controller shelf.

Table 16) EF570 controller shelf LED definitions (front panel).

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Power

Green

Power is present.

Power is not present.

Attention

Amber

A component in the controller shelf requires attention.

Normal status.

Locate

Blue

There is an active request to physically locate the shelf.

Normal status.

The shelf-identity feature displays a numerical value to identify the shelf. The dual seven-segment display indicates values from 00 to 99 that can be set from the SANtricity System Manager Hardware tab shown in Figure 46.

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Figure 46) Setting shelf ID by using SANtricity System Manager.

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Power Fan Canister Status LEDs

The LEDs on the rear panel of the EF570 integrated power and fan canisters are shown in Figure 47 and are defined in Table 17.

Figure 47) LEDs on EF570 power fan canister (rear view).

Table 17) EF570 controller shelf power and fan canister LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Power

Green

AC power is present.

AC power is not present.

Attention

Amber

The power supply or the integrated fan has a fault.

Normal status.

EF570 Controller Canister LEDs

The EF570 controller canister has several LED status indicators. Host port status and other system-level status information can be verified by directly checking the port LEDs or by using the SANtricity System Manager GUI. For example, systemwide status information is displayed in the View Settings page (Figure

48).

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Figure 48) Viewing system status information by using SANtricity System Manager.

Controller Base Port Status LEDs

Figure 49 shows the onboard LED status indicators on the left side of the EF570 controller canister. Most of the LEDs are lit when a fault condition exists; however, the cache active LED is lit when the cache is active. The seven-segment LEDs provide status codes for both normal operation and fault conditions. The dot in the first seven-segment LED is the controller heartbeat indicator, which comes on when an intercontroller communication link has been established. The dot in the second seven-segment LED is on to indicate a diagnostic code. Otherwise, the display indicates the shelf ID. Table 18 provides the controller status LED definitions. The table lists the LEDs as they appear left to right in the figure.

Figure 49) Controller module and array status LEDs.

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Table 18) Controller base features LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Cache active

Green

Write data in cache.

Normal status.

Locate

Blue

Request to locate the enclosure is active.

Normal status.

Attention

Amber

Some fault exists in the controller canister.

Normal status. Activity

Green

Blinking: controller active.

Controller is not in service.

Heartbeat (upper digit of seven-segment LED, dot in lower right)

Yellow

Blinking: heartbeat.

Controller is not in service.

Diagnostic (lower digit of seven-segment LED, dot in upper left)

Yellow

Seven-segment display indicates diagnostic code.

Seven-segment display indicates shelf ID.

Two 7-segment LEDs

Yellow

• Shelf ID if diagnostic LED off.

• Diagnostic code if diagnostic

LED on.

The controller is not powered on.

The EF570 controller has two 1GbE management ports that default to the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If you want to use static addresses to manage the EF570, simply leave the management ports disconnected for approximately five minutes after powering up, to allow the DHCP feature to time out. Then, you can connect with a local PC to the default IP addresses:

• Controller A Port 1 = 192.168.128.101 Port 2 = 192.168.128.102

• Controller B Port 1 = 192.168.129.101 Port 2 = 192.168.129.102

Figure 50 shows the dual Ethernet management ports on the EF570 controller.

Figure 50) Ethernet management ports on the EF570 controller canister.

Table 19 defines the Ethernet management port LEDs. The ports are highlighted in Figure 50.

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Table 19) Ethernet management port LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Ethernet management port link state (top left)

Green

Link is up.

Link is down.

Ethernet management port link activity (top right)

Green

Blinking: the link is up with activity.

No link activity.

Figure 51 shows the onboard 16Gb FC or 10Gb iSCSI baseboard host port LEDs.

Figure 51) Ports 0a and 0b 16Gb FC/10Gb iSCSI baseboard host ports.

Table 20 defines the baseboard host interface port LEDs (LEDs 1 through 4 in Figure 51). These LEDs indicate the connection status for each link between the storage system and host-side hardware.

Table 20) 16Gb FC/10Gb iSCSI baseboard host port LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Host port link/activity

Green

• Solid: link is up with no activity.

• Blinking: link is up with activity.

Link is down.

Host port attention

Amber

Port requires operator attention.

Normal status.

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Drive-Side SAS Expansion Port LEDs

The EF570 controller canister is equipped with two SAS expansion ports that are used to connect expansion-drive shelves to the EF570 controller shelf. Figure 52 shows the SAS expansion port LEDs.

Figure 52) LEDs for drive expansion ports.

Table 21 defines each drive-side LED. The definitions for port EXP1 are repeated for port EXP2.

Table 21) Drive expansion port LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Drive expansion fault

Amber

At least one of the four PHYs in the output port is working, but another PHY cannot establish the same link to the expansion output connector.

Port is optimal (all PHYs in the port are up).

Drive expansion link

Green

Link is up.

Link is down.

EF570 Optional Host Interface Cards

The EF570 supports several host interface expansion options, including SAS, FC, iSCSI, and IB. This section provides the detailed LED status definitions for all the HIC choices.

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2-Port 100Gb IB HIC LEDs

Figure 53 shows the 2-port 100Gb IB HIC.

Figure 53) LEDs on 2-port 100Gb IB HIC.

Table 22 defines the LEDs on the 2-port 100Gb IB HIC.

Table 22) 2-port 100Gb IB HIC LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

QSFP link

Amber

The physical link is active.

The physical link is not active.

QSFP activity

Green

• Solid: the link is up without

activity.

• Blinking: the link is up with

activity.

The controller has not yet loaded the driver for the ConnectX host channel adapter.

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4-Port 12Gb SAS HIC LEDs

Figure 54 shows the LEDs for the 4-port 12Gb SAS HIC. As shown, the ports use mini-SAS3 cables.

Figure 54) LEDs for 4-port 12Gb SAS HIC.

Table 23 defines the LEDs for the 12Gb SAS HICs.

Table 23) 4-port 12Gb SAS HIC LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Host SAS channel fault

Amber

At least one of the four PHYs is working, but another PHY cannot establish the same link to the device connected to the host input port connector.

Normal status.

Host SAS channel activity

Green

At least one of the four PHYs in the host input port is working, and a link has been established to the device connected to the input port connector.

A link error has occurred.

Note: The LED definitions for port 0c repeat for ports 0d, 0e, and 0f.

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4-Port 32Gb FC HIC LEDs

The EF570 controller supports a 4-port 32Gbps FC HIC that offers the ability to autonegotiate down to 16Gbps using the 32Gbps SFP. The new 32Gbps FC HIC does require OM4 fiber cable to connect to switches or directly to hosts. Figure 55 shows the LEDs for the 4-port 32Gbps FC HIC.

Figure 55) LEDs for 4-port 32Gb FC HIC.

Table 24 defines the LEDs on the 4-port 32Gbps optical HIC.

Table 24) 4-port 32Gb FC HIC LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Host port link/activity

Green

• Solid: link is up with no activity.

• Blinking: link is up with activity.

Link is down.

Host port attention

Amber

Port requires operator attention.

Normal status.

Note: The LED definitions for port 0c repeat for ports 0d, 0e, and 0f.

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4-Port 25Gb iSCSI HIC LEDs

The EF570 controller supports a 4-port 25Gbps iSCSI HIC that offers the ability to also run at 10Gbps by changing the port speed on each controller in SANtricity System Manager without changing the 25Gbps SFP (25Gbps SFP supports 10Gbps speed). The new 25Gbps iSCSI HIC does require OM4 fiber cable to connect to switches or directly to hosts. Figure 56 shows the LEDs for the 4-port 25Gbps iSCSI HIC.

Figure 56) LEDs for 4-port 25Gb iSCSI HIC.

Table 25 provides the LED definitions for the 25Gbps iSCSI HIC.

Table 25) 4-port optical 25Gb iSCSI HIC LED definitions.

LED Speed (Left Side)

LED Activity (Right Side)

Link Rate

Color

On On

Link operating at 25Gbps; no activity

Green

Blinking

Link operating at 25Gbps with active I/O in progress

Green

Off On

Link operating at 10Gbps; no activity

Green

Blinking

Link operating at 10Gbps with active I/O in progress

Green Off

Link down

N/A

Note: The LED definitions for port 0c repeat for ports 0d, 0e, and 0f.

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5.3 Setting Shelf ID with ODP Pushbutton

The shelf ID for the controller shelves and drive shelves can be changed externally by using the ODP pushbutton, shown in Figure 57 for the EF570 (DE224C).

Figure 57) ODP on the DE224C (front bezel or end caps removed).

Follow these steps to modify the shelf ID:

1. Turn on the power to the shelf if it is not already on.

2. Remove either the front bezel or the left end cap to locate the ODP push button.

3. Change the first number of the shelf ID by pressing and holding the button until the first number on the digital display blinks, which can take two to three seconds.

4. If the ID takes longer than two to three seconds to blink, press the button again, making sure to press it in all the way. This action activates the shelf ID programming mode.

5. Press the button to advance the number until you reach the desired number from 0 to 9. The first number continues to blink.

6. Change the second number of the shelf ID by pressing and holding the button until the second number on the digital display blinks, which can take two to three seconds. The first number on the digital display stops blinking.

7. Press the button to advance the number until you reach the desired number from 0 to 9. The second number continues to blink.

8. Lock in the desired number and exit the programming mode by pressing and holding the button until the second number stops blinking, which can take two to three seconds.

9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 for each additional shelf.

Note: It is also possible to modify the shelf ID using SANtricity System Manager.

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For additional information about the EF570 storage systems and related hardware, refer to the EF570 documentation at http://mysupport.netapp.com/eseries.

6 Drive Shelves

The EF570 all-flash array consists of a controller drive shelf that supports 24 SSDs and up to 4 DE224C expansion-drive shelves for a maximum of 120 SSDs.

The DE224C is a 2U shelf that holds up to 24 2.5" drives. It features dual high-speed 12Gbps SAS 3 I/O modules (IOMs) and dual ENERGY STAR Platinum certified high-efficiency power supplies (913W) with integrated fans, in a duplex system. It is fully redundant with hot-swappable components.

Figure 58, Figure 59, and Figure 60 show the front and rear views of the DE224C drive shelf.

Figure 58) DE224C front view with end caps.

Figure 59) DE224C front view without end caps.

Figure 60) DE224C rear view.

The modular design of the DE224C makes the hardware easy to deploy and maintain over the life of the storage system.

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6.1 IOM LED Definitions

Figure 61 shows the LEDs for the 4-port 12Gb SAS 3 IOM. LEDs are highlighted only for SAS expansion port 1 and for the IOM. SAS expansion ports 2 through 4 have the same LEDs.

Figure 61) LEDs for IOM.

Table 26 defines the LEDs for the IOM.

Table 26) IOM LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Drive expansion link

Green

Link is up.

Link is down.

Drive expansion fault

Amber

At least one of the four PHYs in the output port is working, but another PHY cannot establish the same link to the expansion output connector.

Port is optimal (all PHYs in the port are up).

Attention

Amber

Some fault exists in the IOM.

Normal status.

Locate

Blue

Request to locate the enclosure is active.

Normal status.

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6.2 Drive LED Definitions

Figure 62 shows the LEDs on the drive carriers for the EF570 SSDs. The DE224C shelf in the EF570 architecture supports only 2.5-inch form-factor SSDs.

Figure 62) EF570 drive carrier LEDs.

Table 27 defines the LEDs for the drives.

Table 27) EF570 drive LED definitions.

LED Name

Color

LED On

LED Off

Activity

Green

Drive has power.

Drive does not have power.

Blinking green

The drive has power, and I/O is in process.

No I/O is in process.

Attention Amber

An error occurred with the functioning of the drive.

Normal status. Blinking amber

Drive locate turned on.

Normal status.

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6.3 Greenfield Installation

EF570 storage systems use a single-stack method where both controllers have a 12Gbps SAS path to both the expansion port 1 and expansion port 2 paths, as shown in Figure 63.

Figure 63) EF570 expansion-drive shelf cabling example for maximum DE224C shelf configuration.

For optimal performance, SAS 2 and SAS 3 drive shelves should be isolated into different storage systems. If you decide to combine SAS 2 and SAS 3 shelves on the same EF570, use the double-stack cabling method shown in Figure 64.

Figure 64) EF570 with mixed 6Gbps and 12Gbps expansion shelves.

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Failure to cable drive shelves correctly can lead to a semi-lockdown state on the storage system that does not allow changes to the system configuration until the cabling issue is resolved.

Best Practices

• When you initially power on an E-Series storage system that includes expansion-drive shelves, power on the expansion-drive shelves first and wait one to two minutes per drive shelf before you power on the controller shelf.

• To power off an E-Series storage system that includes expansion-drive shelves, confirm that all host I/O operations have stopped. Then, turn off both power switches on the controller shelf and wait for all LEDs on the shelf to go dark. Finally, turn off both power switches on any attached expansion-drive shelves and wait two minutes for the drive activity to stop.

6.4 Drive Shelf Hot Add

E-Series storage systems support the addition of expansion-drive shelves and drive capacity to running storage systems. 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.

The SANtricity cable connections report can be used to verify that the cabling is configured appropriately. After additional drive shelves have been successfully added to a storage system, SANtricity can be used to add capacity to existing volume groups and disk pools or to create new volume groups and disk pools.

When adding a drive shelf to an existing E-Series storage system, it is critical to follow the specific hotadd installation steps in the order specified by the E-Series Hardware Cabling Guide.

Note: For more information and assistance with adding a drive shelf to an existing production E-Series

system, go to http://mysupport.netapp.com/eseries and click the Cable the Hardware link or contact NetApp Customer Support Delivery.

Figure 65 and Figure 66 show the hot-add connectivity when a drive shelf is added as the last shelf in the system.

Figure 65) Drive shelf hot-add controller expansion port 1 cabling.

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Figure 66) Drive shelf hot-add controller expansion port 2 cabling.

Best Practice

Plan carefully for any drive shelf hot-add activity on production storage systems. Verify that the following conditions are met:

• The existing power infrastructure can support the additional hardware.

• The cabling plan for the new shelf does not simultaneously interrupt both SAS expansion paths for

controller A and controller B to the expansion-drive shelves.

• The new expansion port 1 path is confirmed to be valid, and the new shelf is visible in the SANtricity management software before the expansion path 2 is disconnected and moved to the new shelf.

Note: Failure to preserve one active path to existing drive shelves during the procedure could

potentially result in degradation/failure of 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.

7.1 Controller Shelf Serial Number

The EF570 storage systems are shipped preconfigured from the factory (controllers have HICs and batteries installed, and controllers are installed in the controller shelf). The chassis serial number is printed on a white label that is affixed to the controller shelf behind the right end cap on the front of the chassis. The SN is identified by the text “SN,” which is shown in Figure 67.

Controller A drive expansion

port 1 and port 2 cable path

to first expansion drive shelf

X22X2

IOM12

LNK LNK43LNK LNK

S/N: 012345678901

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S/N: 012345678901

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X22X2

IOM12

LNK LNK43LNK LNK

S/N: 012345678901

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LNK LNK43LNK LNK

S/N: 012345678901

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LNK LNK

EXP1 EXP2

LNK LNK

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P1 P2

LNK0cLNK0dLNK0eLNK

LNK LNK

EXP1 EXP2

LNK LNK

0a 0b

P1 P2

LNK0cLNK0dLNK0eLNK

Controller drive shelf

First expansion drive shelf

Step 2 – Move controller B exp. port 1 and 2 to new last shelf IOM12 exp. port 1 and 2

EF570 Shelf Hot-add

Controller B

expansion ports 1 and 2

Step 3 – Add new B-side IOM12 exp. port 3 and 4 cables from new shelf to previous last shelf IOM12 exp. port 1 and 2

New shelf

Controller B drive expansion

port 1 and port 2 cable path to

new expansion drive shelf

Controller A

expansion port 1 and 2

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Figure 67) Controller shelf SN.

The SN is also included on the shelf UL sticker. However, this sticker is often not visible after the shelves are installed in a rack.

On a running storage system, the chassis serial number is also available through SANtricity System Manager by selecting the Support tab and positioning your cursor over the Support Center tile, as shown in Figure 68.

Figure 68) SANtricity System Manager Support Center tile showing chassis serial number.

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7.2 License Keys

E-Series storage arrays use two types of license keys. One type of key file is for premium features, and the other type of key file is used to change the storage system feature pack (changes the host interface protocol).

For the EF570 system, there are currently no premium features. All features are enabled out of the box. Note: The encryption feature is disabled for systems sold in export-limited countries. The EF570 controllers are equipped with onboard FC or iSCSI base ports from the factory, but feature

pack keys are used to change the host interface protocol from FC to iSCSI or from iSCSI to FC. The feature pack keys are also used to change the protocol on IB HIC cards between iSER, SRP, NVMe/IB, or NVMe/RoCE and between FC and NVMe/FC on FC HIC cards. The process to generate a new feature pack key for your storage array is almost the same as the process to generate a premium feature key. The difference is that the 11-digit key activation code for each package is available at no additional cost and is listed in the hardware upgrade instructions per controller type, available at

https://mysupport.netapp.com/eseries.

The following information is required to generate a feature pack key file:

• 11-digit key activation code

• Array serial number shown in System Manager by selecting Support, then Support Center

Feature Enable Identifier shown in System Manager by selecting Settings, then System, and reference the identifier in the Add-ons section.

After the feature pack file is downloaded to the host server, click Change Feature Pack (Figure 69). Follow the prompts, beginning with browsing to the feature pack file (Figure 70).

Figure 69) Change feature pack from Settings>System view.

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Figure 70) Change feature pack option.

Note: 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.

Summary

The NetApp EF570 all-flash storage system helps you to cut operational costs with space-efficient drive shelves, low cost of power and cooling. It enables simplified storage administration with the intuitive, easy-to-learn SANtricity Unified Manager and SANtricity System Manager web-based GUIs. EF570 arrays are easily integrated with popular enterprise application software to accelerate workloads that use Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Splunk, and many other applications that require consistently low latency without sacrificing enterprise RAS features.

EF570 storage systems provide extreme throughput performance with fast host interfaces and can scale up to 1.8PB of raw capacity to support fast, large-capacity applications. It is also capable of delivering sub-120µsec response times for critical path transactional environments that require consistently low latency. For high-random IOPS environments, the EF570 supports over 1 million 4KB read IOPS. For high-bandwidth workloads, the EF570 supports approximately 8GBps cache mirrored sequential writes and up to 21GBps sequential reads.

With its extreme versatility—including multiple host interface choices, multiple RAID choices, and from entry-level-capacity to enterprise-capacity drive choices—the EF570 is a modern, ready-to-work, all-flash storage system. The addition of NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE, and NVMe/FC makes the EF570 a truly newgeneration all-flash array, and the 12Gb wide port SAS shelf infrastructure and more powerful controllers makes the addition of the NVMe protocols an optimal evolutionary step. The EF570 system delivers industry-leading price/performance, excellent interface and configuration flexibility, and the extended RAS value that enterprise customers can trust with their highest value workloads.

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Appendix

System Manager Tables

SANtricity System Manager includes many of the same array-based tasks for the EF570 storage arrays that are also included in the SANtricity AMW for other types of arrays. If you previously used the AMW, but are now using System Manager, you can refer to the following tables for a list of AMW functions and their corresponding locations in System Manager. The SANtricity System Manager online help is also an excellent reference guide.

Storage Array Options

Table 28 details how functions performed on the storage array are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 28) Storage array options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Storage Array > Option

Page

Tile

Option

Enable Premium features and feature pack

Premium Features

Settings

System

• Enable Premium Feature

• Change Feature Pack

Set array password

Security > Set Password

Top, right area

N/A

• Preferences > Change Password

• When you first log in and a password has not been set, you are required to enter a password.

Use drive security feature

Security > Create Key & Change Key

Settings

System

Change/Create Key

Security > Save Key

Back Up Key

Security > Validate Key

Validate Key

Security > Import Key

Unlock Secure Drives

Change cache settings

Change > Cache Settings

Settings

System

Change Cache Settings

Set failover alert delay

Change > Failover Alert Delay

CLI/script editor only: Default is 5 minutes.

Change iSCSI settings

iSCSI > Manage Settings

Settings

System

Configure Authentication View/Edit Target Discovery

Settings

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Function

AMW

System Manager

iSCSI > View/End Sessions

View/End iSCSI Sessions. Also available under Support > Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Set automatic configuration

Configuration > Automatic > Disk Pools

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups

More > Launch pool autoconfiguration

Configuration > Automatic > Volume Groups

CLI/script editor only

Set automatic load balancing

Configuration > Automatic Load Balancing > Enable/Disable

Settings

System

Enable/Disable Automatic Load Balancing

Configure hot spares

Configuration > Hot Spare Coverage

Hardware

N/A

Highlight a drive and select Assign hot spare

Clear configuration

Configuration > Clear > Storage Array

Settings

System

Clear Storage Array Configuration

Configuration > Clear > Volume

Clear Storage Array Configuration

Rename array

Rename

Select Name field edit icon

Set preferences

Preferences

Top, right area

N/A

Preferences > Set preferences

Quit the program

Exit Logout

Disk Pool Options

Table 29 details how functions performed on disk pools are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 29) Disk pool options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Storage > Disk Pool > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Create pools

Create

Settings

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

Create > Pool Also available on Home under

the Storage Hierarchy, Pool Object

Locate pools

Locate

More > Turn on locator lights

View associated physical components

View Associated Physical Components

Hardware

N/A

Use filter control in top area

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Enable security for pools

Secure Drives

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

More > Enable security Add drive

capacity

Add Drives (Capacity)

Add Capacity

Remove drive capacity

Remove Drives (Capacity)

More > Remove capacity

Replace drives (logical replacement)

Replace Drives

Hardware

N/A

Highlight a drive and select Logically replace

Change capacity settings

Change > Settings

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

View/Edit Settings Change

ownership

Change > Ownership/Preferred Path

Storage

Volumes

More > Change ownership

Rename disk pool

Rename

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Delete disk pool

Delete

Uncommon Tasks > Delete

Check volume redundancy

Advanced > Check Redundancy

Uncommon Tasks > Check volume redundancy

Volume Group Options

Table 30 details how functions performed on volume groups are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 30) Volume group options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Storage > Volume Group > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Create volume group

Create

Settings

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

• Create > Volume group

• Also available on Home

under the Storage Hierarchy, Volume Group Object

Locate volume group

Locate

More > Turn on locator lights

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Function

AMW

System Manager

View associated physical components

View Associated Physical Components

Hardware

N/A

Use filter control in top area Enable

security

Secure Drives

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

More > Enable security

Add capacity

Add Drives (Capacity)

Add Capacity

Replace drives (logical replacement)

Replace Drives

Hardware

N/A

Highlight a drive and select Logically replace

Change ownership

Change > Ownership/Preferred Path

Storage

Volumes

More > Change ownership

Change RAID level

Change > RAID level

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

View/Edit Settings

Rename volume group

Rename

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Delete volume group

Delete

Uncommon Tasks > Delete

Export and import volume group

Advanced > Export & Import

CLI/script editor only Initialize volumes

Advanced > Initialize

Storage

Volumes

More > Initialize volumes

Defragment volume groups

Advanced > Defragment

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > All Capacity tab

• Uncommon Tasks > Consolidate volume group free capacity

• Also available on the Home page in the notification area if there is a volume group with more than one free capacity area

Check redundancy

Advanced > Check Redundancy

Uncommon Tasks > Check volume redundancy

Volume Options

Table 31 details how functions performed on volumes are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

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Table 31) Volume options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Storage > Volume > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Create volume

Create

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

• Create > Volume

• Also available on Home

under the Storage Hierarchy, Volume Object

• Also available under the Pools & Volume Groups tile, and the Host tile

Increase volume capacity

Increase Capacity

Increase or decrease repository capacity

Increase/Decrease Repository Capacity

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > Reserved Capacity tab

• Increase Capacity

• Decrease Capacity

Enable or disable SSD cache

SSD Cache > Enable/Disable

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

View/Edit Settings

Change modification priority

Change > Modification Priority

View/Edit Settings Change cache

settings

Change > Cache Settings

More > Change cache settings

Change media scan settings

Change > Media Scan Settings

More > Change media scan settings

Change preread redundancy check

Change > Pre-Read Redundancy Check

View/Edit Settings Change ownership/ preferred path

Change > Ownership/Preferred Path

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

More > Change ownership Change

segment size

Change > Segment Size

View/Edit Settings (only on volumes in volume groups)

Change repository settings

Change > Repository Settings

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > Reserved Capacity tab

View/Edit Settings Add volume to

consistency group

Add to Consistency Group

Storage

Snapshots > Snapshot

Add Members

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Remove volume from consistency group

Remove from Consistency Group

Consistency Group tab

Remove: must expand consistency group and highlight individual volume member

View associated physical components

View Associated Physical Components

Hardware

N/A

Use filter control in top area; can perform the filter on only a volume group or disk pool, not an individual volume.

Rename volume

Rename

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

View/Edit Settings Edit directly in the table view by

selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Delete volume

Delete

Disable data assurance (DA)

Advanced > Disable Data Assurance (DA)

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

View/Edit Settings

Initialize volumes

Advanced > Initialize

More > Initialize volumes

Place volumes online

Advanced > Place Volumes Online

CLI/script editor only

Redistribute volumes

Advanced > Redistribute Volumes

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

More > Initialize volumes View repository expansion history

Advanced > View Repository Expansion History

Storage

Volumes > Thin Volume Monitoring tab

Select and expand a thin volume to see expansion history

Copy Services Options

Snapshot Group

Table 32 details how functions performed on Snapshot groups are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

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Table 32) Snapshot group options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Copy Services > Snapshot Group > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Create, Create Snapshot Image, Revive, Overall Repository > Change Modification Priority, Change Media Scan Settings, Change Pre-Read Redundancy Check

The Snapshot group object has been abstracted as much as possible from the end user and is created because of other Snapshot operations. The only aspects that are still exposed are the items shown.

Create or edit Snapshot image schedule

Create/Edit Snapshot Image Schedule

Storage

Snapshots > Schedule tab

All options (Create, Edit, Activate/Suspend, and Delete)

Change Snapshot group settings, including rename and properties

Change Settings

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > Reserved Capacity tab

View/Edit Settings Increase or decrease capacity of overall repository

Overall Repository > Increase/Decrease Capacity

Increase Capacity and Decrease Capacity Delete Snapshot group

Delete

Uncommon Tasks > Delete Snapshot group

Cancel pending Snapshot image

Cancel Pending Snapshot Image

Uncommon Tasks > Cancel pending Snapshot image

Snapshot Image

Table 33 details how functions performed on Snapshot images are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same function is completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

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Table 33) Snapshot image options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Copy Services > Snapshot Image > (Option)

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Create Snapshot image

Create

Storage

• Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

• Snapshots > Snapshot Images tab

• Copy Services > Create instant Snapshot image

• Create > Instant Snapshot images

Create Snapshot volume

Create Snapshot Volume

Storage

Snapshots > Snapshot Images tab

Create > Snapshot volume

Start or resume rollback

Rollback > Start/Resume

Rollback> Start or Resume

Change priority of rollback

Rollback > Change Priority

Available as part of the Rollback > Start option

Cancel rollback

Rollback > Advanced > Cancel

Rollback > Cancel

Delete Snapshot image

Delete

Delete View

properties

Properties

View Settings

Snapshot Volume

Table 34 details how functions performed on Snapshot volumes are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

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Table 34) Snapshot volume options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Copy Services > Snapshot Volume > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Create Snapshot volume

Create

Storage

• Snapshots > Snapshot Images tab

• Snapshots > Snapshot Volumes tab

• Create > Instant Snapshot image

• Create

Create volume copy

Create Snapshot Volume

Storage

Snapshots > Snapshot Volumes tab

Copy Volume

Recreate and disable Snapshot volume

Rollback > Start/Resume

Uncommon Tasks > Re-create and Disable

Convert to read/write volume

Rollback > Change Priority

Convert to Read/Write

Enable or disable SSD cache for a Snapshot volume

Rollback > Advanced > Cancel

• As part of Create wizard

• View/Edit Settings

Change settings

Change Settings

View/Edit Settings

Rename Snapshot volume

Rename

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Delete Snapshot volume

Delete

Uncommon Tasks > Delete

View properties of a Snapshot volume

Properties

View/Edit Settings

Increase or decrease overall repository capacity

Overall Repository > Increase and Decrease Capacity

Storage

Pools & Volume Groups > Reserved Capacity tab

Increase Capacity and Decrease Capacity Revive Snapshot volume

Advanced > Revive

CLI/script editor only

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Modify overall repository

Overall Repository > Change

> Modification Priority > Media Scan Settings > Pre-Read Redundancy

Check

CLI/script editor only: These are normally not changed by the end user. The defaults should suffice.

Volume Copy

Table 35 details how functions performed for volume copy are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 35) Volume copy options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Copy Services > Volume Copy > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Copy volume

Create

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab or Applications & Workloads tab

Copy services > Copy volume

Manage copies

Manage Copies

CLI/script editor only: You can also stop a volume copy and change priority in the Operations in Progress from Home.

Asynchronous Mirroring

Table 36 details how functions performed for asynchronous mirroring are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 36) Asynchronous mirroring options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Copy Services > Asynchronous Mirroring > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Activate mirroring

Activate

The activation takes place automatically when the first mirror consistency group is created.

Deactivate mirroring

Deactivate

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirror Consistency Groups tab

Uncommon Tasks > Deactivate View mirroring

port connections

View Mirroring Port Connections

CLI/script editor only: Although some of the same information is included in the Test Communication option.

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Create mirror group

Mirror Group > Create

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirror Consistency Groups tab

• Create Mirrored Pair: If needed the mirror group is created as part of this sequence.

Note: You can also mirror a volume from the Volumes tile by highlighting a volume and selecting Copy Services > Mirror a volume asynchronously.

Create mirrored pair

Mirror Group > Create Mirrored Pair

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirror Consistency Groups tab

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirrored Pairs tab

Create Mirrored Pair

Complete mirrored pair

Mirror Group > Complete Mirrored Pair

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirrored Pairs tab

Complete link in table Suspend or resume mirroring

Mirror Group > Suspend/Resume

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirror Consistency Groups tab

More > Suspend/Resume

Manually resynchronize mirror group

Mirror Group > Manual Resynchronization

More > Manually resynchronize Change sync

settings

Mirror Group > Change > Synchronization Settings

More > Edit settings

Change role from primary to secondary

Mirror Group > Change > Role to Primary or Secondary

More > Change role

Change communication settings

Mirror Group > Test Communication Link

Test Communication Update remote

IP address

Mirror Group > Update Remote IP Address

More > Update remote IP address

Rename mirror group

Mirror Group > Rename

Edit directly in the table view by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Delete mirror group

Mirror Group > Delete

Uncommon Tasks > Delete

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Cancel pending role change

Mirror Group > Advanced > Cancel Pending Role Change

CLI/script editor only

Create mirrored pair

Mirrored Pair > Create

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirror Consistency Groups tab

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirrored Pairs tab

Create Mirrored Pair

Remove mirrored pair

Mirrored Pair > Remove

Storage

Asynchronous Mirroring > Mirror Consistency Groups tab

Uncommon Tasks > Remove

Increase capacity and settings for overall repository

Mirrored Pair > Overall Repository > Increase Capacity and Settings

Storage

Pools & Volumes Groups > Reserved Capacity tab

Increase Capacity and View/Edit Settings

Modify overall repository

Mirrored Pair > Overall Repository > Change

> Modification Priority > Media Scan Settings > Pre-Read Redundancy

Check

CLI/script editor only: These are normally not changed by the end user. The defaults should suffice.

Synchronous Mirroring

Table 37 details how functions performed for synchronous mirroring are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 37) Synchronous mirroring options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Copy Services > Snapshot Group > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Activate mirroring

Activate

The activation takes place automatically when the first mirrored pair is created.

Deactivate mirroring

Deactivate

Storage

Synchronous Mirroring

Uncommon Tasks > Deactivate

View mirroring port connections

View Mirroring Port Connections

CLI/script editor only: Although some of the same information is included in the Test Communication option.

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Create mirrored pair

Create Mirrored Pair

Storage

Synchronous Mirroring

• Mirror volume or create mirrored pair

Note: You can also mirror a volume from the Volumes tile by highlighting a volume and selecting Copy Services > Mirror a volume synchronously.

Suspend or resume mirroring

Suspend/Resume

More > Suspend or Remove

Change role from primary to secondary

Change > Role to Primary/Secondary

More > Change role Change sync

settings

Change > Synchronization Settings

More > View/Edit settings

Change write mode

Change > Write Mode

Obsolete; no longer applicable

Remove mirror relationship

Remove Mirror Relationship

Storage

Synchronous Mirroring

Uncommon Tasks > Remove

Test communication link

Test Communication Link

Test Communication

Host Mapping Options

Table 38 details how functions performed for host mapping are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 38) Host mapping options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Host Mapping > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Define host group

Define Host Group

Storage

Hosts

Create > Host cluster

Define host

Define Host

Create > Host

Define storage partition

Define Storage Partition

N/A: Storage partition concept is abstracted from the end user.

Add LUN mapping

LUN Mapping > Add

Storage

Hosts

Assign Volumes

Remove LUN mapping

LUN Mapping > Remove

Unassign Volumes

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Change LUN mapping

LUN Mapping > Change

Storage

Volumes > All Volumes tab

or Applications &

Workloads tab

View/Edit Settings: can change host cluster/host assignment or LUN assignment Manage host port identifiers

Manage Host Port Identifiers

Storage

Hosts

View/Edit Settings > Host Ports

View unassociated host port identifiers

View Unassociated Host Port Identifiers

Storage or CLI/Script Editor

Hosts

Create > Host and select the Host Ports drop-down menu to see any host ports that are currently not associated with a host

Change default host operating system

Default Group > Change Default Host Operating System

Note: The default host cluster is shown in the GUI only if the user assigned at least one volume to it in the CLI.

Storage

Hosts

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Rename host group

Host Group > Rename

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Remove host group

Host Group > Remove

Delete

Move host group

Host > Move

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Change host operating system

Host > Change Host Operating System

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Rename host

Host > Rename

• View/Edit Settings

• Edit directly in the table view

by selecting the pencil icon in the Edit column

Remove host

Host > Remove

Delete

View or edit host properties

Host > Properties

View/Edit Settings Note: Can also view/edit

settings for a host cluster.

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Hardware Options

Table 39 details how functions performed on hardware are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 39) Hardware options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Hardware > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Locate storage array

Locate Storage Array

Settings

System

Turn On Storage Array Locator Lights

Locate drive shelf

Locate (controller/drive tray, drive shelf)

Hardware

N/A

Select Shelf Number drop-down menu on left side of each shelf and then select Turn on locator light

Locate drive

Locate Drive

Select drive and then select Turn on locator light

View shelf components

Tray > View/Edit (Controller/Drive Components, Drive Components)

• Select Shelf Number dropdown menu on left side of each shelf and then select View settings

• Select one of the icons at the top of each shelf.

View or edit drive channels

Tray > View/Edit Drive Channels

Select one of the controllers and then select View settings > Drive Interfaces tab

Change shelf ID

Tray > Change > ID

Select Shelf Number drop-down menu on left side of each shelf and then select Change ID

Change shelf view order

Tray > Change > Hardware View Order

Select either the up or down arrow on the right side of the shelf to move it up or down in the view.

Change shelf battery settings

Tray > Change > Battery Settings

• Select Shelf Number dropdown menu on left side of each shelf and then select View settings

• Select the battery icon at the top of each shelf.

Change shelf alarm settings

Tray > Change > Alarm Settings

Not applicable for hardware platforms managed by System Manager

Synchronize controller clocks

Controller > Synchronize Clocks

Settings

System

Synchronize Storage Array Clocks

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Configure controller ports

Controller > Configure (Management ports, iSCSI ports, DNS Server, Network Time Protocol [NTP] Server)

Hardware

N/A

• Select one of the controllers and then select the appropriate option

• Configure iSCSI ports is also available under Settings > System.

Change preferred loop ID

Controller > Change > Preferred Loop ID

Not applicable for hardware platforms managed by System Manager

Change remote login

Controller > Change > Remote Login

Hardware

N/A

Select one of the controllers and then select Change remote login

Place controller online or offline

Controller > Advanced > Place > Online/Offline

Select one of the controllers and then select Place online or Place offline

Place controller in service mode

Controller > Advanced > Place > In Service Mode

Select one of the controllers and then select Place in service mode

Run controller diagnostics

Controller > Advanced > Run Diagnostics (all options)

CLI/script editor only: Many of these diagnostics are not applicable for hardware platforms managed by System Manager.

Reset controller

Controller > Advanced > Reset

Hardware

N/A

Select one of the controllers and then select Reset

Enable data transfer

Controller > Advanced > Enable Data Transfer

CLI/script editor only

Replace drive logically

Drive > Replace

Hardware

N/A

Select drive and then select Logically replace

Erase a secure drive

Drive > Erase Security

Hardware

N/A

• Select a secure, unassigned drive and then select Secure Erase

• The option also comes up when you are creating a new pool or volume group

Import security key

Drive > Import Security Key

Settings

System

Unlock Secure Drives

Initialize drive

Drive > Initialize

Hardware

N/A

Select drive and then select Initialize

Manually reconstruct drive

Drive > Manually Reconstruct

CLI/script editor only Manually fail a

drive

Drive > Fail

Hardware

N/A

Select drive and then select Fail

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Revive drive

Drive > Revive

CLI/script editor only

Assign a hot spare

Hot Spare Coverage

Hardware

N/A

Highlight a drive and select Assign hot spare

Prepare for removal

Prepare for Removal

CLI/script editor only

Monitor Options

Health

Table 40 details how functions performed for health monitoring are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 40) Health monitoring options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Monitor > Health > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

View health (Recovery Guru)

View Health (Recovery Guru)

Home

N/A

Click Recover from <n> problems link at top of home page

View real-time performance

Monitor Performance > Real-time performance monitor (graphical/textual)

• Home

• Storage

• N/A

• Performance

• Performance shown at the

storage array level

• Various options

View background performance

Monitor Performance > Background performance monitor (all options)

Collect support data manually

Collect Support Data Manually

Support

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Collect Support Data

Set AutoSupport options

AutoSupport (all options from both EMW and AMW)

Support

Support Center > AutoSupport tab

Various options

Retrieve trace buffers

Retrieve Trace Buffers

Storage

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Retrieve Trace Buffers Read link

status

Storage Array Diagnostics > Read Link Status

Not applicable for hardware platforms managed by System Manager

Collect I/O path statistics

Storage Array Diagnostics > Collect I/O Path Statistics

Support

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Collect I/O Path Statistics

Validate configuration database

Storage Array Diagnostics > Validate Configuration Database

CLI/script editor only

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Function

AMW

System Manager

Retrieve controller health image

Storage Array Diagnostics > Retrieve Controller Health Image

Support

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Retrieve Health Image

Collect drive data

Collect Drive Data (all options)

Support

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Collect Drive Data Capture state

information

Capture State Information

CLI/script editor only

View iSCSI statistics

iSCSI Statistics

• Support

• Settings

• Support

Center > Diagnostics tab

• System

• View iSCSI Statistics

Packages

• iSCSI settings grouping > View iSCSI Statistics Packages

Clear recovery mode

Clear Recovery Mode

Support

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

Clear Recovery Mode

Reenable drive ports

Re-enable Drive Ports

Reports

Table41 details how functions performed for reporting are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 41) Report-monitoring options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Monitor > Reports > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

View operations in progress

Operations in Progress

Home

N/A

View Operations in Progress

View storage array profile

Storage Array Profile

Support

Support Center > Support Resources tab

Storage Array Profile View cable

connections

Cable Connections

CLI/script editor only

View event log

Event Log (all options)

Support

Event Log

Various options

View unreadable sectors log

Unreadable Sectors Log

Support

Support Center > Diagnostics tab

View/Clear Unreadable Sectors

View persistent reservations

Persistent Reservations

CLI/script editor only

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Upgrade Options

Table 42 details how functions performed for upgrading are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager AMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager. For further information, see the E-Series Documentation Center.

Table 42) Upgrade options: AMW compared with System Manager.

Function

AMW

System Manager

Upgrade > Option

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

View firmware inventory

View Firmware Inventory

Support

• Upgrade Center

• Support Center > Support Resources tab

• Software and Firmware Inventory

Upgrade controller firmware

Upgrade controller firmware (all options)

Support

Upgrade Center

All options. The SANtricity Software bundle includes management software, controller firmware, supervisor (DOM 0) software, and IOM (ESM) firmware.

Upgrade controller NVSRAM

Upgrade controller NVSRAM (all options)

Can upgrade NVSRAM only as part of the SANtricity Software bundle (see preceding entry). Can also use the CLI/script editor to upgrade NVSRAM individually.

Upgrade drive firmware

Upgrade drive firmware (all options)

All options

Upgrade ESM firmware

Can upgrade IOM (ESM) firmware only as part of the SANtricity Software bundle (see preceding entry). Can also use the CLI/script editor to upgrade IOM (ESM) firmware individually.

Upgrade shelf configuration settings

Upgrade Tray Configuration Settings

CLI/script editor only

Beginning with SANtricity Unified Manager 11.50.1, the SANtricity software version of each of the managed arrays can be seen on the landing page (Figure 11).

There is also the option to upgrade the SANtricity software and NVSRAM of multiple arrays of the same type of controller (Table 39).

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Table 39) SANtricity upgrade using Unified Manager.

Function

Unified Manager

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Import firmware to software repository

Landing page

Upgrade Center

Manage SANtricity software repository

Upgrade controller firmware and NVSRAM

Landing page

Upgrade Center

Upgrade SANtricity software – SANtricity software bundle contains NVSRAM file as well.

Alert Options (EMW)

Table43 details how functions performed for alerting are completed in the SANtricity Storage Manager EMW and how the same functions are completed employing the SANtricity System Manager.

Table 43) Alert options: EMW compared with System Manager.

Function

EMW

System Manager

Edit > Configure Alerts

Page

Tile/Tab

Option

Configure alerts

All options (email, SNMP)

Settings

Alerts > Email, SNMP, and Syslog tabs

Various options for email, SNMP, and syslog

Where to Find Additional Information

To learn more about the information that is described in this document, review the following documents and/or websites:

• E-Series EF570 datasheet

https://www.netapp.com/us/media/ds-3893.pdf

• E-Series Documentation Center

https://mysupport.netapp.com/info/web/ECMP1658252.html

• NetApp Product Documentation

docs.netapp.com

Version History

Version

Date

Document Version History

Version 1.0

October 2018

Initial release.

Version 1.1

March 2019

Updated for SANtricity 11.50.1 release

Version 1.2

June 2019

Updated for SANtricity 11.50.2 release

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NetApp EF, EF570 Overview Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Introduction to NetApp EF-Series EF570

Daniel Landes, NetApp June 2019 | TR-4726

1 Introduction

2 SANtricity Management Features

2.1 Deployment

Single EF570 Storage Array

Multiple EF570 Storage Arrays

Mixed-Array Environment

2.2 SANtricity Unified Manager

2.3 SANtricity Unified Manager Navigation

Discovering and Adding Storage Arrays

Organizing Arrays by Group

Import Settings and Viewing Operations

Updating SANtricity OS Through Unified Manager

SANtricity Unified Manager Security

Remote Mirroring with SANtricity Unified Manager

2.4 SANtricity System Manager

Overview

System Manager Navigation

SANtricity System Manager Security

LDAP and RBAC

Setting Up the Directory Server and Roles

SANtricity Web Server Security Certificates

Multifactor Authentication

Feature Overview

How MFA Works

2.5 SANtricity Storage Features

Drive Encryption

SANtricity Host and Path Management Features

SANtricity Reliability Features

SANtricity Data Management Features

SANtricity Copy Services Features

2.6 SANtricity Management Integration

2.7 SANtricity Web Services Native REST API

3 Sales Support Tool Enhancements

3.1 Config Advisor

Tool Description

Config Advisor Workflow and Key Features

3.2 Fusion

3.3 Synergy

3.4 Hardware Universe

3.5 Host Utilities

4 SANtricity Software Specifications for EF570 Hardware

5 EF570 Hardware Configurations

5.1 Controller Shelf Configurations

EF570 Controller Shelf

EF570 Hardware Specifications

5.2 Hardware LED Definitions

EF570 Controller Shelf LEDs

Power Fan Canister Status LEDs

EF570 Controller Canister LEDs

Controller Base Port Status LEDs

Drive-Side SAS Expansion Port LEDs

EF570 Optional Host Interface Cards

2-Port 100Gb IB HIC LEDs

4-Port 12Gb SAS HIC LEDs

4-Port 32Gb FC HIC LEDs

4-Port 25Gb iSCSI HIC LEDs

5.3 Setting Shelf ID with ODP Pushbutton

6 Drive Shelves

6.1 IOM LED Definitions

6.2 Drive LED Definitions

6.3 Greenfield Installation

6.4 Drive Shelf Hot Add

7 E-Series Product Support

7.1 Controller Shelf Serial Number

7.2 License Keys

Summary

Appendix

System Manager Tables

Storage Array Options

Disk Pool Options

Volume Group Options

Volume Options

Copy Services Options

Snapshot Group