The NetApp Storage Environment

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Module Objectives

After this module, you should be able to:Identify the key features and functions of

NetApp storage systemsDescribe the advantages that a NetApp

storage system providesDistinguish between network-attached storage

(NAS) and SAN topologiesDescribe NetApp Unified Storage ArchitectureAccess the NetApp Support site to obtain

software and hardware documentation

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ACL Access control list

CIFS Common Internet File System

CLI Command-line interface

Data ONTAP The operating system for NetApp storage systems

FC Fibre Channel

GID Group ID

HBA Host bus adapter (FC)

HA High availability (formerly active-active controller configuration)

NAS Network-attached storage

NFS Network File System

NIS Network Information Service

RLM Remote LAN Module

SAN Storage area network

SD Security descriptor

SID Secure ID

SP Service processor

Storage controller Storage engines, heads, or CPU modules

Storage system Controller or storage appliance

UID User ID

VTL Virtual Tape Library (a NetApp system for disk-based backups)

Terms and Acronyms That Are Used in This Course

NetApp and the Storage Industry

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The Storage Industry

Data storage—an industry worth US $24 billion

Centralized storage:– Reduced IT costs– Increased flexibility– Maximum efficiency of processes and services

Trends in the marketplace:– Data lifecycle– Virtualization– Storage efficiency

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– Security– Data in motion– Cloud storage

NetApp: The Leader in Storage Industry

NetApp first in the industry to support unified storage (NAS and SAN) on one platform

NetApp first in the industry with Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support and Unified Connect

NetApp first storage vendor to decouple physical storage from logical storage (flexible volumes)

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NetApp: The Leader in Innovation and QualityNetApp provides:State-of-the-art hardware solutionsAward-winning OS platforms Software-management products

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NetApp Hardware Solutions: FAS Storage SystemsNetApp provides the following FAS storage solutions (also called storage controllers):The FAS6200 series—enterprise storageThe FAS3200 series—performance storageThe FAS2000 series—departmental storage

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FAS6280FAS6280

FAS3270FAS3270

FAS6200 seriesFAS3200 series FAS2000 series

NOTE: The Data ONTAP 8.1 operating system is not supported on FAS2020 or FAS2050 systems.

NetApp FAS Storage Systems

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*Based on the Data ONTAP 7-Mode operating system

Old Models

Max Capacity Replaces New

Models*Max

Capacity

64-Bit Aggregate

Limit*FAS2040 136 TB → FAS2240 408 TB 54 TB

FAS2050 104 TB → FAS3210 420 TB 50 TB

FAS3140 840 TB → FAS3240 1200 TB 50 TB

FAS3160 1344 TB → FAS3270 1920 TB 70 TB

FAS3170 1680 TB → FAS6210 2400 TB 70 TB

FAS6040 1680 TB → FAS6240 3840 TB 100 TB

FAS6080 2352 TB → FAS6280 5760 TB 100 TB

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FAS6210 model in a dual- controller configuration

NetApp FAS6200 SeriesFAS6210 model in a single-

controller configuration

FAS6280 model in a single-controller configuration with

an I/O expansion module (IOXM)

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6240 No No Yes

6280 No No Yes

Supported FAS6200 System Configurations

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NetApp Hardware Solutions: V-Series Storage SystemsNetApp provides V-Series storage solutions for virtualization of heterogeneous storage:The V6200 Series—enterprise storageThe V3200 Series—performance storage

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FAS6280FAS6280

V6200 Series

FAS3270FAS3270

V3200 Series

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NetApp Compatible Disk Shelves

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Shelf ID

System

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NetApp provides compatible disk shelves:

FC DS14 Mark FC

ATA DS14 Mark 2AT

SAS DS4243

DS2246

SSDs in a NetApp Disk Shelf

Solid-state disks (SSDs): Can provide consistently fast response times for your

mission-critical applications Are supported in the highly reliable DS4243 disk shelf Use 24 x 100 GB SSDs per shelf Are available with higher-performance NetApp FAS

and V-Series storage controllers, which run the Data ONTAP 8.0.1 or later system

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NetApp Hardware Solution: Flash Cache

Eliminates up to 75% of the high-performance disk drives in a storage system

Provides better response time across the I/O throughput

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Use Cases for Flash Cache and SSDs

Intelligent cachingNetApp Flash Cache (formerly PAM II)

A good fit when: The workload is random read-

intensive Hot data is dynamic or unknown An administration-free approach is

desired

Example workloads: Server and desktop virtualization File services, e-mail, and databases Technical applications

Persistent storageSSDs in a NetApp DS4243 shelf

A good fit when: The workload is random read-

intensive Consistently fast response times

are required

Example workloadDatabases for mission-critical

applications

NetApp: The Leader in Innovation and QualityNetApp provides:State-of-the-art hardware solutionsAward-winning OS platforms Software-management products

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NetApp OS Platforms: Data ONTAP

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Data ONTAP

GX

7-Mode Cluster-Mode

The Data ONTAP Operating System

7-Mode: Simple transition

from Data ONTAP 7G Scale-up technology that

enables aggregates to be 100-TB (larger in the future)

Simple configuration for NAS or SAN

Cluster-Mode: Simple transition from

Data ONTAP GX Scale-out technology that

enables a pool of storage controllers to manage the storage cluster

One NAS or SAN namespace that is shared across the cluster

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7-Mode Cluster-Mode

Storage Pool Storage Pool

Upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1.x Software

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Data ONTAP

7.3.x

Data ONTAP GX

Data ONTAP 8.0.x

7-Mode

Data ONTAP 8.1.xCluster-Mode

Nondisruptive Upgrade(NDU) or Data in Place Data in Place

Conversion

Conversion

Conversion = Disks and system are wiped clean.

Conversion

Storage BladeStorage Blade

Infrastructure Blade Server Blade Server Blade

Storage Blade

VendorVM

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NFS Client

CIFS Client

Async MirrorTarget

WAN

VM storage provisioned and managed by Data ONTAP softwareVolume mounted directly from Data ONTAP software (NFS, CIFS, or iSCSI)Storage managed by the Data ONTAP storage stackV-NVRAM backing store provisioned by ESXPhysical disk

VMFSiSCSI

Initiator

Vswitch

Network Backplane

iSCSIInitiator

Network Stack

RAID 5

Data ONTAP VSA

VMFSiSCSI

Initiator

VM Services

CF Card

NVRAM

WAFLRAID 0

SAS SCSI

NFSCIFSSCSITarget

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The Data ONTAP-v Operating System

Configures Data ONTAP as a virtual machine (VM) Runs in VMware vSphere 4.1 with a Fujitsu

PRIMERGY BX400 blade server

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NetApp: The Leader in Innovation and QualityNetApp provides:State-of-the-art hardware solutionsAward-winning OS platforms Software-management products

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NetApp Software-Management Products

Storage suite– Operations Manager– Protection Manager– Provisioning Manager– File Storage Resource Manager– System Manager

Server suite– SnapDrive for UNIX– SnapDrive for Windows

Application suite:– SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange– SnapManager for SharePoint– SnapManager for SAP– SnapManager for Oracle– SnapManager for SQL Server

Data center: SANscreen software

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The NetApp StorageGRID Object-Based Storage Solution

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Object-Level Data Management

Location-Transparent Distributed Object Store

Data ONTAP Architecture

Storage Architectures

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NAS and SAN Topology

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SAN(Block-Level

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NAS (File-Level

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NFS

CIFSCorporateLAN

iSCSI

FCoEFC

NetApp FAS System

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Protocols Supported by Data ONTAP

NetApp storage systems support SAN and NAS protocols simultaneously:NAS:

– NFS– CIFS– FTP– HTTP– WebDAV

SAN:– FC– iSCSI– FCoE

Data ONTAP

LAN (Ethernet)

FC Network

iSCSI

CIFS

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FCoE

Data ONTAP 7.3.x Architecture

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DiskArray

Clients

StorageRAIDProtocolsNetwork

NVRAM

WAFL

Physical Memory

Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode Architecture

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Data ONTAP 8.1 Cluster-Mode Architecture

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Node

Client Access (Data)

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CSM

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vol0rootvol1

Management M-host

vol2

Cluster Traffic

Cluster Virtual Server Root Volume

RDB Units:ManagementVLDBVifMgrBCOM

Data ONTAP 8.1 Features That Are Common to 7-Mode and Cluster-Mode (1 of 2)Data ONTAP 8.1 Features (Both Modes) Support

Status

Web-based Management SnapDrive for Windows®SnapDrive for UNIX®

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Storage efficiency (FlexClone®*, Deduplication*, Compression**, Thin Provisioning)

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Multi-Protocol support (NFS,NFSv4*, CIFS,FC*,FCoE*, and iSCSI*)

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Server Message Block version 2 (SMB2) **

Secure Multi-tenancy Flash Cache SnapMirror® (asynchronous DP mirroring)

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* = New for Cluster-Mode** = New for both modes

Data ONTAP 8.1 Features That Are Common to 7-Mode and Cluster-Mode (2 of 2)Data ONTAP 8.1 Features (Both Modes) Support

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Quotas (user*, group*, and qtree) *

Snapshot copies In place 32-bit to 64-bit aggregate conversion **

FlexVol volumesAggregates (32-bit and 64-bit)WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout)RAID (RAID 4 and RAID-DP)

Multipath high-availability (HA) pairs Unified storage ( SAN* and NAS) *

V-Series and SSD support

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* = New for Cluster-Mode** = New for both modes

Some 7-Mode Features That Are Not in Cluster-Mode (1 of 2)MetroClusterSAS disk-shelf support for MetroCluster

(DS4243 and DS2246) SnapVault softwareSnapLock softwareSynchronous SnapMirror modeVirtual Storage Console (VSC), including

support for SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure (SMVI)

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Some 7-Mode Features That Are Not in Cluster-Mode (2 of 2)DataMotion for vFiler unitsSyncMirror softwareQtree SnapMirror (QSM)Volume SnapMirror (VSM) between 32-bit and

64-bit aggregatesNetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) disks IPv6

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Support Options

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NetApp Technical Support

Assisted-service products– SupportEdge Premium– SupportEdge Standard– SupportEdge Secure for Government– Storage Availability Audits– Rapid Deployment Services

Self-service products– NetApp Support site—formerly NOW

(NetApp on the Web)– AutoSupport and My AutoSupport

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NetApp Support Site

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Storage Efficiency in the My AutoSupport Tool Statistics on system

efficiency and effective utilization of NetApp

Overview of physical and effective capacity

Calculation of storage- efficiency savings from:– Deduplication– Snapshot technology– RAID-DP technology– FlexClone technology– Thin provisioning

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Available on the NetApp Support site

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Module Summary

Now that you have completed this module, you should be able to:Identify the key features and functions of

NetApp storage systemsDescribe the advantages of a NetApp storage

systemDistinguish between NAS and SAN topologiesDescribe NetApp Unified Storage ArchitectureAccess the NetApp Support site to obtain

software and hardware documentation

Module 1:NetApp Storage EnvironmentTime Estimate: 15 Minutes

Exercise

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Module 1:NetApp Storage Environment

Learning Activity Questions

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Learning Activity: Questions

1. What are the NetApp hardware solutions?2. What is the primary function of the WAFL file

system?3. What storage topologies are supported by

NetApp and the Data ONTAP operating system?

4. How is SAN different from NAS?5. Where can you find support for the Data

ONTAP operating system?