Clustered ONTAP with Microsoft and VMware Solutions - Reading List

The following post contains my set of links to Clustered ONTAP resources (updated On August 11th 2013). The focus of these links is: configuration and protocols, Microsoft solutions integration, and VMware solutions integration.


NetApp.com - Library
A selection of documents with type “Technical Report” and keyword search “Clustered ONTAP” going back over the last half a year. Note that a lot of these are not Clustered ONTAP specific.

(July) NFSv4 Enhancements and Best Practices Guide: Data ONTAP Implementation

(June) Microsoft SQL Server and NetApp SnapManager for SQL Server on NetApp Storage Best Practices Guide

(June) Best Practices for Clustered Data ONTAP Networking Configurations

(June) SnapManager 7.1 for SharePoint with Clustered Data ONTAP: Best Practices Guide

(June) Clustered Data ONTAP CIFS Auditing Quick Start Guide

(June) VMware vCloud Director on NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP

(June) Windows Multipathing Options with Data ONTAP: Fibre Channel and iSCSI

(June) FlexPod Express with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Implementation Guide

(June) FlexPod Express with VMware vSphere Implementation Guide

(June) SnapVault Best Practices Guide Clustered Data ONTAP

(June) Clustered Data ONTAP NFS Implementation Guide

(June) Best Practices Guide for Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 Windows File Services

(June) VMware View 5 Solutions Guide

(June) NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 An Introduction

(May) Microsoft Hyper-V over SMB 3.0 with Clustered Data ONTAP: Best Practices

(May) Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Storage Performance: Measuring SMB 3.0, iSCSI and FC Protocols

(May) OnCommand Plug-In 3.2 for Microsoft Best Practices Guide

(May) VMware vSphere 5.1 on FlexPod Validated with Clustered Data ONTAP and Data ONTAP Operating in 7-Mode

(May) FlexPod Solutions Guide

(April) SnapMirror Configuration and Best Practices Guide for Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2

(April) Clustered Data ONTAP Security Guidance

(April) NetApp Data Compression and Deduplication Deployment and Implementation Guide Clustered Data ONTAP

(April) Introduction to NetApp Infinite Volume

(March) Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and SnapManager for Exchange Best Practices Guide

Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 Documentation
An enormous wealth of product information!

Release Notes

Cluster and Vserver Peering Express Guide

Command Map for 7-Mode Administrators

Commands: Manual Page Reference

Data Protection Guide

Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide

Documentation Roadmap

File Access and Protocols Management Guide

High-Availability Configuration Guide

Logical Storage Management Guide

Network Management Guide

Physical Storage Management Guide

Remote Support Agent Configuration Guide

SAN Administration Guide

SAN Configuration Guide

SAN Express Setup Guide for 32xx Systems

SAN Express Setup Guide for 62xx Systems

SnapVault Express Guide

Software Setup Guide

System Administration Guide for Cluster Administrators

System Administration Guide for Vserver Administrators

Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide

V-Series Systems Implementation Guide for Third-Party Storage

V-Series Systems Installation Requirements and Reference Guide

Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1.3 Documentation

Release Notes

Command Map

Commands: Manual Page Reference, Volume 1

Commands: Manual Page Reference, Volume 2

Commands: Manual Page Reference, Volume 3

Data Protection Guide

Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide

Documentation Map

Express Setup Guide for Cluster-Mode SAN on 32xx Systems

Express Setup Guide for Cluster-Mode SAN on 62xx Systems

File Access and Protocols Management Guide

High-Availability Configuration Guide

Logical Storage Management Guide

Network Management Guide

Physical Storage Management Guide

Remote Support Agent Configuration Guide

SAN Administration Guide

SAN Configuration Guide

Software Setup Guide

System Administration Guide

Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide

V-Series Systems Implementation Guide for Third-Party Storage

V-Series Systems Installation Requirements and Reference Guide

Vserver Administrator Capabilities Overview Guide

Cluster Management and Interconnect Switches

Installing NX-OS software and RCF files on Cisco cluster switches




Cisco Documentation

Cluster-Mode Switch Setup Guide for Cisco Switches

CN1610 Documentation

CN1601 and CN1610 Switch Setup and Configuration Guide

CN1610 Network Switch CLI Command Reference

CN1610 Switch Administrator's Guide

NetApp 10G Cluster-Mode Switch Installation Guide

CN1601 Documentation

CN1601 and CN1610 Switch Setup and Configuration Guide

CN1601 Network Switch CLI Command Reference

CN1601 Switch Administrator's Guide

NetApp 1G Cluster-Mode Switch Installation Guide

Miscellaneous

What LIF roles does clustered Data ONTAP use to establish connections to remote servers?

A useful to know extract from the above:

Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1.x/8.2:
- Sessions established to SNMP and NTP servers use the node-mgmt LIF per node.
- AutoSupport is delivered from the node-mgmt LIF per node.

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