Netapp Ef series Installation guide

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.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 6 
2SANtricity 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 
3Sales 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 
4SANtricity Software Specifications for EF570 Hardware................................................................ 46 
5EF570 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 
6Drive 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 
7E-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 
 
 

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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 EF-

Series all-flash arrays have delivered. Figure 2 shows the comparison between each generation of EF-

Series 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-to-

install 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 EF-

Series 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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