NetApp HCI User Manual

requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.
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Ports A and B are unused on the H610C.
Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)
Management vmk0 vmnic2 (Port C), vmnic3 (Port D)
iSCSI-A vmk1 vmnic3 (Port D)
iSCSI-B vmk2 vmnic2 (Port C)
vMotion vmk3 vmnic2 (Port C), vmnic3 (Port D)
H615C compute nodes
NetApp HCI expects the following network configuration for H615C nodes.
This configuration is only supported when used with VMware vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), and
requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing.
Network function vmkernel vmnic (physical interface)
Management vmk0 vmnic0 (Port A), vmnic1 (Port B)
iSCSI-A vmk1 vmnic0 (Port B)
iSCSI-B vmk2 vmnic1 (Port A)
vMotion vmk3 vmnic0 (Port A), vmnic1 (Port B)
Find more information
• NetApp Element Plug-in for vCenter Server
• NetApp HCI Resources page
• SolidFire and Element Software Documentation Center
Disable the smartd service on NetApp HCI compute nodes
By default, the smartd service periodically polls the drives in your compute nodes. You
should disable this service on all compute nodes after you deploy NetApp HCI.
Steps
1. Using SSH or a local console session, log in to VMware ESXi on the compute node using root credentials.
2.
Stop the running smartd service:
/etc/init.d/smartd stop
3.
Prevent the smartd service from starting at boot:

NetApp HCI Specifications

General

Product Type	Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)
Data Services	Data protection, encryption
Connectivity	10 GbE, 25 GbE, 40 GbE, 100 GbE
Hypervisor Support	VMware vSphere
Management Node	Included in the solution
Storage Media	SSD and HDD
Node Types	Compute nodes, storage nodes
Storage Protocols	iSCSI
Data Reduction	Deduplication, compression, thin provisioning
High Availability	Built-in redundancy