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Data Ontap 8.1.1
Data Ontap 8.1.1
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Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes for 7-Mode ................................ 12 Changes introduced since Data ONTAP 8.1 ............................................ 14
Changes in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 for 7-Mode ..................................................... 14
Unsupported features ................................................................................. 20 New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family ....... 22
New and changed platform and hardware support .................................................... 22 Support for the DS4246 disk shelf ................................................................ 22 Support for the DS4486 disk shelf ................................................................ 22 Support for 4-TB SATA disks ...................................................................... 22 Support for the FAS2220 platform ................................................................ 23 Support for the FAS2240 platform ................................................................ 23 Support for SAS tape drives .......................................................................... 23 Support for ATTO FibreBridge 6500N ......................................................... 23 Systems including DS14mk2 shelves with ESH2 modules .......................... 23 Manageability enhancements .................................................................................... 24 Role-based access control for LDAP users' system access ........................... 24 Support of core segments .............................................................................. 24 SP SSH access control and automatic timeout .............................................. 24 RLM SSH access control and automatic timeout .......................................... 25 SSH port forwarding for the SP is disabled by default ................................. 25 SSH port forwarding for the RLM is disabled by default ............................. 25 Changes in aggregate Snapshot copy management ....................................... 25 SSH server version for Data ONTAP ........................................................... 25 Cache rewarming for Flash Cache modules .................................................. 26 Enhancements to reallocation scans, read reallocation, and extents ............. 26 System health monitoring .............................................................................. 27 AutoSupport enhancements ........................................................................... 27 Default 64-bit root aggregate for new systems ............................................. 28 FilerView is no longer available ................................................................... 28 UPS management is no longer supported ..................................................... 29 Changes to default aggregate Snapshot reserve for newly created nonmirrored aggregates ........................................................................... 29
4 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode IPv6 support for SP and RLM ....................................................................... 29 Support for Transport Layer Security protocol ............................................. 29 Licensing changes ......................................................................................... 29 Storage resource management enhancements ........................................................... 30 Support for Flash Pools ................................................................................. 30 Support for the Advanced Zone Checksum type (AZCS) ............................. 30 Support for sanitizing SSDs .......................................................................... 30 Enhancements to aggregates ......................................................................... 30 3210 now supports 500 FlexVol volumes ..................................................... 31 Limit on number of subdirectories has been removed .................................. 31 Enhancements to FlexClone files and FlexClone LUNs ............................... 31 High-availability pair enhancements ......................................................................... 31 MetroCluster system support for shared-switches configuration .................. 31 MetroCluster support for Cisco switches ...................................................... 31 Networking and security protocol enhancements ..................................................... 32 Support for IPv6 ............................................................................................ 32 Improving TCP network congestion with Appropriate Byte Counting ........ 34 File access protocol enhancements ........................................................................... 34 Support for SMB 2.1 ..................................................................................... 34 Support for BranchCache .............................................................................. 34 Support for lease oplocks .............................................................................. 35 Enhancements to procedure for computer account password change ........... 35 Support for VMware vStorage over NFS ...................................................... 35 Support for SFTP .......................................................................................... 36 Support for SMB 2.0 ..................................................................................... 36 Support for FTPS .......................................................................................... 36 Data protection enhancements .................................................................................. 37 SnapVault support for nondefault vFiler units .............................................. 37 Support for volume SnapMirror replication between 32-bit and 64-bit volumes .................................................................................................... 37 Changes to default FlexVol volume Snapshot reserve value ........................ 37 Support for concurrent volume SnapMirror and SMTape backup operations ................................................................................................ 37 Protection of data at rest through Storage Encryption .................................. 37 Support for SnapLock ................................................................................... 38 Support for incremental and differential backups using SMTape engine ..... 38
Table of Contents | 5 Support for restore to volumes in 64-bit aggregates using SMTape engine ...................................................................................................... 38 Storage efficiency enhancements .............................................................................. 38 Changes to deduplication .............................................................................. 38 Changes to data compression ........................................................................ 39 MultiStore enhancements .......................................................................................... 39 Online migration support for vFiler units ..................................................... 39 Interactive SSH support for vFiler units ....................................................... 41 Data compression support on vFiler units ..................................................... 41 Changes to MultiStore support .................................................................................. 41 Online migration of vFiler units is not supported on Flash Pools ................. 41
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family ....... 42
New and changed platform and hardware support .................................................... 42 Support for 1-TB Flash Cache modules ........................................................ 42 Support for 32xx platform ............................................................................. 43 Support for 62xx platform ............................................................................. 43 Support for 512-GB and 256-GB Performance Acceleration Module (PAM II) .................................................................................................. 44 Support for SSDs ........................................................................................... 44 Supported tape drives .................................................................................... 44 Support for 3-TB SATA disks ...................................................................... 44 Support for 2-TB SATA disks ...................................................................... 44 Support for SA320 platform .......................................................................... 45 Changes to disk shelf support .................................................................................... 45 Support for DS2246 disk shelves .................................................................. 45 Support for DS4243 disk shelves .................................................................. 45 Manageability enhancements .................................................................................... 46 Reversion and downgrade support ................................................................ 46 Default security settings for manageability protocols ................................... 46 Requirement to set root account password .................................................... 47 Uses of the systemshell and the diagnostic account ...................................... 47 Boot menu enhancements and changes ......................................................... 48 Supported OpenSSH client versions ............................................................. 48 Root aggregate Snapshot reserve values reduced ......................................... 48 Storage resource management enhancements ........................................................... 48 Support for 64-bit aggregates ........................................................................ 49
6 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode Data compression support ............................................................................. 49 Root aggregate Snapshot reserve values reduced ......................................... 49 File space utilization report ........................................................................... 50 Upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.0.1 increases volume capacity after deduplication ........................................................................................... 50 Maximum simultaneous FlexClone file or FlexClone LUN operations per storage system ................................................................................... 50 Support for FlexClone files and FlexClone LUNs on vFiler units ............... 50 Increased maximum RAID group size for SATA disks ................................ 51 Ability to decrease maxfiles .......................................................................... 51 High-availability pair enhancements ......................................................................... 51 HA pair terminology changes ....................................................................... 51 Networking and security protocol enhancements ..................................................... 51 Ability to block data traffic on the e0M interface ......................................... 51 Support for CDP ............................................................................................ 52 Port-based load-balancing option for multimode interface groups ............... 52 TSO in NICs .................................................................................................. 52 64-bit SNMP object identifiers (OIDs) are supported .................................. 53 Configuration for receiving untagged traffic on VLAN tagged interfaces ... 53 Vifs are now known as interface groups ....................................................... 53 File access protocol enhancements ........................................................................... 53 Support for multiple open instances of the SMB named pipe on an FPolicy server .......................................................................................... 54 Block protocol enhancements ................................................................................... 54 iSCSI RADIUS support ................................................................................ 54 Support for NetApp DataMotion for Volumes ............................................. 54 VMware VAAI features for ESX hosts support ............................................ 55 igroup scalability limits ................................................................................. 55 Data protection enhancements .................................................................................. 55 SnapVault update schedules for volume SnapMirror destination backups ... 55 Support for 840 disk drives on fabric-attached MetroCluster configuration ............................................................................................ 56 Support for out-of-order frame delivery for SnapMirror over Fibre Channel .................................................................................................... 56 Support for SnapMirror relationship between two FlexClone volumes ....... 56 Support for SnapMirror network compression .............................................. 56
Table of Contents | 7 Support for designated range of ports for NDMP data connections ............. 57 Root aggregate Snapshot reserve values reduced ......................................... 57 If volumes with deduplication exceed the maximum supported size ............ 58 NearStore license is not required for deduplication ...................................... 58 Maximum concurrent deduplication operations supported ........................... 58 Prerequisite for backing up data to tape using NDMP services .................... 58 Snapshot copy schedules ............................................................................... 58 SnapMirror support for 64-bit volumes ........................................................ 58 SnapVault support for 64-bit volumes .......................................................... 59 Changes to the Data ONTAP and V-Series libraries ................................................ 59
Summary of new and changed commands and options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family ..................................................................... 60
New commands in Data ONTAP 8.1 ........................................................................ 60 Changed commands in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family .................................... 66 Replaced or removed commands in the Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in 7-Mode release family ....................................................................................................... 71 New options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family ................................................ 71 Changed options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode ........ 79 Removed V-Series environment variable requirement for Data ONTAP 8.1 ........... 81
Summary of new and changed commands and options in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family ..................................................................... 82
New commands in Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family ................................... 82 Changed commands in the Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family ...................... 86 Replaced or removed commands in the Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family ................................................................................................................... 89 New options in the Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family .................................. 90 New option for the vfiler dr configure command ......................................... 92 Changed options in the Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode release family ............................ 92
8 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode iSCSI target adapters not supported in Data ONTAP 8.1 and later .............. 98 Change in nondisruptive upgrade procedure ................................................. 98 Upgrade process changes with Data ONTAP 7-Mode software images ...... 99 DS14mk2 shelves with ESH2 modules no longer supported ........................ 99 License updates required before upgrading ................................................ 100 If you revert to a release earlier than Data ONTAP 8.1, you might need to install licenses for some products ...................................................... 100 3210 and 3140 storage systems with Flash Cache modules are supported . 101 NDU not available for SAN systems with some versions of Linux hosts running high-speed interconnects .......................................................... 102 IPv6 address entries in /etc/exports file missing brackets after upgrading . 102 Erroneous reboot message during Data ONTAP reversion ........................ 103 Reverting to an earlier release on a 3210 with more than 200 volumes can cause a system panic ....................................................................... 103 Validation of LUNs fails when reverting from Data ONTAP 8.1 to some earlier releases ....................................................................................... 103 Downgrade to 8.1 not allowed for 3140 and 3210 systems with Flash Cache modules ....................................................................................... 104 MultiStore license and vFiler units removed when reverting to Data ONTAP release earlier than 8.1 ............................................................. 104 Setup cautions ......................................................................................................... 104 Cannot continue setup using the web interface ........................................... 105 Manageability cautions ........................................................................................... 105 Certificates signed with MD5 could cause loss of connectivity to secure clients ..................................................................................................... 105 If your root FlexVol volume does not meet the new size requirements ..... 105 Storage management cautions ................................................................................. 106 Mirroring a ZCS aggregate is not supported for this release of Data ONTAP .................................................................................................. 106 Network protocol cautions ...................................................................................... 106 System might panic if the network configuration entries in the /etc/rc file are not in the recommended order ................................................... 106 Do not reconfigure the losk interface .......................................................... 106 File access and protocols cautions .......................................................................... 107 CIFS SID and credential leak impacts cache memory availability ............. 107 Storage system might panic when not specifying an export path ............... 107
Table of Contents | 9 SAN administration cautions .................................................................................. 107 Non-ASCII characters in the comment string of the lun setup command result in system panic ............................................................................ 108 2-Gb FC ports not supported as targets ....................................................... 108 Data protection cautions .......................................................................................... 108 Reversion requirements with volume ComplianceClock and autocommit period of SnapLock volumes ................................................................. 108 SnapLock API not supported ...................................................................... 109
10 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode Static routes are not retargeted to a network interface with a new autoconfigured IPv6 address ................................................................. 115 SnapMirror transfer cannot be blocked by using the interface.blocked.mgmt_data_traffic option ......................................... 115 File access protocol issues ....................................................................................... 116 Domain controller responds with an access denied error to an SMB 2.x tree connect request ............................................................................... 116 CIFS users cannot rename or delete home directories ................................ 116 Domain user unable to execute CLI commands .......................................... 116 Storage system requests to Windows Server 2008 might fail ..................... 117 Client notification messages in Windows domains require NetBIOS ........ 117 Configuration issue for clients that mount NFS shares using a nonreserved port .......................................................................................... 117 Certain special characters are case sensitive ............................................... 117 Widelinks are not accessible from Mac clients ........................................... 117 SAN administration issues ...................................................................................... 118 I/O delays sometimes seen after controller failover on Linux hosts with ALUA .................................................................................................... 118 If you use the automatic sizing feature on thinly provisioned LUNs when snap reserve is set to a non-zero value ......................................... 118 Data protection issues .............................................................................................. 119 CIFS access to SnapVault or qtree SnapMirror destination can cause system panic .......................................................................................... 119 Node can panic with assertion failure after volume SnapMirror relationship is broken ............................................................................ 119 Read performance for mirrored aggregates not in a MetroCluster configuration might be degraded ........................................................... 120 ADIC Quantum tape libraries are not discovered by Data ONTAP ........... 120 SMTape restore to an offline volume overwrites the data on that volume . 120 Restore engine does not honor any mandatory or advisory locks on files .. 120 Tape devices behind DataFort are not detected unless a known SCSI device is mapped to LUN 0 ................................................................... 120 Third-party storage issues (V-Series systems only) ................................................ 121 Restrictions for V-Series system upgrade to Data ONTAP 8.1 .................. 121 Platform maintenance issues ................................................................................... 122
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Possible giveback failure during controller or NVRAM8 replacement on 62xx or 32xx systems ............................................................................ 122
Copyright information ............................................................................. 126 Trademark information ........................................................................... 127 How to send your comments .................................................................... 128
reenables the 256-GB Flash Cache module on the 3140 storage systems using the full capacity for wear-leveling and cache storage. However, to deliver on the full value of Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1, the maximum working dataset in the 256-GB Flash Cache module on 3140 storage systems is 128 GB. For additional information, see 3210 and 3140 storage systems with Flash Cache modules are supported on page 101. For a complete list of functionality changes introduced in this release, see New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family on page 22 . If you are upgrading from a Data ONTAP 7.3.x release, see also New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family on page 42. Some Data ONTAP features are not supported in this release. For more information, see Unsupported features on page 20. About these release notes All the information in this document applies to the Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 release and later Data ONTAP 8.1.x releases operating in 7-Mode for NetApp storage systems (FAS systems and V-Series systems), unless noted. It is a best practice for all Data ONTAP users to review these release notes. If Data ONTAP is already running on storage systems in your environment, you should familiarize yourself with relevant topics before upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1. If this is the first deployment of storage systems running Data ONTAP in your environment, you should also refer to the Data ONTAP Information Library page for this release on the NetApp Support Site. Changes to published documentation on page 123 contains information that has become available after the library provided with this release was published. For more information about all Data ONTAP releases, see the Data ONTAP Release Model on the NetApp Support Site.
If you are new to the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode family, go directly to New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode release family on page 22. All Data ONTAP releases include bug fixes. For more information, including bugs fixed in different releases, see the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com.
Support for the FAS2220 platform on page 23 Support for the DS4246 disk shelf on page 22 Support for the DS4486 disk shelf on page 22 Support for 4-TB SATA disks on page 22
For more information, see New platform and hardware support on page 22. New and changed features in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 New and changed features include the following:
Role-based access control for LDAP users' system access on page 24 Support of core segments on page 24 SP SSH access control and automatic timeout on page 24 RLM SSH access control and automatic timeout on page 25 SSH port forwarding for the SP is disabled by default on page 25 SSH port forwarding for the RLM is disabled by default on page 25 Changes in aggregate Snapshot copy management on page 25 SSH server version for Data ONTAP on page 25
Support for Flash Pools on page 30 Support for the Advanced Zone Checksum (AZCS) checksum type on page 30 Support for sanitizing SSDs on page 30 Support for sanitizing SSDs on page 30
Support for SMB 2.1 on page 34 Support for BranchCache on page 34 Support for Lease Oplocks on page 35 Enhancements to procedure for computer account password change on page 35 Support for VMware vStorage over NFS on page 35
Support for SnapVault with nondefault vFiler units on page 37 Support for incremental and differential backups using SMTape engine on page 38 Support for restore to volumes in 64-bit aggregates using SMTape engine on page 38
For information about all new and changed features in this release, see New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode release family on page 22. New commands in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 No new commands were added to this release. Changed commands in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 The following command is removed in this release:
aggr options
For information about other commands, see Changed commands in Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode release family on page 66.
16 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode New options in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 New options include the following:
cifs.smb2_1.branch_cache.enable cifs.smb2_1.branch_cache.hash_time_out cifs.W2K_password_change cifs.W2K_password_change_interval cifs.W2K_password_change_within nfs.mount_rootonly nfs.v2.enable nfs.v4.id.allow_numerics
For more information, see New options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode on page 71. Changed options in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 The following options changed in this release:
cifs.oplocks.enable cifs.smb2.client.enable cifs.smb2.durable_handle.enable cifs.smb2.durable_handle.timeout cifs.smb2.enable cifs.smb2.signing.required cifs.weekly_W2K_password_change
For more information, see Changed options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7Mode on page 79. Requirements for running Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 New requirements include the following:
V-Series limits information on page 97 FAS2220 is a new platform listed in Supported systems on page 95.
Changes introduced since Data ONTAP 8.1 | 17 Added to version ur003: Free space reallocation is not supported in this release. For more information see Unsupported features on page 20.
For more information, see Requirements for running Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode release family on page 95. New cautions in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 New cautions include the following:
If you revert to a release earlier than Data ONTAP 8.1 you might need to install licenses for some products on page 100 3210 and 3140 storage systems with Flash Cache modules are supported on page 101 Downgrade to 8.1 not allowed for 3140 and 3210 systems with Flash Cache modules on page 104 MultiStore license and vFiler units removed when reverting to Data ONTAP 8.0.x on page 104
Setup cautions on page 104 Added to version ur003: Cannot continue setup using the web interface on page 105 Storage management cautions on page 106
Mirroring a ZCS aggregate not supported for this release of Data ONTAP on page 106
CIFS SID and Credential leak impacts cache memory availability on page 107
For more information about all important cautions in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family, see Important cautions on page 98. Cautions removed in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 The following cautions have been removed in this release: 3210 and 3140 systems with Flash Cache modules are not supported Oplock breaks might cause panic when using durable handles Storage Encryption preconfiguration requirements Write operations might fail or LUNs might go offline if deduplication metadata increases moved to the Limitations section. Storage system panic due to nonresponsive key management server Retrieving authentication keys might cause storage system panic
18 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode New known problems and limitations in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 New known issues include the following:
Disks might be silently left unassigned for multi-disk carrier shelves on page 113 You cannot assign ownership and checksum type for spare disks or array LUNs in the same operation on page 113 Configuring ACP to use a different port on the 22xx platform causes E0P to become unresponsive on page 114
Static routes are not retargeted to a network interface with a new autoconfigured IPv6 address on page 115
Domain Controller responds with an access denied error to SMB2 tree connect request on page 116 CIFS users unable to rename or delete home directories on page 116
For more information about all the limitations in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family for 7-Mode, see Known problems and limitations on page 110. Limitations removed in Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 The following limitations have been removed in this release: Issues with exportfs commands in noninteractive SSH sessions SSD spare blocks consumed limit reported as N/A Entering dummy network addresses during ACP setup can cause a system panic CIFS shares with comment ending with backslash disappear Error NFS4_BADOWNER when NFSv4 client passes UID as string CIFS clients must reopen files after you break locks File screening requests fail due to FPolicy server connection timeout Large number of locks might cause temporary performance degradation User mapping fails for users in a trusted domain Reboot required after updating the krb5.conf file
Changes introduced since Data ONTAP 8.1 | 19 Specification of the default keytab file
Aggregate snapshot copy creation and aggr copy commands fail with an aggregate
Snapshot reserve of 0 percent Exceeding the maximum number of assigned devices results in a panic
Documentation changes for Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 The following information is new in this release: Added to version ur003: Changes to information about the /etc/rc file on page 123 The Block Access Management Guide has a new title on page 124 Added to version ur003: Correction to the maximum number of volumes for 22xx systems on page 124 Added to version ur003: Changes to DHCP requirements for remote access on page 124
For more information about other important documentation changes, see Changes to published documentation on page 123.
Unsupported features
This Data ONTAP release does not support some Data ONTAP features. Features not available in Data ONTAP 8.1 and later releases operating in 7-Mode FilerView FilerView is no longer available on systems running Data ONTAP 8.1 or later releases. You can use OnCommand System Manager as a web-based graphical management interface to manage common storage system functions from a web browser. For more information about OnCommand System Manager, see the NetApp Support Site. Free space reallocation Free space reallocation is not supported. Some references to free space reallocation are present in the product documentation, in man pages, and in user interfaces. All such references should be ignored. Although Data ONTAP-v platform information is included in the Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode 8.1.1 guides for 7-Mode, the actual product is not available until a future release.
Features not available in Data ONTAP 8.0 and later releases operating in 7-Mode Netboot Netboot is not a supported function unless you are restoring the Data ONTAP image on the boot device, such as a PC CompactFlash card. For information about how to replace a PC CompactFlash card or restore the Data ONTAP image on the card, see the Replacing a CompactFlash Card flyer that is applicable to your version of Data ONTAP. NetApp SnapValidator for Oracle is not supported. IPsec IPsec is not supported. If IPsec is enabled on your storage system, be aware that it will be disabled automatically during the upgrade. TOE TOE functionality is not supported. There is no adverse effect on the performance of your storage system because TOE is disabled.
Features discontinued in Data ONTAP 8.x operating in 7-Mode Beginning in Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in 7-Mode, the following features are discontinued:
Support for DS14mk2 shelves with ESH2 modules on page 23 UPS management is no longer supported on page 29 2-Gb FC target ports on page 108
Beginning in Data ONTAP 8.0 operating in 7-Mode, the following features are discontinued:
Unsupported features | 21
Media kits and .exe upgrade images on page 99 DS14 shelves, ESH modules, and LRC modules Hardware-based disk ownership SnapVault for NetBackup
Features discontinued in a future release of Data ONTAP Support for NDMPv3 will be discontinued in a future release of Data ONTAP. When that occurs, only NDMPv4 will be supported.
Related information
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family
A number of new features and enhancements have been introduced in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family. Some enhancements in this release might also be introduced in a maintenance release of an earlier Data ONTAP release family. Before upgrading, be sure to consult with your NetApp representative about new Data ONTAP functionality to determine the best solution for your business needs. Additional major changes are described here. For other important information in these release notes about changes to the product made by these releases, see the summary of all new and changed commands and options in the release family at New and changed commands and options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode release on page 60 . Bugs Online provides a suite of tools to help manage and resolve your bug issues. For more information, see Bugs Online on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol.
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 23
Both models of the FAS2240 platform support the following features: One or two controllers in a chassis Four Gigabit Ethernet ports per controller Two 6-Gb SAS ports per controller Optional mezzanine card with two Fibre Channel or two 10-Gb Ethernet ports One private management (ACP) port per controller One remote management port per controller Service Processor 6-GB main memory per controller Support for up to 24 internal disks Support for DS4243 and DS2246 external disk shelves
24 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode If you want to upgrade to Data ONTAP 8.1 or a later release and your storage environment includes the obsolete DS14mk2 with ESH2 devices, you should contact your NetApp representative to discuss upgrading to DS4243 or DS2246 disk shelves.
Manageability enhancements
You can find information about the new and changed manageability capabilities.
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 25
Read reallocation
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 27
Extents
You can set the extent option to space_optimized when you run the vol options command. space_optimized conserves space but results in degraded Snapshot read performance.
Reallocation scans, read reallocation, and extents with deduplicated volumes Starting in Data ONTAP 8.1, reallocation scans, read reallocation, and extents can optimize the layout of a deduplicated volume. You use the following command options to optimize the layout of a deduplicated volume: Reallocation scans Read reallocation Extents Use the -p option when you run the reallocate start command. Reallocation scans skip deduplicated data if you do not specify the -p option. Set the read_realloc option to space_optimized when you run the vol options command. Read reallocation skips deduplicated data if you set the read_realloc option to on. Set the extent option to space_optimized when you run the vol options command. Extents skip deduplicated data if you set the extent option to on.
AutoSupport enhancements
Starting in Data ONTAP 8.1, AutoSupport messages contain more targeted data, are easier to manage, and offer better protocol and privacy support. The content of AutoSupport messages is more focused and compact because of the following changes: The data sent in event-triggered AutoSupport messages is now specific to the trigger event. Many log files that are sent in AutoSupport messages now contain only new lines added since the last AutoSupport message. The content of each message is all compressed into a single file attachment in 7z file format.
28 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode Managing AutoSupport is easier in the following ways: You have more visibility into past messages and their content, as well as the content that will be sent in future messages. You can add more data to future messages sent in response to specific triggers, and you can control whether your internal support organization receives messages for specific triggers. If an AutoSupport message is not successfully transmitted, you can manually resend it. By default, the system collects AutoSupport information and stores it locally even if AutoSupport is disabled. Local collection of AutoSupport files provides valuable historical information that technical support staff can use to quickly solve future problems.
Protocol support for AutoSupport has improved in the following ways: IPv6 is supported. HTTPS certificates are validated. HTTP(S) uses PUT requests, enabling failed messages to restart from where they left off. POST is also still supported. Message size limits are available for HTTP(S) and SMTP.
Privacy is improved when you use the autosupport.content minimal option. Instead of omitting all private data, some private data is now masked and encoded. Also, by default, the message subject line contains the server's system ID instead of its host name. For more information, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode.
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 29
Changes to default aggregate Snapshot reserve for newly created nonmirrored aggregates
Beginning with Data ONTAP 8.1, a newly created nonmirrored aggregate has the aggregate Snapshot reserve set to 0 percent by default. A newly created mirrored aggregate continues to have the aggregate Snapshot reserve set to 5 percent by default. For information about managing aggregate Snapshot copies and considerations for increasing the aggregate Snapshot reserve, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode.
Licensing changes
Starting with Data ONTAP 8.1, you no longer need to add license keys on your system for most features that are distributed free of cost. In addition, some features are now grouped together so that only one license key is required to add a pack of features to a system. Also, some features and products are enabled when you add certain other license keys. For information about Data ONTAP 8.1 licensing models and whether a license key must be added for a particular feature or pack, see the knowledgebase article Using License Keys with Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode FAQ on the NetApp Support Site.
Enhancements to aggregates
Data ONTAP 8.1 and later releases support several enhancements for aggregates. Starting in Data ONTAP 8.1, aggregates support the following enhancements: The ability to nondisruptively expand 32-bit aggregates to the 64-bit format, without requiring data to be copied or moved 64-bit aggregates are now the default aggregate format SnapMirror relationship support between 64-bit and 32-bit aggregates Maximum aggregate size increase for some platforms
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 31 To determine the maximum aggregate size for your platform, see the Hardware Universe.
32 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode Cisco 9222i
For more information about Cisco switch configuration, see the Fabric-attached MetroCluster Cisco Switch Configuration Guide available on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com.
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 33 MIB for TCP, UDP, ICMPv6, and IPv6 HA configuration, which includes takeover and giveback of IPv6 addresses and routes, mapping partner IPv6 interfaces, and executing commands with IPv6 addresses in the partner context For more information, see the Data ONTAP High-Availability and MetroCluster Configuration Guide for 7-Mode. IPv6 addresses in the vFiler commands For more information, see the Data ONTAP MultiStore Management Guide for 7-Mode. iSCSI over IPv6 For more information, see the Data ONTAP SAN Administration Guide for 7-Mode. File access protocolsCIFS, FTP, HTTP, NFSv2, NFSv3, and NFSv4over IPv6 For more information, see the Data ONTAP File Access and Protocols Management Guide for 7Mode. LDAP and Kerberos version 5 with IPv6 HTTPS over IPv6 addresses HTTPS can be used for secure administrative access; however SecureAdmin SSL must be enabled before you can issue HTTPS requests to the storage system. SSH protocol version 2 over IPv6 If IPv6 is enabled on your storage system, SecureAdmin SSH must be enabled before you can issue SSH requests to the storage system. SNMP traphosts with IPv6 addresses You should specify only IPv6 addresses, and not host names, to identify IPv6 traphosts Fast path over IPv6 For more information, see the Data ONTAP Network Management Guide for 7-Mode. RLM over IPv6 If IPv6 is enabled on your storage system, then you must ensure that the RLM firmware version is 4.0 or later. Disabling IPv6 on Data ONTAP also disables IPv6 on the RLM.
Note: You cannot use IPv6 to connect to the BMC.
For information about installing and updating the RLM firmware, see the Data ONTAP Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode. For information about configuring the RLM, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode. Hardware-assisted takeover over IPv6 The cf.hw_assist.enable option should be set to on and RLM must be enabled. For more information about the hardware-assisted takeover, see the Data ONTAP HighAvailability and MetroCluster Configuration Guide for 7-Mode. MetroCluster configurations RSH protocol over IPv6 To connect to the storage system over the RSH protocol, you must ensure that the rsh.enable option and the ip.v6.enable option are set to on. Dump, restore, and ndmpcopy commands
34 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode For more information about the commands, see the Data ONTAP Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode. SnapMirror, SnapVault, and volume copy For more information, see the Data ONTAP Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode.
Data ONTAP does not support the following SMB 2.1 enhancements: Resilient handles Large MTU Write-through
For more information about SMB 2.1, see the Data ONTAP File Access and Protocols Management Guide for 7-Mode.
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36 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode ESXi host CPU cycles and network bandwidth. Copy offload preserves space efficiency if the source volume is sparse. space reservation Guarantees storage space for a VMDK file by reserving space for it.
Limitations VMware vStorage over NFS has the following limitations: vStorage is not supported with FlexCache. Copy offload is not supported across vFiler units and across storage systems. vStorage is not supported over IPv6. Copy offload operations can fail in the following scenarios: While running wafliron on the source or destination volume because it temporarily takes the volume offline. While moving either the source or destination volume. While performing takeover or giveback operations.
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Support for volume SnapMirror replication between 32-bit and 64-bit volumes
Starting with Data ONTAP 8.1, you can replicate volumes by using SnapMirror technology between 32-bit and 64-bit volumes. For both synchronous and asynchronous volume replication, the SnapMirror source and destination volumes can be either 32-bit or 64-bit.
38 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode certain supported storage controllers and disk shelves that contain disks with built-in encryption functionality. For detailed information about feature requirements, configuration, and management see the Data ONTAP Software Setup Guide for 7-Mode and the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide for 7Mode.
For more information about these enhancements, see the Data ONTAP Archive and Compliance Management Guide for 7-Mode.
Changes to deduplication
Starting with Data ONTAP 8.1.1, the change log file size limit is set to 1 percent of the volume size. The change log file size is related to the volume size limit and space for change log files in a volume is not reserved. Starting with Data ONTAP 8.1, you can enable the deduplication feature without adding a license. For deduplication, no limit is imposed on the supported maximum volume size. The maximum
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family | 39 volume size limit is determined by the type of storage system regardless of whether deduplication is enabled. You can run deduplication operations on volumes from either of the nodes during takeover in an HA pair. For each volume, two copies of the fingerprint database are maintained, where one copy of the database resides in the volume and the other copy in the aggregate. For more information about deduplication, see the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide for 7Mode.
MultiStore enhancements
This Data ONTAP release includes a number of new features and MultiStore enhancements.
Supported source and destination storage systems with number of volumes for migration Source storage system Destination storage system Number of volumes for migration 20
62xx 60xx
62xx 60xx
Note: If the source or destination storage system is either 6030 or 6040, then you can migrate only 8 volumes.
62xx 60xx
32xx 31xx 3070 3040 62xx 60xx 32xx 31xx 3070 3040 62xx 60xx 32xx 31xx 3070 3040 FAS2240 FAS2220 FAS2040
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Related information
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family
You can find information about the new and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family. If you are upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1 or later from a 7.3.x release, these changes will apply to your system in addition to those introduced in the 8.1 release family.
Note: Some new and changed features in this release might also be introduced in a maintenance release of an earlier 7G release family. Before upgrading, be sure to consult with your NetApp representative about new Data ONTAP functionality to determine the best solution for your business needs.
Data ONTAP 8.0 and later Data ONTAP 8.0.x releases provide a new aggregate type, 64-bit aggregates, with a larger maximum aggregate and FlexVol sizes, as well as improved performance, resiliency, and management capabilities for storage resources. For more information about 64-bit aggregates, see Support for 64-bit aggregates on page 49. Data ONTAP 8.0 and later Data ONTAP 8.0.x releases also provide new platform and hardware support as described in New platform and hardware support on page 22 ,additional management capabilities such as SSL security improvements, additional capabilities using iSCSI and FC protocols for NetApp SAN environments, and enhanced data protection technologies such as SnapMirror and SnapVault. For other information about the changes made in these releases, see New and changed commands and options in the Data ONTAP 8.0.1 release on page 82. For a list of bugs fixed in different releases, see Bugs Online on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol.
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family | 43 For more information about Flash Cache modules supported with your storage system models, see the Hardware Universe.
44 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode Service Processor (SP), the next-generation RLM technology, adds more RASM features and capabilities. I/O expansion module (IOXM) Provides 10 additional slots to those in the controller Provides configuration flexibility for HA solutions in 6U and 12U footprints
Support for 512-GB and 256-GB Performance Acceleration Module (PAM II)
Data ONTAP 8.0.1 7-Mode and later Data ONTAP 8.0.x 7-Mode releases support a PCIe-attached Performance Acceleration Module (PAM II also known as Flash Cache module) that uses Flash technology. The addition of PAM II optimizes the performance of random read-intensive workloads such as file services, messaging, virtual infrastructure, and OLTP databases without using more highperformance disk drives. For more information about PAM II modules supported with your storage system models, see the System Configuration Guide.
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46 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode about DS4243 disk shelves, see the DS4243, DS2246, DS4486, and DS4246 Disk Shelf Installation and Service Guide
Manageability enhancements
You can find information about the new and changed manageability capabilities.
On systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 or later, the following are the default option settings for SSH and SSL:
options ssh.enable on options ssh2.enable on options ssh1.enable off options ssh.passwd_auth.enable on options ssh.pubkey_auth.enable on options httpd.admin.ssl.enable on
Also on systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 or later, the following are the default option settings for the nonsecure protocols:
options ftpd.enable off options httpd.admin.enable off options httpd.enable off options rsh.enable off options telnet.distinct.enable on
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options telnet.enable off
These default settings apply only to systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 or later. For systems upgraded from a version earlier than Data ONTAP 8.0, the above default settings do not apply. Instead, for those upgraded systems, the settings remain unchanged after the upgrade. Also, if you make security setting modifications after upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.0 or later, the modifications are preserved even if the system reverts back to the previous Data ONTAP version. For more information about the default security settings, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode.
root account. For more information about setting up the storage system, see the Data ONTAP Software Setup Guide for 7-Mode.
Existing systems, and systems configured at the factory to run MetroCluster, are not affected by this change.
Attention: If you later configure MetroCluster, or use RAID SyncMirror or the aggregate copy
capability on the root aggregate, the root aggregate Snapshot reserve must be increased to 5% by using the snap reserve command. For more information about using the snap reserve command, see the na_snap(1) man page.
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Existing systems, and systems configured at the factory to run MetroCluster, are not affected by this change.
Attention: If you later configure MetroCluster, or use RAID SyncMirror or the aggregate copy
capability on the root aggregate, the root aggregate Snapshot reserve must be increased to 5% by using the snap reserve command. For more information about using the snap reserve command, see the na_snap(1) man page.
Maximum simultaneous FlexClone file or FlexClone LUN operations per storage system
Starting in Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode and later, you can simultaneously run a maximum of 500 FlexClone file or FlexClone LUN operations on a storage system. For more information about FlexClone files and FlexClone LUNs, see the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide for 7-Mode.
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The e0M port is a low-bandwidth interface that should be used only for management traffic that uses SSH and other management protocols. Configuring e0M to serve data traffic can cause performance degradation and routing problems. Therefore, e0M should be configured on a dedicated management LAN or it should be configured down. If an e0M interface is serving management traffic, it should be partnered with another e0M interface. It is a best practice to set the interface.blocked.mgmt_data_traffic option to on, and to use the e0M interface only for management traffic. For more information about the e0M interface, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode and the Data ONTAP Software Setup Guide for 7-Mode.
Note: Blocking of data traffic on e0M is supported over IPv6.
TSO in NICs
TCP segmentation offload (TSO) is a hardware feature supported on NICs to increase the host CPU's efficiency. Starting in Data ONTAP 8.0.1 and later, the network interface cards that support TSO are as follows: Dual 10G Ethernet Controller T320E-SFP+ and T320-XFP 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller IX1-SFP+
Starting in Data ONTAP 8.0.2, the following network interface card also supports TSO: Dual 10G Ethernet Controller CNA-SFP+
New and changed features in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family | 53 For more information about TSO and the statistics displayed by the NICs, see the Data ONTAP Network Management Guide for 7-Mode.
Support for multiple open instances of the SMB named pipe on an FPolicy server
In Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode, you can enable multiple open instances of the SMB named pipe on an FPolicy server by using the fpolicy.multiple_pipes option. For more information, see the Data ONTAP File Access and Protocols Management Guide for 7Mode.
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updating the destination system. You can set the following values for the snapvault.snapshot_for_dr_backup option:
named_snapshot_only
Schedules the SnapVault updates from the most recent Snapshot copy with the scheduled base name for scheduled backup.
named_snapshot_preferred
Schedules the SnapVault updates from the most recent Snapshot copy created by volume SnapMirror if the scheduled Snapshot copy is not available.
vsm_base_only
Schedules the SnapVault updates from the most recent Snapshot copy created by volume SnapMirror. This is the default value. In Data ONTAP 8.0 and Data ONTAP 8.0.1 7-Mode, SnapVault uses a named Snapshot copy and not the Snapshot copy created by volume SnapMirror to update the destination system.
Support for out-of-order frame delivery for SnapMirror over Fibre Channel
Data ONTAP 8.0.1 and later support out-of-order frame delivery for SnapMirror over Fibre Channel. When enabled, out-of-order frame delivery for SnapMirror over Fibre Channel eliminates the requirement to deliver all the frames in the same sequence in which the frames were transmitted. This feature ensures uninterrupted SnapMirror transfers regardless of the order in which the frames are delivered. For more information about out-of-order frame delivery, see Data ONTAP Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode.
SnapMirror network compression compresses the data stream on the source system, transfers the compressed data stream over the network, and uncompresses the data stream on the destination system before writing it to disk. It helps in optimizing network bandwidth utilization between SnapMirror source and destination systems. This feature can be especially useful for connections that have relatively low bandwidth, such as WAN connections. For more information about SnapMirror network compression, see the Data ONTAP Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode.
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Existing systems, and systems configured at the factory to run MetroCluster, are not affected by this change.
Attention: If you later configure MetroCluster, or use RAID SyncMirror or the aggregate copy
capability on the root aggregate, the root aggregate Snapshot reserve must be increased to 5% by using the snap reserve command. For more information about using the snap reserve command, see the na_snap(1) man page.
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Summary of new and changed commands and options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family
You need to know information about the commands, options, and configuration files that have been changed in or added to the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family. These listings are not exhaustive. For detailed information about specific commands and options, see the corresponding man pages.
Command
autosupport Views a summary of all destinations show addresses and URLs that
man page
autosupport history retransmit
Retransmits a locally stored AutoSupport message, identified by its AutoSupport sequence number.
Displays information about one or more of the 50 most recent AutoSupport messages.
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Command
autosupport manifest show
Purpose Views the information in the AutoSupport messages, including the name and size of each file collected for the message along with any errors. Enables and disables AutoSupport messages to your internal support organization for individual trigger events, and specifies additional subsystem reports to include in messages sent in response to individual trigger events. Displays the system events that can trigger AutoSupport messages.
Documentation
Release added
page
Data ONTAP File Access 8.1.1 and Protocols Management Guide for 7Mode
cifs branchcache
man page
cifs branchcache set key
Sets the BranchCache secret Data ONTAP File Access 8.1.1 key pass phrase that is used to and Protocols generate hashes. Management Guide for 7-
Mode
cifs branchcache
man page
coredump segment config modify
Configures the automatic segmenting of core dump files. Shows the current configuration of automatic core segmenting.
Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode
Command
coredump segment delete
Purpose Deletes a specified core segment from the system. Deletes all core segments from the system. Displays information about the core segments on the system. Starts a core segmenting job.
Documentation
Release added
Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP System 8.1.1 Administration Guide for 7-Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode
Displays the status of a core segmenting job. Cancels a core segmenting job. Cryptographically destroys self-encrypting disks on a Storage Encryption enabled system. on a Storage Encryption enabled system.
Cryptographically erases self- Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 encrypting disks on a Storage Management Guide for 7Encryption enabled system. Mode
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Command
Documentation
Release added
Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Software Setup Guide for 7-Mode
8.1
Removes key management servers from the storage system. Restores authentication keys stored on key management servers to the storage system. setup wizard.
key_manager restore
key_manager show
Displays key management servers registered with the storage system. Displays the communication status of key management servers registered with the storage system. Removes entries from the name server database cache.
Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Storage 8.1 Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP File Access 8.1 and Protocols Management Guide for 7Mode nfs man page Data ONTAP File Access 8.1 and Protocols Management Guide for 7Mode sftp man page
8.1.1
key_manager status
sftp stat
Causes the specified disk na_storage(1) man page shelf to flash its LEDs to help you locate the shelf. Displays information about FC-to-SAS bridges.
Command
system health alert definition show
Purpose Displays information about the alerts that a health monitor can potentially generate.
Documentation
Release added
page
system health alert delete
Displays information about generated alerts, such as the resource and node where the alert was triggered, and the alert's severity and probable cause. Displays information about the AutoSupport messages that alerts triggered within the last weekfor example, to determine whether an alert triggered an AutoSupport message. Displays information about health monitors, such as their nodes, names, subsystems, and status.
page
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Command
Purpose
Documentation
Release added
system health Displays the status of node-connectivity adapters along with other information, such as the adapter show
owner node, whether they are system health nodeused and enabled, and the connectivity number of shelves attached. adapter show man page
system health Displays the status of disks node-connectivity along with other information, such as the owner node, disk disk show
name and bay number, and the number of paths to the disk.
system health Displays the status of shelves node-connectivity from the node-level view along with other information, shelf show
such as the owner node, shelf system health nodename, and how many disks connectivity shelf and paths the shelf has. show man page
system health Enables or disables the policy Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for policy definition that controls whether a specific resource state raises a 7-Mode modify
8.1
specific alert.
system health Displays information about policy definition health monitor policies, which determine when alerts show
are raised.
Command
snaplock clock initialize
Documentation
Release added
Data ONTAP Archive 8.1 and Compliance Management Guide for 7Mode Data ONTAP Archive 8.1 and Compliance Management Guide for 7Mode
aggr create
The -c option has been added. This option enables the administrator to select disks or array LUNs with a specific checksum type when creating an aggregate. The hybrid_enabled option has been added. This option determines whether an aggregate can be converted to a Flash Pool. The -R option has been added. This option displays the serial number and other information used by technical support for the disks in an aggregate. For the r option, the number of blocks for failed disks is now displayed as -.
aggr option
aggr status
aggr status
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Command
Change
Documentation
aggr status
The -s option now displays the checksum types that spares can be used with. The -branchcache option has been added to the cifs shares -add and cifs shares change commands. This option enables BranchCache caching for the share. The hybrid option has been added. Used with the A option, it displays the size of the SSD tier for a Flash Pool. The -shelf option has been added. This option enables the administrator to assign all unassigned disks on a specific shelf to the specified controller. The i option has been added. This option enables the administrator to specify the inode rather than the file name (for example, flexcache
eject i /vol/foo/inode: 24529). The i option can be
cifs shares
8.1.1
df
disk assign
8.1
flexcache eject
8.1
useful if the file name is unknown or the path to the file name cannot be resolved.
flexcache fstat
The i option has been added. This option enables the administrator to specify the inode rather than the file name (for example, flexcache
fstat i /vol/foo/inode: 24529). The i option can be
8.1
useful if the file name is unknown or the path to the file name cannot be resolved.
Command
Change
Documentation
lock status
The output of this command now shows durable lock states for SMB 2.x and lease oplock information for SMB 2.1 locks. This command enables or disables both lease oplocks and traditional oplocks. Lease oplocks are available if SMB 2.1 is enabled. The manual value for the -s option has been added. This option can be used only on SnapVault destination volumes that have qtrees. This option ensures that the deduplication operation is not triggered automatically after every update to the destination volumes.
qtree oplock
sis config
sis config
The -I option has been added. na_sis(1) man page This option enables the administrator to enable or disable in-line compression. The -C option has been added. na_sis(1) man page This option enables the administrator to enable or disable post-process compression. The -p option has been added. This option enables the deduplication operation to use the previous check point. The -q option has been added. This option enables the administrator to queue the deduplication operations. na_sis(1) man page and
8.1
sis config
8.1
sis start
8.1
sis start
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Command
Change
Documentation
sis status
The -l option has been modified. The output of the sis status -l command now includes the status of in-line compression and post-process compression for a volume. The file_clone value for the destroy_list option has been added. This value is used to delete Snapshot copies that are locked by file clones.
snap autodelete
8.1
snapmirror resync
The -c option has been added. This option creates a Snapshot copy (with the name snapshot_name) on the destination after the resynchronization transfer is complete. This is done to ensure that the transfer does not coincide with any ongoing updates.
Note: This option is valid only for a qtree.
The dongle revision has been added to the command output. The serial number of the carrier has been added to the output for disks in multi-disk carrier disk shelves.
8.1.1 8.1.1
Command
Change
Documentation
sysconfig
The -a option now includes information about any FC-toSAS bridges present. The -P option enumerates the PCI hierarchy of the system, enabling the support and debug of errors from the PCI subsystem. The -P option is not supported on all platforms. The p option displays information about the physical host machine and its mapping to the virtual machine. The space-mgmt-try-first option has been added. This option enables the administrator to choose between the autogrow functionality and autodelete snapshot as the first choice for providing more free space for a volume. The
snaplock_autocommit_peri od option is added to set the
sysconfig
8.1.1
vol modify
8.1
vol options
autocommit period.
vol status
8.1
The output of this command now na_vol(1) man page and includes the format (32-bit or 64- Data ONTAP Storage bit) of the volume. Management Guide for
8.1
7-Mode
vol status
With the -v option specified, the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide for output of this command now 7-Mode includes the read and write caching eligibility for volumes associated with a Flash Pool.
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Replaced or removed commands in the Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in 7-Mode release family
You need to know which commands have been replaced or removed. Support for the following commands will be discontinued in a future version of Data ONTAP. To perform the equivalent operations, you use the aggr command.
vol add vol media_scrub vol migrate vol mirror vol scrub vol split vol verify vol wafliron
Purpose of the option Default value for the option Data ONTAP release in which the option was introduced
For more information about the options command and individual options, see the na_options(1) man page.
Option
autosupport.local_collection
Purpose
Default value
Enables or disables local on storage of AutoSupport files when sending of AutoSupport messages is disabled. Specifies the maximum file size for HTTP and HTTPS transfers of AutoSupport messages. Specifies the maximum email message size for SMTP (email) transfers of AutoSupport messages. Specifies the file format of the compressed file that contains AutoSupport data. Indicates where AutoSupport messages for NetApp technical support are sent if
autosupport.suppor t.transport is http or https and the server
autosupport.max_http_size
10 MB
8.1
autosupport.max_smtp_size
5 MB
8.1
autosupport.payload_format
7z
8.1
autosupport.support.put_url
Determines whether the storage system validates the remote digital certificates that it receives. Applies only when
autosupport.suppor t.transport is set to https.
on
8.1
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Option
cifs.smb2.client.enable
Purpose Enables or disables the storage system's SMB 2.0 client capability.
Default value
off
cifs.smb2.durable_handle.enable
Enables or disables SMB on 2.0 durable handles. Specifies the maximum lifetime of SMB 2.0 durable handles before they expire. Enables or disables the SMB 2.0 protocol.
960 seconds
8.1 8.1
cifs.smb2.durable_handle.timeout
cifs.smb2.enable
on
8.1 8.1
cifs.smb2.signing.required
Enforces the requirement off for clients to sign SMB 2.0 messages. Enables or disables BranchCache on the storage controller. Sets the time (in seconds) that an unused BranchCache hash for a file can be kept in the storage system's memory.
off
cifs.smb2_1.branch_cache.enable
8.1.1
cifs.smb2_1.branch_cache.hash_ time_out
3600s
8.1.1
cifs.W2K_password_change
Enables or disables off automatic storage system domain account password change weeks) after which Data ONTAP triggers a domain password change. Applies only when
cifs.W2K_password_ change is set to on.
8.1.1
8.1.1
Option
cifs.W2K_password_change_within
Purpose
Default value
Sets the time duration (in 1h hours) within which the Data ONTAP attempts a domain password change. Applies only when
cifs.W2K_password_ change is set to on.
flexscale.rewarm
Determines whether the WAFL external cache preserves the cache in a Flash Cache module during a graceful shutdown.
on
8.1
ftpd.explicit.allow_secure_data_ conn
Allows or prevents the on opening of explicit FTPS data connections in secure mode. Enables or disables explicit FTPS. Enables or disables implicit FTPS. Enables or disables the use of Appropriate Byte Counting (ABC) in TCP congestion control.
off
8.1
ftpd.explicit.enable
8.1
ftpd.implicit.enable
off
ip.tcp.abc.enable
on
8.1
ip.tcp.abc.l_limit
Specifies the value of the 22 L limit used to increase the congestion window during the slow start phase in TCP. Enables or disables the use of RFC 3390 to increase the initial window used by TCP connections.
on
8.1
ip.tcp.rfc3390.enable
8.1
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Option
licensed_feature.disk_ sanitization.enable
Purpose
Default value
Enables or disables the off disk sanitization feature on all systems. Note that after you enable disk sanitization on your system, it cannot be disabled. Enables or disables the off use of Fibre Channel on FAS2040 systems. For all other systems, you must purchase a license to use this feature and administer it by using the license commands. Enables or disables the use of FlexCache with NFS clients on all systems.
off
licensed_feature.fcp.enable
8.1
licensed_feature.flexcache_nfs. enable
8.1
licensed_feature.iscsi.enable
Enables or disables the off use of iSCSI on FAS2040, 30xx, 31xx, and 60xx systems. For all other systems, you must purchase a license to use this protocol and administer it by using the license commands. Enables or disables off MultiStore on FAS2040, 32xx, 62xx, and FAS2240 systems. For all other systems, you must purchase a license to use this feature and administer it by using the license commands.
8.1
licensed_feature.multistore. enable
8.1
Option
Purpose
Default value
off
systems.
licensed_feature.vld.enable
Enables or disables VLD off on all systems. Controls whether NFSv2 on and NFSv3 clients can truncate files in UNIX qtrees that are also opened from a CIFS client with DENY write permissions. Controls NFS requests from non-reserved ports Enables or disables NFSv2
on
8.1 8.1
nfs.always.deny.truncate
nfs.mount_rootonly
nfs.v2.enable
on
nfs.v3.snapshot.active.fsid. enable
Specifies the file system on ID handling behavior for NFSv3. Allows or disallows NFSv4 user and group IDs as strings
on
nfs.v4.id.allow_numerics
8.1.1
nfs.v4.snapshot.active.fsid. enable
Specifies the file system off ID handling behavior for NFSv4. Enables or disables VMware vStorage over NFS. Enables or disables the automatic logout of idle RLM SSH connections.
off
8.1
nfs.vstorage.enable
8.1.1
rlm.autologout.enable
on
8.1.1
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Option
rlm.autologout.timeout
Purpose Specifies the number of minutes after which RLM SSH idle connections are disconnected if
rlm.autologout.ena ble is on.
Default value
60
rlm.ssh.access
Restricts SSH access to the RLM. Specifies the SFTP authentication style. Enables or disables SFTP bypass traverse checking. Specifies the SFTP override path for user home directories. Enables or disables SFTP user home directory restrictions. Enables or disables SFTP. Specifies the maximum SFTP connection idle time before termination, in seconds. Enables or disables SFTP file locking. Enables or disables SFTP event logging. Specifies the maximum size of the SFTP log files. Specifies the maximum number of SFTP log files.
sftp.auth_style
mixed
sftp.bypass_traverse_checking
off
sftp.dir_override
"" (null)
8.1
sftp.dir_restriction
off
8.1
sftp.enable
off
8.1 8.1
sftp.idle_timeout
900
sftp.locking
none
sftp.log_enable
on
sftp.log_filesize
512K
sftp.log_nfiles
8.1
Option
sftp.max_connections
Purpose Specifies the maximum number of SFTP connections. Specifies when to generate a maximum SFTP connection warning, in percent. Enables or disables UNIX permissions specified by SFTP clients. Determines whether local SnapMirror transfer optimization is enabled.
Default value
15
sftp.max_connections_threshold
75
8.1
sftp.override_client_permissions
off
8.1
snapmirror.volume.local_nwk_ bypass.enable
on
8.1
snapmirror.vsm.volread.smtape_ enable
Enables or disables the on new SMTape engine that provides a better performance to write to tape devices. Enables or disables the automatic logout of idle SP SSH connections.
on
8.1.1
sp.autologout.enable
8.1.1
sp.autologout.timeout
Specifies the number of 60 minutes after which SP SSH idle connections are disconnected if
sp.autologout.enab le is on.
8.1.1
sp.ssh.access
Restricts SSH access to the SP. Enables or disables the TFTP server. Specifies the maximum number of TFTP connections.
tftpd.enable
off
tftpd.max_connections
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Option
vsm.smtape.concurrent.cascade .support
Purpose
Default value
Enables or disables off concurrent volume SnapMirror and SMTape backup operations
Changed options in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode
You need to know which options have changed or become obsolete. For each option, the following table gives this information: Name of the changed option Nature of the change Release in which the change was introduced
For more information about the options command and individual options, see the na_options(1) man page. Option
autosupport.content
Change The minimal setting encodes and masks certain private data, instead of omitting it. Removed. Removed.
8.1 8.1
Support for IPv6 addresses, as well 8.1 as IPv4 addresses. Applies only to HTTP POST requests, not to HTTP PUT requests, which are configured using
autosupport.support.put_ur l.
8.1
cf.giveback.auto. terminate.bigjobs
The default for this option has been 8.1 changed to off.
Option
cifs.max_mpx
Change
Release changed
The default for this option has been 8.1 changed to 253. Enables or disables both lease and 8.1.1 opportunistic locks. Lease locks are available when SMB 2.1 is enabled. Removed. Removed. Removed. 8.1.1 8.1.1 8.1.1
cifs.oplocks.enable
Enables and disables both SMB 2.0 8.1.1 and SMB 2.1. Because enabling SMB 2.1 is a requirement for BranchCache, disabling this option also disables BranchCache. Applies to SMB 2.1, as well as SMB 2.0. 8.1.1
cifs.smb2.signing.required
cifs.weekly_W2K_ password_change
snaplock.autocommit_period
This system-level option can be used only for viewing the autocommit time period of the SnapLock volumes that were upgraded. This option is now in read-only state. This option now enables you to map LDAP groups to specified roles on the system.
8.1
security.admin.nsswitchgro up
8.1.1
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Summary of new and changed commands and options in the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family
You can find information about the commands, options, and configuration files that have been changed in or added to the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family. If you are upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1 or later from a 7.3.x release, these changes apply to your system in addition to those introduced in the 8.1 release family. These listings are not exhaustive. For detailed information about specific commands and options, see the corresponding man pages.
Document
Release introduced
Data ONTAP Storage 8.0 Management Guide for 7-Mode na_acpadmin(1) man page Data ONTAP Storage 8.0 Management Guide for 7-Mode na_acpadmin(1) man page Data ONTAP Network 8.0.1 Management Guide for 7-Mode
acpadmin list_all
Displays information about the ACP (Alternate Control Path) storage subsystem. Displays information about devices that advertise themselves by using the CDPv1 protocol.
cdpd
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Command
du
Purpose Displays the files and amount of space that they occupy in a deduplicated volume.
Document
Release introduced
ifgrp
Manages interface Data ONTAP Network 8.0 groups on your storage Management Guide for system. 7-Mode This command replaces the vif command. However, the options remain the same. Transitions Data ONTAP to a release in an earlier release family. Aborts a backup or restore job initiated by the SMTape engine.
revert_to
Data ONTAP Upgrade 8.0 and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode revert_to(1) man page Data ONTAP Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode na_smtape manpage Data ONTAP Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode na_smtape manpage Data ONTAP Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode na_smtape manpage
8.0
smtape abort
smtape backup
8.0
smtape continue
Continues an SMTapeinitiated backup or restore operation after it has reached the end of current tape and is in the wait state to write output to or accept input from a new tape.
8.0
Command
smtape restore
Purpose
Document
Restores blocks of data Data ONTAP Data from tape. Protection Tape
Displays the status of SMTape-initiated backup and restore operations. Displays the Data ONTAP sp commands that you can enter at the storage system prompt. Reboots the SP and causes the SP to perform a self-test. Initiates the interactive SP setup script.
Data ONTAP Data Protection Tape Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode na_smtape manpage Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode na_sp(1) man page Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode na_sp(1) man page Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode na_sp(1) man page Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode na_sp(1) man page
8.0
sp help
8.0.1
sp reboot
8.0.1
sp setup
8.0.1
sp status
Displays the current status and the network configuration of the SP.
8.0.1
sp test autosupport
Sends a test email to all Data ONTAP System recipients specified Administration Guide with the for 7-Mode autosupport.to na_sp(1) man page option.
8.0.1
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Command
sp test snmp
Purpose Performs SNMP test on the SP, forcing the SP to send a test SNMP trap to all trap hosts specified in the
snmp traphost
Document
Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode na_sp(1) man page
command.
sp update
Data ONTAP Upgrade 8.0.1 and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode na_sp(1) man page
na_storage(1) man page na_storage(1) man page na_storage(1) man page 8.0 8.0
Modifies attributes of array profile records. Removes all records from the controllers array profile database. Removes records for the specified array from the controllers array profile database. Removes ports associated with an array profile. Lists all array profile records known to the controller. Provides a summary of the connectivity to SAN-attached arrays connected to the VSeries system FC initiator ports.
8.0
8.0
8.0
8.0
Lists all array LUNs na_storage(1) man exported from a named page storage array.
8.0
Command
storage array show-ports
Purpose
Document
Lists all target ports for na_storage(1) man all storage arrays page known to the V-Series system. Displays information about the ACP (Alternate Control Path) storage subsystem.
Data ONTAP Storage 8.0 Management Guide for 7-Mode na_acpadmin(1) man page
Change The -B option has been added. This option is used to create a 64-bit aggregate. The -x option has been added. This option suppresses the display of the .snapshot lines.
df
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Command
disk assign
Change
Documentation
You can no longer use na_disk(1) man page this command to change the ownership of a disk or array LUN that is already owned unless you are running the command on the system that owns the disk already. The Complex na_environment(1) man Programmable Logic page Device (CPLD) version has been added to the output.
environment shelf
8.0
flexcache fstat
The -inode-file na_flexcache(1) man page 8.0.3 option has been added. This option displays the number of blocks used by the FlexCache volume's inode file. The port value (portbased load-balancing) for the -b option has been added. The -r option, which suppresses automatic reboot, is now the default. To request an automatic reboot, you now must specify the R option.
software update
A column for Module na_storage(1) man page type has been added to the output. This shows the type of the I/O module.
8.0.1
Command
storage show expander
Change
Documentation
The system na_storage(1) man page interconnect link (SIL) ports (the last four rows of output) are now shown as [SIL0] through [SIL3]. Previously they were shown as [DIS0] through [DIS3]. The DS4243 disk shelf na_storage(1) man page ports are now listed as [SQR0]-[SQR3] for the square ports and [CIR4]-[CIR7] for the circle ports. Previously these ports were listed as [IO 0]-[IO7]. You can now specify a na_storage(1) man page shelf name for this command to see information about a specific shelf. When the -r option is used to display disk information for SASconnected disks, the CHAN (channel) column now displays the port as A or B, just as it does for FCconnected disks. Previously, 1 and 2 were used. When the -a option is used, the output includes status and power information for any IOXM modules present.
8.0
8.0.1
sysconfig
sysconfig
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Command
sysconfig
Change When the -v option is used, any disabled ports show NA for the data link rate. This command has been replaced by the ifgrp command. The extent option enables extents but can only be used on FlexVol volumes. The read_realloc option enables read reallocation but can only be used on FlexVol volumes. When the -r option is used to display disk information for SASconnected disks, the CHAN (channel) column now displays the port as A or B, just as it does for FCconnected disks. Previously, 1 and 2 were used.
Documentation
vif
vol options
vol options
vol status
Replaced or removed commands in the Data ONTAP 8.0 7Mode release family
You need to know which Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode commands have been replaced or removed. Support for the following commands will be discontinued in a future version of Data ONTAP. To perform the equivalent operations, you can use the aggr command.
vol add vol media_scrub vol migrate
In Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode, the vif command has been replaced by the ifgrp command. For more information, see the Data ONTAP Network Management Guide for 7-Mode.
For more information about the options command and individual options, see the na_options(1) man page. Option
autosupport.performance_ data.doit any_string
Purpose Triggers a performance AutoSupport message when any string is added. Specifies the randomized delay window for periodic AutoSupport messages. Triggers a takeover if the partner mode panics.
Default value NA
60 minutes
8.0.1
cf.takeover.on_panic
on
8.0
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Option
cf.takeover.on_reboot
Default value
on ,unless
Adjusts the giveback delay time for 300 seconds 8.0 automatic giveback. Disables ALUA State Change Unit Attention on interconnect up or down events.
off
off for
8.0.2
ndmpd.data_port_range
Specifies a port range on which the NDMP server can listen for data connections. Controls whether NFSv2 and NFSv3 clients can truncate files in UNIX qtrees that are also opened from a CIFS client with DENY write permissions. Specifies the maximum number of auxiliary UNIX groups that a user can be a member of.
8.0.1
nfs.always.deny.truncate
on
8.0.2
nfs.max_num_aux_groups
32
8.0
Option
nfs.v3.snapshot.active. fsid.enable
Purpose
Default value
Determines whether the FSID of on objects in a Snapshot copy matches the FSID of the active file system for NFSv3. Determines whether the FSID of off objects in a Snapshot copy matches the FSID of the active file system for NFSv4. Enables multiple open instances of on the SMB named pipe on an FPolicy server. Enables you to specify the Snapshot copy to use for updating the destination system when backing up a volume SnapMirror destination using SnapVault. Displays whether the SP has been configured. Enables or disables SSLv2. Enables or disables SSLv3.
vsm_base_ only
nfs.v4.snapshot .active.fsid.enable
8.0.1
fpolicy.multiple_pipes
8.0
snapvault.snapshot_for_ dr_backup
8.0.2
sp.setup
(N/A)
on on
ssl.v2.enable ssl.v3.enable
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For more information about the options command and individual options, see the na_options(1) man page. Option
autosupport.minimal.sub ject.id
Change The default for this option has been changed to systemid for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0.2 7-Mode or later. The default for this option has been changed to 253. This option has become obsolete. The default for this option has been changed to off for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later.
cifs.max_mpx
flexscale.max_io_qdepth
httpd.admin.enable
httpd.admin.ssl.enable
The default for this option has 8.0 been changed to on for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later. The default for this option has been changed to off for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later. 8.0
rsh.enable
ssh.enable
The default for this option has 8.0 been changed to on for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later. The default for this option has 8.0 been changed to on for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later. The default for this option has 8.0 been changed to on for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later.
ssh2.enable
security.passwd.rules.e veryone
Option
security.passwd.rules.h istory
Change The default for this option has been changed to 6 for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later.
telnet.distinct.enable
The default for this option has 8.0 been changed to on for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later. The default for this option has been changed to off for systems shipped with Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode or later. This option has become obsolete. This option has become obsolete. The default option is ntp. This option has become obsolete. This option has become obsolete. 8.0
telnet.enable
timed.max_skew
8.0 8.0
timed.proto
timed.sched
8.0 8.0
timed.window
95
Supported systems
You need a supported storage system to run a release in the Data ONTAP 8.1 family operating in 7Mode. The following FAS and V-Series systems are supported: 6280 6240 6210 6080 6070 6040 6030 3270 3240 3210 3170 3160 3140 3070 3040 FAS2240 FAS2040 FAS2220
Note: When a storage system name appears without a prefix (for example, "60xx" instead of "FAS60xx" or "V60xx"), the related content applies to both FAS systems and V-Series systems.
All systems supported by the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode can be configured as an HA pair. For more information about supported storage systems in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode, see the Hardware Universe.
Unsupported systems
Some storage systems are not supported in the Data ONTAP 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode. The following storage systems are not supported: 3050 3020 FAS2050 FAS2020 9xx 2xx GF900 GF270c R200 SA200
Storage system firmware It is best to upgrade to the latest version of storage system firmware. For a list of available system firmware, see the System Firmware Release Table at support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/fw. For more information, see the Data ONTAP Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode.
Requirements for running Data ONTAP 8.1 | 97 Disk firmware For information about the latest disk firmware, see the Disk Drive & Firmware Matrix at support.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/diskfw.
Note: New disk firmware is sometimes included with Data ONTAP upgrade packages. For more information, see the Data ONTAP Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode.
Disk shelf firmware For information about the latest disk shelf and ESH (Embedded Switched Hub) firmware, see the Disk Shelf & ESH Firmware Matrix at support.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/diskshelf.
This document covers the V-Series limits for all platforms and all Data ONTAP 8.x releases. It will be reposted on support.netapp.com on a monthly basis if any updates are necessary.
Important cautions
Before upgrading to this release of Data ONTAP, you need to read the important cautions to identify and resolve issues that might affect the operation of your storage systems. To request more information about an individual bug and to explore other bug-related tools, see Bugs Online on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol.
iSCSI target adapters not supported in Data ONTAP 8.1 and later
The iSCSI target adapter cards Emulex LPe100i-D1 (X1129A-R5), Emulex LP100i-D1 (X1029BR5), Emulex LPe100i-F1 (X1136A-R5), and Emulex LP100i-F1 (X1036B-R5) are not supported in Data ONTAP 8.1 and later. iSCSI targets are still supported on Ethernet and unified target adapter ports. These adapters are reported as Emulex LPe100i-D1, Emulex LP100i-D1, Emulex LPe100i-F1, and Emulex LP100i-F1 in the sysconfig command output. Before upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1 or later, move all iSCSI traffic to other ports and remove these adapters from the storage controllers.
Beginning with 7.3.5 and 8.0.1, the -r option (no automatic reboot) is the default for the software update command.
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Note: However, when you first upgrade to Data ONTAP 7.3.5 or 8.0.1 or a later release in the 8.0 family, you must specify the -r option for nondisruptive upgrades. In subsequent major and minor nondisruptive upgrades, it will no longer be required to specify the option.
For the upgrade to Data ONTAP 8.0 and later releases, .exe images are no longer available. You must use one of the following image types depending on the upgrade you are performing: .zip images, for upgrades from an earlier release family to Data ONTAP 8.0 .tgz images, for upgrades from any Data ONTAP 8.0 release to a later release
After you have upgraded to Data ONTAP 8.0 or later, you can only use .tgz images for further upgrades. After you have copied the .zip or .tgz image to your storage system, you can install it with the software update command. Alternatively, you can make the .zip or .tgz image available from an HTTP server in your environment, then use the software update command to copy the upgrade image from the HTTP server, extract and install the system files, and download the files to the boot device with one command. For more information about upgrade images, see the Data ONTAP Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode.
To ensure continued access to a feature that requires a license, you should add the pack license key before you upgrade to Data ONTAP 8.1.x. If you do not add the pack license key before upgrading, the features are not available when you boot into the new Data ONTAP release, and you must add the key after upgrading. For information about Data ONTAP 8.1 licensing models and whether a license key must be added for a particular feature or pack, see the knowledgebase article Using License Keys with Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode FAQ on the NetApp Support Site.
Related information
If you revert to a release earlier than Data ONTAP 8.1, you might need to install licenses for some products
If you acquire licensed or entitled products by upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1 or later and these products required a license prior to Data ONTAP 8.1, you might need to install a license after reverting. This is the case if a license was not previously installed for the release you revert to. Starting with Data ONTAP 8.1, some products are grouped together so that only one license key is required to add a pack of software products to a system. Also starting with Data ONTAP 8.1, some products are automatically entitled without requiring a license key. These products might have required a license in earlier releases. If you did not install a license for these products in a release earlier than Data ONTAP 8.1 and you revert to a release earlier than Data ONTAP 8.1, you might need to install a license so that you can continue to use the products after the revert. For example, you have a 32xx system, which requires a license for MultiStore prior to Data ONTAP 8.1, but you did not install a MultiStore license. After upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1 or later, you
Important cautions | 101 automatically get MultiStore with the Data ONTAP Essentials license pack without requiring a separate license. If you revert to a release earlier than Data ONTAP 8.1, you must install a MultiStore license to continue to use MultiStore on your 32xx system. For information about Data ONTAP 8.1 licensing models, see the knowledgebase article Using License Keys with Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode FAQ on the NetApp Support Site.
3210 and 3140 storage systems with Flash Cache modules are supported
Data ONTAP 8.1.1 operating in 7-Mode supports 3210 and 3140 storage systems with 256-GB Flash Cache modules. If you have a 3140 storage system with Flash Cache modules, Data ONTAP 8.1.1 reenables the 256GB Flash Cache module on the 3140 storage systems using the full capacity for wear-leveling and cache storage. However, to deliver on the full value of Data ONTAP 8.1.1, the maximum working dataset in the 256-GB Flash Cache module on 3140 storage systems is 128 GB. After upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1.1 on a 3210 or 3140 storage system, you must verify that the WAFL external cache functionality is enabled. Verifying that WAFL external cache functionality is enabled After upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1.1 on a 3210 or 3140 storage system with 256-GB Flash Cache modules, you must verify that the WAFL external cache functionality is enabled.
Steps
1. Verify that the WAFL external cache functionality is enabled by entering the following command:
options flexscale.enable
For 7-Mode single-controller configurations, run this command from the system console prompt. For 7-Mode HA pairs, run this command from each node. 2. The next step depends on the system output:
If the output shows... on Then...
The WAFL external cache functionality is enabled and no further action is needed. However, if you did not configure the WAFL external cache option when you enabled the functionality, you can do so now. You can find the option descriptions and commands in the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com. Note: For 7-Mode HA pairs, you must configure the option on each node.
Then...
a. Enable the WAFL external cache functionality by entering the following command: options flexscale.enable on For 7-Mode single-controller configurations, run this command from the system console prompt. For 7-Mode HA pairs, run this command from each node. b. Configure the WAFL external cache option. You can find the option descriptions and commands in the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com. Note: For 7-Mode HA pairs, you must configure the option on each node. Note: You can set the WAFL external cache configuration option now or later, but it is recommended that you set the option now to ensure optimal performance for the system's workload.
NDU not available for SAN systems with some versions of Linux hosts running high-speed interconnects
For some versions of Linux, you cannot upgrade to Data ONTAP 8.1 or earlier using the nondisruptive upgrade (NDU) method with SAN hosts that have ALUA enabled and have high-speed interconnects (8 Gb or faster). The following versions of Linux running on hosts can encounter host hangs or long delays in I/O operations during the failover phase of the Data ONTAP (NDU), which causes disruption of services to the hosts: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x or 5.x prior to 5.8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.x and 11.x Oracle Linux 5.x and 6.x
To perform a NDU with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must ensure you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8. Otherwise, you need to plan for a disruptive Data ONTAP upgrade. For more information, see I/O delays sometimes seen after controller failover on Linux hosts with ALUA.
If your IPv6 address entries are missing these brackets, you must manually update the file and add the square brackets around each IPv6 address so that the entry looks similar to the following example:
/vol/vol3 sec=sys,rw=[FD20:81BE:B255:4136:10.72.58.30],root=[FD20:81BE:B255:4136:10.7 2.58.30]
You can update the /etc/exports file either by using a text editor or the exportfs command. For more information, see the Data ONTAP File Access and Protocols Management Guide for 7-Mode.
The correct message will be displayed when the problem is fixed in a future Data ONTAP release.
Reverting to an earlier release on a 3210 with more than 200 volumes can cause a system panic
Data ONTAP 8.1 and later releases support 500 volumes on the 3210. For previous Data ONTAP release families, only 200 volumes are supported. If you attempt to revert a 3210 with more than 200 volumes to an earlier release of Data ONTAP, not all of your volumes will come online. To avoid this issue, ensure that you have 200 or fewer volumes before reverting to an earlier release family on a 3210.
Validation of LUNs fails when reverting from Data ONTAP 8.1 to some earlier releases
Validation of LUNs created in Data ONTAP 8.1 might fail when you revert from Data ONTAP 8.1 to some earlier releases. In Data ONTAP 8.1 and later releases, LUN serial numbers can contain characters, such as number sign (#) and ampersand (&), which are not supported in some earlier releases. Data ONTAP 8.1 supports the following characters in LUN serial numbers: number sign (#), ampersand (&), dollar sign ($), percent (%), asterisk (*), plus sign (+), less than sign (<), equal sign (=), greater than sign (>), question mark (?), at sign (@), open bracket ([), exclamation point (!), close bracket (]), caret (^), and tilde (~).
104 | Data ONTAP 8.1.1 RC1 Release Notes For 7-Mode If your LUN serial numbers contain these characters in Data ONTAP 8.1 or later, you cannot revert to Data ONTAP releases earlier than version 8.0.3 in the 8.0.x release family or version 7.3.7 in the 7.3.x release family.
Downgrade to 8.1 not allowed for 3140 and 3210 systems with Flash Cache modules
If you want to downgrade a 3140 or 3210 storage system that has a Flash Cache module to Data ONTAP 8.1, you need to disable the Flash Cache modules before you can downgrade the system. The downgrade will fail if you do not disable the modules. Flash Cache modules are not supported on 3140 and 3210 storage systems running Data ONTAP 8.1. For information about how to disable the Flash Cache modules before you downgrade to Data ONTAP 8.1, see the Data ONTAP Upgrade and Revert/Downgrade Guide for 7-Mode.
MultiStore license and vFiler units removed when reverting to Data ONTAP release earlier than 8.1
If you revert to a Data ONTAP release earlier than 8.1 and your system has the Multistore feature enabled, the MultiStore license and vFiler units are removed in certain cases. The affected storage systems are 62xx, 32xx, FAS2240, FAS2220, and FAS2040. The MultiStore license and vFiler units are removed when you perform the revert operation in the following scenarios: The storage system has a new installation of Data ONTAP 8.1. The storage system was previously running Data ONTAP 8.0.x or Data ONTAP 7.3.x, and the MultiStore feature was not licensed before upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.1.
You must perform the following steps to retrieve the vFiler units: 1. Before reverting, obtain all the information related to the vFiler units by using the vfiler status -r command. 2. After reverting, license the MultiStore feature by using the license add command. 3. Restore the vFiler units by using the vfiler create -r command.
Note: This method works only if the data in the volumes is not modified or deleted.
Setup cautions
If you are setting up a storage system for the first time, you should review the setup cautions. For more information about these issues, see the Data ONTAP Software Setup Guide for 7-Mode.
Manageability cautions
If you are a storage system administrator, you should familiarize yourself with these manageability issues.
Certificates signed with MD5 could cause loss of connectivity to secure clients
To enhance security, starting with Data ONTAP 8.0.2, Data ONTAP uses the SHA256 messagedigest algorithm to sign the contents of digital certificates (including certificate signing requests (CSRs) and root certificates) on the storage system. Use of the MD5 message-digest algorithm, which was used to sign CSRs and root certificates, is no longer officially supported. Depending on the certificate depth verification, clients might need to use SHA256 to verify digital certificates presented by Data ONTAP 8.0.2 and later. Data ONTAP 8.0 and 8.0.1 use the MD5 message-digest algorithm to sign digital certificates. Due to the CVE-2004-2761-IETF X.509 certificate MD5 signature collision vulnerability, and to minimize security risks when using a certificate signed with MD5, you should have the CSRs further signed by a certificate authority (CA) using SHA256 or SHA1.
If your root FlexVol volume does not meet the new size requirements
The minimum required size for root FlexVol volumes has been increased for every system running the Data ONTAP 8.0 release family or later. If your root FlexVol volume does not meet the new requirements, you should increase its size as soon as you complete the upgrade procedure. The root volume must have enough space to contain system files, log files, and core files. If a system problem occurs, these files are needed to provide technical support. For more information about root volumes and the root FlexVol volume requirements for your platform, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode.
Mirroring a ZCS aggregate is not supported for this release of Data ONTAP
You should not add a plex to an aggregate composed of disks or array LUNs with the zoned checksum (ZCS) type using this version of Data ONTAP. Doing so disables checksum protection for the mirrored aggregate. For more information about this issue, including steps to take if you already attempted this operation, see Bug ID 605854 in Bugs Online.
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System might panic if the network configuration entries in the /etc/rc file are not in the recommended order
You should ensure that the entries in the /etc/rc file are in the recommended order. The incorrect order can cause prolonged giveback or system reboot time, which might result in a system panic. For more information about the ordering of entries in the /etc/rc file, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode.
Non-ASCII characters in the comment string of the lun setup command result in system panic
If you enter non-ASCII characters in the comment string while running the lun setup command, the system panics. To avoid system panic, you must enter only ASCII characters in the comment string of the lun setup command.
Reversion requirements with volume ComplianceClock and autocommit period of SnapLock volumes
If you are reverting to a previous release of Data ONTAP that supports SnapLock, you must consider the status of the volume ComplianceClock time and autocommit period of the SnapLock volumes. Before reverting to a previous release, you must ensure that the volume ComplianceClock value of the SnapLock volumes does not exceed the date, 19 January 2038. If it exceeds this date, the revert fails. You can check the volume ComplianceClock time by using the snaplock clock status command. When reverting to a previous release, if the SnapLock volumes have different autocommit periods, you have to accept the prompt to set the system-wide autocommit period option to none. You can check the autocommit period of the SnapLock volumes by using the vol status v command.
Manageability issues
You should be familiar with the known issues and limitations in the management interface that affect your ability to manage the storage system. These issues include problems with command behavior, command output, or error messages presented in the Data ONTAP CLI or web interface and problems with UNIX or operating system commands used to interface with your storage system.
The wrfile command might fail to capture all input during a cut-and-paste operation performed through the RLM or SP
If you access the system console from the RLM or SP and you perform a cut-and-paste operation on graphic input that involves using the wrfile command, the command might fail to capture all input. This behavior is a result of the unusually high sustained data rate in the cut-and-paste operation. You can avoid this issue by using an SSH console session instead of accessing the system console through the RLM or SP.
Features with the ENABLED keyword in the license command output might require setting the options
Output of the license command displays the ENABLED keyword instead of the license key for some features. Before using the features, you might need to use the options command to enable them. For features that were not used with previous versions of Data ONTAP but are now provided free of cost or as part of a software pack for which you have installed a license key, the output of the license command displays ENABLED in Data ONTAP 8.1 or later releases. You can enable the following features by using the options command: Disk sanitization (licensed_feature.disk_sanitization.enable) Fibre Channel (licensed_feature.fcp.enable) FlexCache (licensed_feature.flexcache_nfs.enable) iSCSi (licensed_feature.iscsi.enable) MultiStore (licensed_feature.multistore.enable) NearStore (licensed_feature.nearstore_option.enable)
For more information, see the na_options(1) man page and the knowledgebase article Using License Keys with Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode FAQ on the NetApp Support Site.
vFiler DR configuration with the snapmirror.checkip.enable option on fails, if SnapMirror fails to authenticate destination IPv6 address
When you configure vFiler units for disaster recovery, if the snapmirror.checkip.enable option is set to on on the source storage system and the IPv6 address of the source storage system is used for communication, SnapMirror requires the IPv6 address of the destination storage system to set up a SnapMirror relationship. You must specify the destination storage systems IPv6 address in the list of allowed addresses for SnapMirror relationship on the source storage system. You can add the destination storage systems IPv6 address either to the snapmirror.access option, or to the /etc/snapmirror.allow file if the snapmirror.access option is set to legacy. For more information about the snapmirror.checkip.enable option, see the Data ONTAP Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide for 7-Mode.
NTP version used to communicate with a newly configured NTP server defaults to v3
Starting with Data ONTAP 8.0.2, the Network Time Protocol (NTP) version to be used for communicating with a newly configured NTP server defaults to v3 instead of v4. This change is to address situations where certain time servers support only NTP v3. Releases prior to Data ONTAP 8.0 use Simple NTP v3 (SNTPv3) by default, while Data ONTAP 8.0 and 8.0.1 use NTP v4 by default. For Data ONTAP 8.0.2 and later releases, the NTP daemon continues to use the highest supported version (v4 in this case) to communicate with the time servers that were configured prior to Data ONTAP 8.0.2. To reset the time servers to use NTP v3, you can use the options timed.servers command to reconfigure the list of servers. For NTP troubleshooting information, see the following knowledgebase articles on the NetApp Support Site:
How to verify NTP operation in Data ONTAP 8 How to troubleshoot NTP synchronization issues in Data ONTAP 8 and later releases Data ONTAP 8 and later releases fail to synchronize time with Windows w32time NTP server
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How to verify NTP operation in Data ONTAP 8: kb.netapp.com/support/index? page=content&actp=LIST&id=S:1010058 How to troubleshoot NTP synchronization issues in Data ONTAP 8 and later releases: kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&actp=LIST&id=S:1012660
Data ONTAP 8 and later releases fail to synchronize time with Windows w32time NTP server: kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&actp=LIST&id=S:2015314
If your system uses rtc or rdate as the protocol for time synchronization
Starting with Data ONTAP 8.0, the Network Time Protocol (NTP) protocol is the only supported protocol for time synchronization. The rtc and the rdate protocols of the timed.proto option are obsolete and no longer take effect after you upgrade to Data ONTAP 8.0 or later. If your system does not use NTP as the time-synchronization protocol, it will not keep accurate time after you upgrade it to Data ONTAP 8.0 or later. Problems can occur when the storage system clock is inaccurate. If your system does not already use NTP as the protocol for time synchronization, immediately after upgrading to Data ONTAP 8.0 or later you must set timed.proto to ntp, set timed.servers to use time servers that support NTP, and ensure that timed.enable is set to on.
Note: After you set timed.proto to ntp, the setting remains in effect even if you revert back to a release prior to Data ONTAP 8.0.
For information about how to synchronize the system time, see the Data ONTAP System Administration Guide for 7-Mode.
If you attempt to set these options when the system is running Data ONTAP 8.0 or later, they have no effect. However, these settings do take effect if the system is reverted back to a release prior Data ONTAP 8.0.
Write operations might fail or LUNs might go offline if deduplication metadata increases
In volumes with deduplication enabled, the deduplication metadata increases if the deduplication schedule is turned off. The increase in metadata might cause write operations to fail or LUNs to go offline. To avoid this issue, you must schedule deduplication to be run periodically by using the sis config -s command. If the metadata in the volume has increased, then you must disable deduplication by using the sis
off command and delete the metadata by using the sis reset command.
For more information about deduplication, see the Data ONTAP Storage Management Guide for 7Mode.
You cannot assign ownership and checksum type for spare disks or array LUNs in the same operation
If you need to change both the checksum type and ownership of a spare disk or array LUN, you must use two separate commands. Example If you wanted to change the ownership to sys2 and checksum type to block for array LUN vgbr300s20:21.126L14, you would use the following two commands:
Read performance for mirrored aggregates not in a MetroCluster configuration might be degraded
The cf_ remote license is installed by default on all new 32xx and 62xx storage systems. If you are using mirrored aggregates that are not in a MetroCluster configuration, the presence of this license can reduce read performance, because data is read from only one plex. You can recover from this situation by using the following command to disable the license (on both nodes for HA pairs):
license delete cf_remote
This removes the restriction and allows data to be read from either plex.
Aggregate expansion or deduplication of a FlexCache origin volume running Data ONTAP 8.1 can cause system panic
A storage system containing a FlexCache can panic if a Data ONTAP 8.1 origin volume or its containing aggregate undergo aggregate expansion or deduplication. This problem can occur on FlexCache volumes running a release earlier than Data ONTAP 7.3.6 in the 7.3 release family or Data ONTAP 8.0.2 in the 8.0 release family, with an origin volume running Data ONTAP 8.1. The problem is fixed in Data ONTAP 7.3.6, 8.0.2, 8.1, and later. However, both the FlexCache system and the origin system must have the fix to prevent the problem. To avoid this problem, take the FlexCache volume offline by using the vol offline command before the deduplication of the origin volume or aggregate expansion. When the deduplication or expansion is complete, place the FlexCache volume back online by using the vol online command.
After changing the port assigned to ACP, a reboot is required to regain use of the original port
If you reconfigure ACP to use a new port, the port that was configured for ACP before becomes available for use by another subsystem only after you reboot the storage system.
Configuring ACP to use a different port on a FAS2240 system disables ACP for the local SAS expander
If you configure ACP to use a different port than e0P (the default) on a FAS2240 system, the internal ACPP module IOM6E becomes unresponsive, disabling ACP for the local SAS expander. Unless
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Static routes are not retargeted to a network interface with a new autoconfigured IPv6 address
The static routes from a network interface in the down status are not retargeted to another network interface with an autoconfigured IPv6 address in the same subnet. To avoid this issue, you must perform the following steps: 1. Configure the interface from the down status to the up status, by using the following command:
ifconfig interface up
2. Configure the same interface to the down status by entering the following command:
ifconfig interface down
The routes are retargeted to the network interface with the autoconfigured IPv6 address that is configured to the up status. For more information, see Bug ID 536175 in Bugs Online.
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Domain controller responds with an access denied error to an SMB 2.x tree connect request
A domain controller can respond with a 0xc0000022 error (Access Denied) to an SMB 2.x tree connect request from the storage server on IPC$. This issue is thought to be due to a race condition between changing the smb2.signing.required option and creating a session setup message. To avoid this issue, disable SMB 2.x on the storage system by entering the following command:
options cifs.smb2.client.enable off
If you encounter this issue, log out, then log back in to the CLI.
Configuration issue for clients that mount NFS shares using a nonreserved port
The nfs.mount_rootonly option should be set to off on a storage system that must support clients that mount NFS shares using a non-reserved port even when the user is logged in as root. Such clients include Hummingbird clients and Solaris NFS/IPv6 clients. If the nfs.mount_rootonly option is set to on, Data ONTAP allows only clients that use reserved ports (that is, ports with numbers lower than 1024) to mount the NFS shares.
I/O delays sometimes seen after controller failover on Linux hosts with ALUA
During a controller failover (CFO), hosts running versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x or 5.x prior to 5.8; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.x and 11.x; or Oracle Linux 5.x and 6.x with ALUA enabled sometimes encounter either host hangs or long delays in I/O operations. This issue can also cause problems with nondisruptive upgrades (NDU). The problem occurs when the recovery from the CFO is delayed. The delay causes the ALUA transition period on the controller, which is running Data ONTAP, to take longer. The controller responds to the requests with the message:
NOT READY: Asymmetric Access State Transition
At that point, the Linux host starts continually retrying its requests. The increased number of retries overwhelms the target and eventually leads to degraded performance, such as long and sometimes stalled I/O operations or situations where the host hangs. This issue is usually seen in environments that use high-speed interconnects (8 Gb or faster). This issue is resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8. For more information, see NDU not available for SAN systems with some versions of Linux hosts running high-speed interconnects.
If you use the automatic sizing feature on thinly provisioned LUNs when snap reserve is set to a non-zero value
Generally, before you thinly provision LUNs, you should set snap reserve to zero. However, there are rare exceptions that require you to set snap reserve to a value other than zero. In these instances, you must use the automatic sizing feature for thinly provisioned LUNs in FlexVol volumes to work properly.
About this task
Using the automatic sizing feature is required because the space from deleted Snapshot copies can only be used to fulfill Snapshot space requests. Furthermore, the automatic deletion process will not begin until the snap reserve value is exceeded.
If the specified FlexVol volume is about to run out of free space and is smaller than its maximum size, and if there is space available in its containing aggregate, the FlexVol volume's size will increase by the specified increment.
CIFS access to SnapVault or qtree SnapMirror destination can cause system panic
If a CIFS client accesses data on a SnapVault or a qtree SnapMirror destination, when the destination volume or aggregate is being upgraded to the 64-bit format, it might result in a system panic. To avoid this issue, you must allow a CIFS client to access SnapVault or qtree SnapMirror destination only after the destination volume or aggregate is completely upgraded to the 64-bit format.
Node can panic with assertion failure after volume SnapMirror relationship is broken
A node can panic if you break a volume SnapMirror relationship and then send I/O requests to the destination volume before the "volume deswizzling" scan has finished running. In this scenario, the destination volume is contained in a Flash Pool. When the node panics, a message similar to the following displays:
To avoid this issue, do not send I/O requests to the destination volume until the "volume deswizzling" scan is complete. Contact technical support to verify if the scan is running.
Read performance for mirrored aggregates not in a MetroCluster configuration might be degraded
The cf_ remote license is installed by default on all new 32xx and 62xx storage systems. If you are using mirrored aggregates that are not in a MetroCluster configuration, the presence of this license can reduce read performance, because data is read from only one plex. You can recover from this situation by using the following command to disable the license (on both nodes for HA pairs):
license delete cf_remote
This removes the restriction and allows data to be read from either plex.
Restore engine does not honor any mandatory or advisory locks on files
The destination volume for a restore operation might have files with mandatory or advisory locks. When you initiate a restore operation to such a volume, the restore engine does not honor these locks. It ignores these locks and overwrites the files.
Tape devices behind DataFort are not detected unless a known SCSI device is mapped to LUN 0
If a known SCSI device is not mapped to LUN 0 when using a DataFort appliance, the tape drives and media changers behind the DataFort appliance are not detected. To avoid this issue, you must ensure that the following actions have been performed:
Known problems and limitations | 121 When configuring a tape library, you must assign LUN 0 to SCSI devices such as, tape drives, media changers, and SCC devices for them to be detected and accessed by the storage system. When connecting a tape library through a DataFort appliance, the tape drive, media changer, or SCC device assigned to LUN 0 must also be mapped to a DataFort Cryptainer. This enables the storage system to detect LUN 0 and also the SCSI devices attached to it.
If you upgrade your V-Series system to run Data ONTAP 8.1 and the storage array is not supported in 8.1, you must revert Data ONTAP to an earlier release. See the Upgrade Downgrade/Revert Guide for information about how to revert your system to an earlier release.
Possible giveback failure during controller or NVRAM8 replacement on 62xx or 32xx systems
Due to a known issue, when doing a nondisruptive replacement of the NVRAM8 adapter on a 62xx system or a controller module on a 32xx system, the cf giveback or storage failover giveback command might fail after the hardware replacement is complete. For details about whether you are exposed to this issue, and for a workaround, see TSB-1202-01, The 'cf giveback' and 'storage failover giveback' commands fail after replacing NVRAM8 in a FAS62xx or a FAS32xx motherboard, on the NetApp Support Site at support.netapp.com.
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For example, you must not include the iscsi commands or the wrfile command in the /etc/rc file. Doing so prevents your storage system from booting successfully.
Correction to the maximum number of volumes for FAS22xx and FAS20xx series systems
The Storage limits topic incorrectly shows the maximum FlexVol volumes for the FAS22xx series as 200, and the maximum FlexVol volumes for the FAS20xx series as 500. This is incorrectthe maximum number of FlexVol volumes for the FAS22xx series is 500, and the FAS20xx series has a maximum of 200 FlexVol volumes.
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