To configure NVMe on a new storage VM	To configure NVMe on an existing storage VM
Steps In ONTAP System Manager, click Storage > Storage VMs and then click Add. Enter a name for the storage VM. Select NVMe for the Access Protocol. Select Enable NVMe/FC or Enable NVMe/TCP and Save.	Steps In ONTAP System Manager, click Storage > Storage VMs. Click on the storage VM you want to configure. Click on the Settings tab, and then click next to the NVMe protocol. Select Enable NVMe/FC or Enable NVMe/TCP and Save.

To configure NVMe on a new storage VM

To configure NVMe on an existing storage VM

Steps

In ONTAP System Manager, click Storage > Storage VMs and then click Add.
Enter a name for the storage VM.
Select NVMe for the Access Protocol.
Select Enable NVMe/FC or Enable NVMe/TCP and Save.

Steps

In ONTAP System Manager, click Storage > Storage VMs.
Click on the storage VM you want to configure.
Click on the Settings tab, and then click next to the NVMe protocol.
Select Enable NVMe/FC or Enable NVMe/TCP and Save.

CLI

Configure an storage VM for NVMe with the ONTAP CLI.

Steps

If you do not want to use an existing SVM, create one:
```
vserver create -vserver <SVM_name>
```
1. Verify that the SVM is created:
  vserver show
Verify that you have NVMe or TCP capable adapters installed in your cluster:

For NVMe:
```
network fcp adapter show -data-protocols-supported fc-nvme
```
For TCP:
```
network port show
```
If you are running ONTAP 9.7, remove all protocols from the SVM:
```
vserver remove-protocols -vserver <SVM_name> -protocols iscsi,fcp,nfs,cifs,ndmp
```
Beginning with ONTAP 9.8, it is not necessary to remove other protocols when adding NVMe.

Add the NVMe protocol to the SVM:

vserver add-protocols -vserver <SVM_name> -protocols nvme

If you are running ONTAP 9.7, verify that NVMe is the only protocol allowed on the SVM:
```
vserver show -vserver <SVM_name> -fields allowed-protocols
```
NVMe should be the only protocol displayed under the allowed protocols column.
Create the NVMe service:
```
vserver nvme create -vserver <SVM_name>
```
Verify that the NVMe service was created:
```
vserver nvme show -vserver <SVM_name>
```
The Administrative Status of the SVM should be listed as up.

Create an NVMe/FC LIF:

For ONTAP 9.9.1 or earlier, FC:

network interface create -vserver <SVM_name> -lif <lif_name> -role data -data-protocol fc-nvme -home-node <home_node> -home-port <home_port>

For ONTAP 9.10.1 or later, FC or TCP:

network interface create -vserver <SVM_name> -lif <lif_name> -service-policy <default-data-nvme-tcp | default-data-nvme-fc> -data-protocol <fcp | fc-nvme | nvme-tcp> -home-node <home_node> -home-port <home_port> -status-admin up -failover-policy disabled -firewall-policy data -auto-revert false -failover-group <failover_group> -is-dns-update-enabled false

Create an NVMe/FC LIF on the HA partner node:

For ONTAP 9.9.1 or earlier, FC:

network interface create -vserver <SVM_name> -lif <lif_name> -role data -data-protocol fc-nvme -home-node <home_node> -home-port <home_port>

For ONTAP 9.10.1 or later, FC or TCP:

network interface create -vserver <SVM_name> -lif <lif_name> -service-policy <default-data-nvme-tcp | default-data-nvme-fc> -data-protocol <fcp | fc-nvme | nvme-tcp> -home-node <home_node> -home-port <home_port> -status-admin up -failover-policy disabled -firewall-policy data -auto-revert false -failover-group <failover_group> -is-dns-update-enabled false

Verify the NVMe/FC LIFs were created:

network interface show -vserver <SVM_name>

Create volume on the same node as the LIF:
```
vol create -vserver <SVM_name> -volume <vol_name> -aggregate <aggregate_name> -size <volume_size>
```
If a warning message is displayed about the auto efficiency policy, it can be safely ignored.