ONTAP 9 Manuals ( CA08871-402 )

ONTAP licensing overview

A license is a record of one or more software entitlements. Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, all licenses are delivered as a license file (LF), which is a single file that enables multiple features. Beginning in May 2023, all ETERNUS AX/AC series (both ETERNUS AX series and ETERNUS AC series) and ETERNUS HX series are sold with either the ONTAP One software suite or the ONTAP Base software suite, and beginning in June 2023, all ASA systems are sold with ONTAP One for SAN. Each software suite is delivered as a single LF, replacing the separate LF bundles first introduced in ONTAP 9.10.1.

Licenses included with ONTAP One

ONTAP One contains all available licensed functionality. It contains a combination of the contents of the former Core bundle, Data Protection bundle, Security and Compliance bundle, Hybrid Cloud bundle, and Encryption bundle, as shown in the table. Encryption is not available in restricted countries.

Former bundle name

ONTAP keys included

Core bundle

FlexClone

SnapRestore

NFS, SMB, S3

FC, iSCSI

NVME-oF

Security and Compliance bundle

Autonomous Ransomware Protection

MTKM

SnapLock

Data Protection bundle

SnapMirror (asynchronous, synchronous, Business Continuity)

SnapCenter

S3 SnapMirror for our targets

Hybrid Cloud bundle

SnapMirror Cloud

S3 SnapMirror for non-our targets

Encryption bundle

Volume Encryption

Trusted Platform module

Licenses not included with ONTAP One

ONTAP One does not include any of our cloud-delivered services, including the following:

  • BlueXP tiering

  • Cloud Insights

  • BlueXP backup

  • Data governance

ONTAP One for existing systems

If you have existing systems that are currently under our support but have not been upgraded to ONTAP One, the existing licenses on those systems are still valid and continue to work as expected. For example, if the SnapMirror license is already installed on existing systems, it is not necessary to upgrade to ONTAP One to get a new SnapMirror license. However, if you do not have a SnapMirror license installed on an existing system, the only way to get that license is to upgrade to ONTAP One for an additional fee.

Beginning in June 2023, ETERNUS AX/AC/HX series using 28-character license keys can also [upgrade to the ONTAP One or ONTAP Base compatibility bundle].

Licenses included with ONTAP Base

ONTAP Base is an optional software suite that’s an alternative to ONTAP One for ETERNUS AX/AC/HX series. It is for specific use cases where data protection technologies such as SnapMirror and SnapCenter, as well as security features like Autonomous Ransomware, are not required, such as non-production systems for dedicated test or development environments. Additional licenses cannot be added to ONTAP Base. If you want additional licenses, such as SnapMirror, you must upgrade to ONTAP One.

Former bundle name

ONTAP keys included

Core bundle

FlexClone

SnapRestore

NFS, SMB, S3

FC, iSCSI

NVME-oF

Encryption bundle

Volume Encryption

Trusted Platform module

Licenses included with ONTAP One for SAN

ONTAP One for SAN is available for ETERNUS AX/AC series ASA. This is the only software suite available for SAN. ONTAP One for SAN contains the following licenses:

ONTAP keys included

FlexClone

SnapRestore

FC, iSCSI

NVME-oF

MTKM

SnapLock

SnapMirror (asynchronous, synchronous, Business Continuity)

SnapCenter

SnapMirror cloud

Volume Encryption

Trusted Platform module

Other license delivery methods

In ONTAP 9.7 through ONTAP 9.9.1, license keys are delivered as 28-character strings, and there is one key per ONTAP feature. You use the ONTAP CLI to install license keys if you are using ONTAP 9.7 through ONTAP 9.9.1.

ONTAP 9.10.1 supports installing 28-character license keys using ONTAP System Manager or the CLI. However, if an LF license is installed for a feature, you cannot install a 28-character license key over the license file for the same feature. For information about installing LFs or license keys using ONTAP System Manager, see Install ONTAP licenses.

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