MetroCluster Manuals ( CA08871-401 )

What’s new in MetroCluster configuration support for ONTAP features

Each release of the ONTAP 9 data management software delivers new and enhanced features that improve the capabilities, manageability, and performance of ONTAP MetroCluster configurations.

Supported features in MetroCluster configuration Description Available beginning

SVM data mobility support for migrating MetroCluster configurations

ONTAP supports the following MetroCluster SVM migrations:

  • Migrating an SVM between a non-MetroCluster HA pair and a MetroCluster IP configuration

  • Migrating an SVM between two MetroCluster IP configurations

  • Migrating an SVM between a MetroCluster FC configuration and a MetroCluster IP configuration

ONTAP 9.16.1

MD5 authentication support for BGP peer groups

ONTAP supports MD5 authentication on BGP peer groups to protect BGP sessions. When MD5 is enabled, BGP sessions can only be established and processed among authorized peers, preventing potential disruptions of the session by an unauthorized actor.

ONTAP 9.16.1

MetroCluster IP support for NVMe

The NVMe/TCP front-end host protocol is supported on four-node MetroCluster IP configurations.

ONTAP 9.15.1

S3 object storage support on mirrored and unmirrored aggregates

You can enable an S3 object storage server on an SVM in a mirrored or unmirrored aggregate in MetroCluster IP and FC configurations.

ONTAP 9.14.1

Support for provisioning an S3 bucket on mirrored and unmirrored aggregates in a MetroCluster cluster

You can create a bucket on a mirrored or unmirrored aggregate in MetroCluster configurations.

ONTAP 9.12.1

MetroCluster IP support for NVMe

The NVMe/FC protocol is supported on four-node MetroCluster IP configurations.

ONTAP 9.12.1

IPsec support for front-end host protocol in MetroCluster IP and MetroCluster fabric-attached configurations

IPsec support for front-end host protocol (such as NFS and iSCSI) is available in MetroCluster IP and MetroCluster fabric-attached configurations.

ONTAP 9.11.1

Consistency groups

Consistency groups are supported in MetroCluster configurations.

ONTAP 9.7

FabricPool mirrors on MetroCluster configurations

You can set up a mirrored FabricPool on MetroCluster configurations to tier cold data to two different fault zones.

ONTAP 9.7

SVM disaster recovery

Active storage virtual machines (SVMs) in a MetroCluster configuration can be used as sources with the SnapMirror SVM disaster recovery feature.

ONTAP 9.5

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