SAN hosts and cloud clients manuals ( CA08872-021 )

Learn about ONTAP support and features for Oracle Linux hosts

Features supported for host configuration with NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) varies based on your version of ONTAP and Oracle Linux.

Feature Oracle Linux host version ONTAP version

Feature	Oracle Linux host version	ONTAP version
Secure in-band authentication is supported over NVMe/TCP between a Oracle Linux host and an ONTAP controller	9.4 or later	9.12.1 or later
NVMe/TCP provides namespaces using the native `nvme-cli` package	8.2 or later	9.10.1 or later
NVMe and SCSI traffic is supported on the same host using NVMe multipath for NVMe-oF namespaces and dm-multipath for SCSI LUNs	7.7 or later	9.4 or later

Secure in-band authentication is supported over NVMe/TCP between a Oracle Linux host and an ONTAP controller

9.4 or later

9.12.1 or later

NVMe/TCP provides namespaces using the native nvme-cli package

8.2 or later

9.10.1 or later

NVMe and SCSI traffic is supported on the same host using NVMe multipath for NVMe-oF namespaces and dm-multipath for SCSI LUNs

7.7 or later

9.4 or later

ONTAP supports the following SAN host features regardless of the ONTAP version running on your system setup.

Feature Oracle Linux host version

Feature	Oracle Linux host version
In-kernel NVMe multipathing for NVMe namespaces is enabled by default	8.3 or later
SAN booting is enabled using the NVMe/FC protocol	9.5 or later
The `nvme-cli` package includes auto-connect scripts removing the need for third-party scripts	8.3 or later
The native udev rule in `nvme-cli` package provides round-robin load balancing for NVMe multipath	8.3 or later

In-kernel NVMe multipathing for NVMe namespaces is enabled by default

8.3 or later

SAN booting is enabled using the NVMe/FC protocol

9.5 or later

The nvme-cli package includes auto-connect scripts removing the need for third-party scripts

8.3 or later

The native udev rule in nvme-cli package provides round-robin load balancing for NVMe multipath

8.3 or later