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What are Best Practices for Network Configuration for ONTAP?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Data ONTAP 7 

Answer

Examples:

  • Use Failover Groups instead of single mode interface groups (ifgrps) (p. 12, single mode)
  • Disable flow control on all cluster network ports in an ONTAP cluster. No recommendations for other network ports.  (p. 30, Ethernet Flow Control)

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