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Preparing for FabricPool configuration

The preparation required for FabricPool configuration depends on the object store you use as the cloud tier.

  • Installing a FabricPool license
    AFA enabled systems can support FabricPool as a secondary data tier device for cold\archive data. To enable support for this feature, you will need to install the FabricPool license that can be purchased separately of your DM Series device. FabricPool is supported with many of the common Cloud Services providers like Azure Blob Storage, AWS S3 and IBM Cloud Object Storage.
  • Installing a CA certificate if you use ONTAP S3
    Unless you plan to disable certificate checking for ONTAP S3, you must install a ONTAP S3 CA certificate on the cluster so that ONTAP can authenticate with ONTAP S3 as the object store for FabricPool.