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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.

The FabricPool license is a cluster-wide license. It includes an entitled usage limit that you purchase for the AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, or IBM Cloud Object Storage, Alibaba Cloud Object Storage, or Google Cloud Storage cloud tier that is associated with FabricPool in the cluster. The usage across the cluster must not exceed the capacity of the entitled usage limit. If you need to increase the usage limit of the license, you should contact your sales representative.

FabricPool licenses are available in perpetual or term-based, 1- or 3- year, formats.

Cloud Volumes ONTAP does not require a FabricPool license, regardless of the provider you are using.

This task is supported only by uploading the license file to the cluster using ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series.

  1. Download the License key for the FabricPool license from the Lenovo Key Management System site.
    Lenovo Key Management System
  2. Get the license keys by performing the following:
    1. Go to the Lenovo Key Management System.
    2. Log in to the site by using your Lenovo ID.
    3. Select Features on Demand.
    4. Select Retrieve History.
    5. Set Search Type to Search History via machine type serial number.
    6. Type your serial number in the Search value box in the format of MTMSerial Number
    7. Click Continue.

      The license will be retrieved. You can have all the licenses exported to a file and e-mailed.

    8. Export all the licenses to a file and then e-mail the file.
  3. Use ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series to upload the FabricPool license to the cluster:
    1. Depending on the ONTAP release running on your storage system, perform the following action:
      If you are running...Perform the following actions...
      ONTAP 9.5/9.6

      a. Click Configuration > Cluster > Licenses.

      b. In the License Packages tab, click Add.

      c. In the Add License Packages dialog box, enter the license key in the text box or click Choose Files to select the license file downloaded, and then click Add to add the license to the cluster.

      ONTAP 9.7 or later

      a. Click Cluster → Settings

      b. On the Settings page, click the Licenses card.

      c. On the Licenses page, click + Add.

      d. In the Add License dialog box, enter the license key in the text box or click Browse to select the license file downloaded, and then click Add to add the license to the cluster.

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