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FabricPool support in MetroCluster configurations

Starting with ONTAP 9.7, MetroCluster configurations support FabricPool storage tiers.

For general information on using FabricPools, see the Disks and Aggregates Power Guide.

Disk and Aggregate Management Guide

Considerations when using FabricPools​

  • The clusters must have FabricPool licenses with matching capacity limits.

  • The clusters must have IPSpaces with matching names.

    This can be the default IPSpace, or an IP space an administer has created. This IPSpace will be used for FabricPool object store configuration setups.

  • For the selected IPSpace, each cluster must have an intercluster LIF defined that can reach the external object store.

Configuring an aggregate for use in a mirrored FabricPool​

Note

Before you configure the aggregate you must set up object stores as described in "Setting up object stores for FabricPool in a MetroCluster configuration" in the Disks and Aggregates Power Guide.

Disk and Aggregate Management Guide

To configure an aggregate for use in a FabricPool:

  1. Create the aggregate or select an existing aggregate.

  2. Mirror the aggregate as a typical mirrored aggregate within the MetroCluster configuration.

  3. Create the FabricPool mirror with the aggregate, as described in the Disks and Aggregates Power Guide.

    Disk and Aggregate Management Guide

    1. Attach a primary object store.

      This object store is physically closer to the cluster.

    2. Add a mirror object store.

      This object store is physically further distant to the cluster than the primary object store.