Connect fiber/10G ethernet from FAS8200 to Windows server for faster backups. Please advice.Newbie

[Sanna_Kumar]

Hello   I am new to Netapp and getting there slowly... in managing few small clusters.  Aggregates are full and need to move data out quickly.  I see unused fiber and 10G ethernet at the back of FAS8200.    Can I connect my windows server to these so that I can move TB's of data out of filers?  Anyone has instructions, kindly share.

Was doing backups via Robocopy and XCP.. but it is taking a long time via 1G connection.

Thank you very much.

[Bharath1]

Hi there!
Connection:

• Make sure you have a 10GbE network card installed on your Windows server.
• Use a compatible 10GbE cable (SFP+ or direct attach cable, depending on your setup) to connect the Windows server to the 10GbE switch or directly to the 10GbE port on the FAS8200, if that's supported in your environment.

Even after the connection:

• On the NetApp side, you'll need to ensure that the 10GbE port is configured and up. You might need to create or modify a broadcast domain and IPspace if required.
• Set up the proper NFS or CIFS/SMB shares, depending on the protocol you plan to use for the data transfer.

Mount : This is important.

• On your Windows server, you'll need to mount the NFS share or map the CIFS/SMB share to begin transferring data.

Simple: Mount the share and transfer the data!

[liu]

First you need to connect windows server to the netapp port, configure the 10gbe port in netapp, and enable it. Then configure the NAS protocol, use the cifs or nfs share to access, and mount the nfs or cifs mapping for data transmission. You can take a look at the configuration documentation and hope it is useful for you   NAS storage management