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EF & E-Series, SANtricity, and Related Plug-ins
It's mentioned in http://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.exp-fc-rhel-cg/GUID-A46327AC-5A5E-459F-87E0-B25B0D83F52B.html?cp=12_1_1_6 but it doesn't say what OS and version should be used.
E-Series docs don't mention this as far as I can tell.
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This is not required for E-Series arrays.
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Ok, maybe that should be documented (or corrected in teh document I referred to)