There are many new, exciting features in the NetApp® ONTAP® 9.8 release and you can view the entire list of them in the release notes. Many of them are integrated with NetApp ONTAP System Manager 9.8 and here is a list of new features in System Manager 9.8. We will talk about each of them separately in this mini blog series.
- Network visualization – a quick way to visualize your network map and connections
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- Hardware visualization–visualizing hardware status from the interactive interface
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- Single-click firmware update–a firmware update has never been easier
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- NetApp MetroCluster IP Configuration–set up and use MetroCluster with simplified processes
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- FSA (File System Analytics)–visualizes your file-level access activities
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- Data protection enhancements – added additional functions to perform reserve resync and reactivate a source SVM for disaster recovery setup
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In the next blog, we will start with the network visualization feature and then go down the list to talk about each of these new features.
Where can I learn more?
Please see a list of useful resources at this link.