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|    7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3   |

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Audience

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This README is for system administrators who want to use this tool to

transition workload from a 7- Mode system to a clustered Data ONTAP

system.



About the tool

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This tool enables you to collect inventory information from controllers, 

hosts, and host applications, assess the features and functionalities of

these systems, and identify how these features and functionalities work

in the clustered Data ONTAP version selected for transition.


You can transition one or more 7-Mode volumes with configuration of protocols

and services to clustered Data ONTAP with minimum client disruption. During 

the transition process, storage efficiency features such as Snapshot copies, 

deduplication, and compression are preserved.

 
The 7-Mode Transition Tool uses TLS or SSL protocols for communicating with 
  
the 7-Mode storage systems. The tool communicates with the storage system 
  
using the TLS protocol if TLS is enabled on the storage system. If TLS is 
  
disabled and SSLv3 is enabled on a storage system, the tool uses SSLv3 to 
  
communicate with the storage system. It is a best practice to enable TLS 
  
and disable SSLv3 on the storage system in order to avoid SSLv3 security 
  
vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3566).


Features in this release

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Planning your configuration transition to clustered Data ONTAP by performing the following tasks:
 * Ignore the transition of certain 7-Mode configurations to clustered Data ONTAP
 * Consolidate similar 7-Mode NFS export rules to a single export policy in clustered Data ONTAP and reuse an existing NFS export policy on the SVM that matches the export policy that will be created by the tool
 * Consolidate similar 7-Mode Snapshot schedules to a single Snapshot policy in clustered Data ONTAP and reuse an existing Snapshot policy on the SVM that matches the Snapshot policy that will be created by the tool

For more information on the new and updated features in 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3, 

see the 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3 Release Notes.

 


For information on how to use 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3, see the 7-Mode Transition 

Tool 2.3 Data and Configuration Transition Guide.

Support 
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NetApp, Inc. 

495 East Java Drive 

Sunnyvale, CA 94089 U.S. 

Telephone: +1 (408) 822-6000 

Fax: +1 (408) 822-4501 

Support telephone: +1 (888) 463-8277 

NetApp, Inc.
495 East Java Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 U.S.
Telephone: +1 (408) 822-6000
Fax: +1 (408) 822-4501
Support telephone: +1 (888) 463-8277
Web: http://mysupport.netapp.com



