Preparing storage systems for SnapDrive

Before installing SnapDrive for Windows, you must prepare each NetApp storage system in your SnapDrive configuration.

Steps

1. Verify that the storage system meets the minimum requirements for use with SnapDrive.
2. After you verify that licenses for FC, iSCSI, or both are enabled on your storage system, you must start the services by entering the fcp start command or the iscsi start command at the storage system command line.

   See the Data ONTAP Block Access Management Guide for iSCSI and FC for more information.

3. Prepare a volume on the storage system to hold SnapDrive LUNs.

• Minimum SnapDrive storage system requirements
  Each storage system in a SnapDrive for Windows configuration must meet minimum component and license requirements.
• Determining which licenses are enabled on a storage system
  You can use System Manager or FilerView to determine which licenses are enabled on your storage system, and to enable additional licenses. Follow this procedure to manage licenses with FilerView.
• Preparing a volume for SnapDrive
  You must create a storage system volume that can hold the LUNs to be managed by SnapDrive for Windows.