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Versions: ONTAP 9.12.1 ONTAP 9.18.1 ONTAP 9.19.1 ONTAP 9.9.1

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NetApp AI Data Engine now discovers storage beyond ONTAP

At NetApp Insight 2026, NetApp said its AI Data Engine will discover metadata across ONTAP, StorageGRID and third-party storage over NFS, SMB and S3. What changed, what is only announced, and what hybrid multicloud admin

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NetApp Data Classification: CIFS export-policy error

When running NetApp Data Classification (formerly Cloud Data Sense / BlueXP Classification) against CIFS/SMB-only ONTAP volumes, the scanner reports "Access denied. Ensure the ONTAP export policy allows access from the c

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NetApp (NTAP) Added ONTAP Support For Cloud Foundation 9.1

NetApp ONTAP has been added to VMware's Cloud Foundation 9.1 validated storage compatibility matrix, certifying ONTAP 9.x as a primary storage backend for VCF 9.1 deployments (vVols, NFS datastores, iSCSI). This validati

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2026-09-03-flex-unified-ontap-mode-ga-netapp

NetApp announced the general availability of "Flex Unified ONTAP-mode" — a new deployment mode that consolidates SAN (iSCSI/FC) and NAS (NFS/SMB) protocols on the same FlexVol volume while exposing a unified management p

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Learn about NFS over RDMA in ONTAP

Official ONTAP docs index page for NFS over RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access). Covers the protocol overview, why RDMA lowers latency for AI/HPC workloads, supported hardware (RoCE-capable NICs), supported ONTAP versions

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Configure LIFs for NFS over RDMA

You must be running ONTAP 9.12.1 or later to create a network interface for NFS over RDMA with System Manager. When you select NFS,SMB/CIFS,S3 , you have the option to Use RoCE ports . Select the checkbox for Use RoCE po

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Learn about NFS configuration with the ONTAP CLI

Concepts and end-to-end procedure for delivering NFS exports from ONTAP: SVM creation, export policy + rules (vserver export-policy rule), NFSv3/NFSv4.x enablement, Kerberos, name-mapping, and client-troubleshooting flow

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Enable NFS on an SVM

CLI command to enable NFS services on an SVM, configure NFSv3/NFSv4.x, Kerberos, and Windows-style name mappings. Covers -access-cache-config, -auth-sys-config, -nfsv3, -nfsv41, -root, -wdelay, -xprtsec. ONTAP 9.9.1-9.19

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What's new in ONTAP 9.18.1

Official NetApp release notes for ONTAP 9.18.1 (May 2026): covers Data protection, NAS, Networking, SAN, S3 object storage, Security, Storage resource management, System Manager, and Upgrade changes. Major additions incl

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2026-09-05-kb-modify-maxdir-size-ontap-9

Covers the ONTAP 9 volume-level `maxdir-size` knob (`vol options maxdir-size ` and the modern `volume modify -vserver -volume -max-dir-size ` form). The setting controls the maximum directory size in the WAFL inode file;

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2026-09-03-kb-ontap-failover-io-interruption-vmware

NetApp's official sizing guidance for the I/O gap during ONTAP storage failover (SFO) when running VMware ESXi on NFS or block datastores. Confirms the I/O interruption is "typically limited to a few seconds up to approx