NetApp Global File Cache 1.0.3 User Guide Important: If you are using Cloud Manager to enable Global File Cache, you should use https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/occm/concept_gfc.html for a step-by-step walkthrough. Cloud Manager automatically provisions the GFC Management Server instance alongside the GFC Core instance and enables entitlement / licensing. You can still use this guide as a reference. Chapter 7 through 13 contains in-depth information and advanced configuration parameters for GFC Core and GFC Edge instances. Additionally, this document includes overall onboarding and application best practices. 2 User Guide © 2020 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 The GFC Fabric: Highly Scalable and Flexible ...............................................................................................8 1.2 Next Generation Software-Defined Storage ....................................................................................................8 1.3 Global File Cache Software ............................................................................................................................8 1.4 Enabling Global File Cache using NetApp Cloud Manager .............................................................................8 2 NetApp Global File Cache Requirements .......................................................................................... 9 2.1 Hardened Server Appliance ............................................................................................................................9 2.2 Physical Hardware Requirements ...................................................................................................................9 2.3 Virtual Deployment Requirements (i.e. Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware vSphere) ............................................9 2.4 Cloud Deployments (such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon AWS) ............................ 10 2.5 Operating System/Software Requirements ................................................................................................... 10 2.6 Backend File Server Requirements .............................................................................................................. 11 2.7 Partition Sizing Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.8 GFC Intelligent File Cache Disk Requirements (D:\) ..................................................................................... 11 2.9 Networking .................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.10 Networking (External Access) ....................................................................................................................... 12 2.11 Client Workstation Settings ........................................................................................................................... 12 2.12 NetApp Support Policy .................................................................................................................................. 14 2.13 Firewall and Antivirus Best Practices ............................................................................................................ 14 3 Getting Started with NetApp Global File Cache .............................................................................. 17 3.1 Example: Deployment Summary ................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Example: Centralized Data Store in the On prem, hybrid or public cloud ..................................................... 18 3.3 GFC Fabric ................................................................................................................................................... 19 3.4 Sizing Guidelines .......................................................................................................................................... 19 4 Deploying NetApp Global File Cache Virtual Template and Software Package .......................... 21 4.1 Before You Begin .......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 Deploying the GFC Virtual Template ............................................................................................................ 21 4.3 Network Configuration .................................................................................................................................. 22 4.4 Active Directory Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 24 4.5 Software Installation Package (Update) ........................................................................................................ 26 5 Licensing ............................................................................................................................................. 30 5.1 How It Works ................................................................................................................................................. 30 5.2 Subscription Updates .................................................................................................................................... 30 3 User Guide © 2020 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5.3 Caching ......................................................................................................................................................... 30 5.4 Requirements ................................................................................................................................................ 30 5.5 Deploying GFC LMS instance ....................................................................................................................... 31 6 Initial Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 36 6.1 Initial Configuration Wizard ........................................................................................................................... 36 6.2 Global File Cache Configuration Console ..................................................................................................... 37 7 Designing and Deploying NetApp Global File Cache Core ............................................................ 40 7.1 GFC Core Stand-Alone Instance .................................................................................................................. 40 7.2 GFC Core Load Distributed Design .............................................................................................................. 40 7.3 Configuring GFC Core instance – Service Account ...................................................................................... 41 7.4 Configuring GFC Core instance – Backend File Servers .............................................................................. 42 7.5 GFC Core Advanced Features ...................................................................................................................... 43 7.6 Global Exclusion List ..................................................................................................................................... 43 7.7 Server Exclusion List .................................................................................................................................... 44 7.8 Remote Inclusion List .................................................................................................................................... 44 7.9 Selectable File Handling ............................................................................................................................... 45 7.10 Pre-population (legacy) ................................................................................................................................. 46 7.11 Core Advanced Options ................................................................................................................................ 47 8 Designing and Deploying NetApp Global File Cache Edge ........................................................... 49 8.1 GFC stand-alone instance ............................................................................................................................ 49 8.2 GFC Edge Multi-Edge Deployment ............................................................................................................... 49 8.3 Configuring the GFC Edge Role ................................................................................................................... 54 8.4 GFC Edge Advanced Features ..................................................................................................................... 55 9 Designing and Deploying Policy Configuration .............................................................................. 59 10 DFS Namespace Integration .............................................................................................................. 61 10.1 DFS Design ..................................................................................................................................................