NetApp ONTAP 9.6 New Features

NetApp announced ONTAP 9.6 with new features and functions:

• All version of ONTAP will be “long term supported”
• New  version of ONTAP System Manager that is based on REST APIs   & New version on Active IQ Unified Manager (Re-Branding)
• Simpler FlexGroup management
• Adaptive QoS support for NVMe/FC (maximums)  
• Additional host support for NVMe
• FabricPool tiers to Google and Alibaba clouds
• FlexCache extended to use with Cloud Volumes ONTAP
• FlexGroups on MetroCluster.
• Larger ONTAP Select “Premium XL” license  
• Over-the-wire encryption with SnapMirror and FlexCache
• Per tenant / SVM encryption key management
• Aggregate-level encryption which enables aggregate level dedupe with NVE
• Entry level AFF and FAS MetroCluster over IP 
• Easy deploy plugin for ONTAP Select in VMware
• SnapMirror Synchronous support for NFSv4, SMB2 & 3
• Self Encrypting Drives (SED) NVMe SSDs

New Version of System Manager. Renamed ad ONTAP System Manager.

New Look & Feel DashBoard view with Hardware information.
You can see the disk and Network port and LIF information also.

Complete Network Ports and LIF's view.

Disk view.

OnCommand Unified Manager renamed as Active IQ Unified Manager.

Both Health & Performance in single menu control.

Volume view in ONTAP System Manager.

Aggregate view in ONTAP System Manager.

Storage VM's View.

Network Management view.

New Cloud Integration with Alibaba, Google and IBM Cloud.

Storage View.

Fabric Pool view.