Introduction to NetApp BlueXP

• Two benefits of using BlueXP:
• Unified visibility across licenses, entitlements and subscriptions, with investment protection.
• AIOps-driven automation, intuitive wizards, and allows monitoring of storage and services in cloud environments.
• BlueXP unifies management across on-premises and cloud storage environments by:
• Integrating management toolsets, resources and services.
• Enabling consistent and common processes, policies and procedures.
• Private mode BlueXP deployment offers the granular control of information flow and selection of NetApp services and cloud resources in specific regions.
• Note: Modes are: Standard, Private, Restricted
• BlueXP approach to data and infrastructure protection:
• Intelligent data and user monitoring
• Classification, backup, recovery and anomaly detection.
• Zero trust capabilities from the inside out.

 

BlueXP deployment modes

• BlueXP pricing
• BlueXP is free of charge
• A connector in the cloud network incurs a cost
• Hyperscaler costs are incurred when the following occur:
• New hyperscalar infrastructure is deployed.
• Hyperscaler infrastructure exceeds the committed capacity.

Further Reading

• Learn about Connectors
• On-premises ONTAP cluster management from BlueXP
• Discover on-premises ONTAP clusters

"You need the cluster management IP address and the password for the admin user account.

BlueXP discovers ONTAP clusters using HTTPS. If you use custom firewall policies, the ONTAP cluster must allow inbound HTTPS access through port 443."

Direct connection in 9.12.1.

Discover On-Premises ONTAP (Direct)