DATA SHEET | SERVICES

Cohesity Smart Start Service
Speed time to value while protecting your data
Key Benefits• Efficient, seamless software
installation and File & Object
Cluster implementation• Optimized configurationaccording to Cohesity
Standards and Best Practices• Integration with chosen
technologies• Experienced technicalprofessionals to help you
get a holistic view of the
deployment, issues, and needsof your project

The PS Smart Start Service is a bundled offering that includes
Professional Services Installation and File & Object Data Management
Cluster configuration. The Cohesity Smart Start Service provides rapid
software installation and file management cluster configuration toaccelerate your organization’s NAS tiering integration and protection
strategies.
Our professional team of Advanced Services Consultants will install and configure
Cohesity software onto the certified hardware platforms of your choice—AND THEN
perform a SmartFiles Cluster Implementation to prepare your Cohesity Cluster for a file
management use case. Our team will:• Create Views• Configure Mount Points• Configure IP Allowlist• Integrate Marketplace Apps (i.e., Clam AV)• Integrate Active Directory, LDAP or NIS• Integrate Internal DNS• Apply Cohesity Filer Best Practices• Configure NAS Tiering• Configure S3 Objects• Demo of NAS Vendor Integration Functionality• Validate Active Directory, Audit Logs, View Access, NAS Tiering Objects• Provide transfer of information and ‘as built’ documentation upon completion.
See Service Scope Limits on following page
Note: The PS Smart Start Service is to be delivered in consecutive business days.

Service Delivery OverviewPlanning• Project management and resource coordination• Guidance through our Professional Services Pre-Installation Checklist• Review of site preparation best practices and confirmation of readinessImplementation• Configuration of Cohesity software according to best practices• Addition of cluster(s) to specified data and management networks (including VIPS)• Enablement of Cluster Core Management Services, including SMTP, SNMP for
monitoring and alerts

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DATA SHEET | SERVICES• Joining of the cluster(s) to Active Directory, configuration ofproxy server and global whitelisting (if applicable)• Configuration of Storage Domains and Views, including
storage encryption, redundancy levels and space-saving

Services Scope Limits
File & Object Config
Up to 2 Views

Create Views

features such as deduplication and compression• Register sources and create protection jobs

1 SMB / 1 NFS

Create Mount Points
NFSSMB

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1Configure S3 Objects

1AD or LDAP Integration

1 AD or 1 LDAP• Verification of node network failover and hardware health

NAS Tiering

1 NAS Mount• Review of and resolution of any alerts

Audit Log Configuration

Up to 2 Views• Assign policies to protection jobs to automate operations
and meet your business service-level agreement (SLA)
requirements

Validation

Project Close and Transfer of Information

Marketplace App Integration• Coordination by the installation engineer of a transfer ofinformation with your team

Clam AV

Note: Cohesity Professional Services DO NOT rack, stack, cable or configure out-ofband- management or firmware of third party hardware. If you require these services,
please work with the authorized partner to quote the proper solution.

• Assistance with password changes and review of Security• Best Practices• Review of Cohesity administrative workflows and Cohesity GUI• Overview of Cohesity support and support website

Installation Sizing

Certified Hardware

Cloud Edition

Cloud Edition(SM, MD, LG nodes)(XL nodes)

Virtual Edition

PS-SMART-START-SM(3 – 8 nodes)(3 – 8 nodes)–(3 – 8 nodes)

PS- SMART-START-MD(9 – 24 nodes)(9 – 24 nodes)(3 – 8 nodes)(9 – 24 nodes)

PS- SMART-START-LG(25 – 48 nodes)(25 – 48 nodes)(9 – 24 nodes)(25 – 48 nodes)

PS- SMART-START -XL(49 – 72 nodes)(49 – 72 nodes)(25 – 48 nodes)(49 – 72 nodes)* SKU sizes are PER CLUSTER** Cloud Edition supported platforms: AWS, Azure and GCP

To learn more about Cohesity Installation Services, contact your Cohesity Sales
Representative or visit Cohesity.com/support.
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