We had the same problem. Pretty easy to move the QLA 2100 FC-AL card to
slot 1. There was a bug in an older version of the 7xx firmware (2.3
maybe?) that caused a panic with certain cards in certain slots. We ended
up calling NetApp tech support and removing the gig-E cards to get the filer
to boot, and then upgraded the firmware (2.8). The filer would then boot
properly with the cards in the recommended slots.
What's interesting is that the FC-AL card *came* in slot 8 when we got our
740 directly from NetApp. It's not like we put it in the wrong slot on
purpose. We never even thought about the slot positions until we put in the
gig-E cards, and then noticed the sysconfig errors.
The recommendations from sysconfig -c and the NetApp "put this card in this
slot" matrix do not seem to be in agreement.
-warren
Warren Walsh
Honeywell Laboratories
Information Technology
612-951-7837
warren.walsh(a)honeywell.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Öberg Mats [mailto:mats.oberg@tietoenator.com]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 5:13 AM
To: Toasters (E-mail)
Subject: FC_AL in slot 8?
Hi, does anyone know if it's ok to use slot 8 in the F760 for fc-al?
I'm asking this because it's in that slot right now, and it seems to be
working, but the filer keeps telling me that it should be in any slot but
slot8, so I was going to move it, but then I found this on the now site:
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Make optimal use of Slot 8
This method of improving filer performance applies to F700 series filers
only. The fastest available PCI slot in an F700 series filer that is not
clustered is Slot 8. If your filer uses a 64-bit network interface card, put
it in Slot 8 to take advantage of the speed. If the filer does not use a
64-bit network interface card, put the main FC-AL adapter in this slot.
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So, if it´s ok then how can I get rid of theese annoying error messages?
By the way were at OnTap 6.1.1R2.
---- Mats