We have an F740 with three FC-AL shelves and 15 9GB disks. The shelves only have a single LRC.
We are getting a new F740 and everything we need in order to setup the two F740's to do CF. The new shelves will have two LRCs as required for CF.
In order to minimize downtime while we are upgrading our current shelves with a second LRC, we'd like to setup the new filer next to the current filer, then swap all of the disks from our current filer into the new shelves. I am assuming that if we do this, when we power up the new filer, it will assume the identity of our current filer.
Then we can upgrade our current shelves at our leisure.
Does this sound like it will work? Are there any compatibility issues between drives and shelves? Any other words of advice about upgrading to CF?
Thanks.
j. -- Jay Soffian jay@cimedia.com UNIX Systems Administrator 404.572.1941 Cox Interactive Media