Hello,
We received our first NetApp, a 630 with a slew of quad ethernet interfaces in it recently. My plan was to connect a number of Sun Ultra 2's directly to the filer using crossed ethernet cables.
Also, Sun sells a QFE (Quad Fast Ethernet) card that supports the "trunking" of all four ports of this card which allows an 800Mb/s (100x4xfull duplex) connection toother compatible devices (other Suns, I assume some ethernet switches, etc.)
Does anyone know if the quad ethernet controllers in the 630 can be configured this way?
Also, has anyone benchmarked how much data a NetApp 630 can push to half a dozen to a dozen Ultra 2's that are directly connected via 100mb/s full duplex connections? Any tuning hints? I'd definitely appreciate learning from the collective experience.
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