Oscar,
You'll need to look at the System Configuration Guide on now.netapp.com for a C720 for the version of NetCache you are running to confirm compatability. I just tried to look for you but that part of the site appears to be down at the moment.
Having said that, I'm sure any of the adapters you listed will work just fine, if what you are getting at is that you have those in stock and you're not sure which one to use.
If you are suggesting using a non-NetApp adaptor, you need to look at the chipset on the NetApp adapter and find another OEM card with the same chipset. i.e. the X1001B is a common Znyx adapter.
However, there are two issues with doing this:
1) The firmware on your substitute adaptor may no be the same as the one from NetApp, so it may not work correctly. 2) You will violate your NetApp hardware maintenance contract by using a third-party product inside the box.
I do know that the NetApp X1025B gigabit ethernet adaptor is a stock standard Intel Pro1000 which is fully interchangeable, i.e. you can use the NetApp card in a Windows or Linux box and it will work just fine and the regular Intel 8940PWL will work just fine in a Filer (at about a third of the price you would have to pay NetApp for it!). We often use the original Intel card in NetApp boxes in our test labs. However, issue (2) above still applies, so we would never recommend any of our customers do this in a live environment.
regards,
Alan McLachlan Senior Systems Engineer Storage Management Solutions ASI Solutions www.asi.com.au Ph +61 2 6230 1566 Fax +61 2 6230 5343 Mobile +61 428 655644 e-mail amclachlan@asi.com.au
-----Original Message----- From: Oscar Rodriguez Hernandez [mailto:orh@satec.es] Sent: Friday, 29 November 2002 8:46 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Cc: Jose Luis Jimenez Fernandez; Jose Sanchez Subject: Network Adapters for Netcache C720
Hello
We currently have one C720 Netache unit. We need to have this unit more than one Ethnernet port, and at our local stock we have many different types of Network Adapters, and we would like to know if we could use one of those instead of buying a new one.
The network adapters fort C720 are the following NetApp P/N:
Single-port 10Base-T/100Base-TX:
P/N X1001B* P/N X1001C
Quad-port 10Base-T/100Base-TX
P/N X1012B* P/N X1012C
Does anyone know which network card (manufacturer, model) are those P/N for? Has anyone used succesfully any different network adapter not from NetApp for the NetCache C720 unit?
Thanks.
Oscar.
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