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
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.