Ok, I'm sure this has been covered somewhere during the years, and I'm well aware that this is taboo in terms of the NetApp IBM partnership, but I would like to attempt or rather investigate the following:
1. Reconfigure an IBM N3700 to FAS270, initializing the disks and deploying NetApp Data ONTAP, does anyone know if the underlying hardware (firmware) will accept this.
2. Add NetApp disks and shelves to the system, ie grow with NetApp directly and not neccessarily IBM.
Anyone attempted this your info would be helpful.
We are not concerned about the support agreements, financially NetApp is cheaper and easier, so in this day and age it all about the MONEY:).