Hi Shaun,
We would like to know what would be the quickest way to get the data moved from one system to the other. Doing it accross our 100Mb net could take a couple of days, which is unacceptable. Could we put a scsi card in the F740, attach our F540's shelves and do volcopys? Any other suggestions? We need the downtime to be the absolute minimum.
We've recently updated "Migrating Data Between NetApp Filers" paper on the NetApp web site. Hopefully this can be of some help in explaining the different methods that we support, check it out at:
http://www.netapp.com/technology/level3/3018.html
Also, if it's fibre-channel only, how am I supposed to attach my scsi-based DLT jukebox, so I can continue to back up the replacement filer via NDMP? Is there a scsi port on an F740, just for use by a tape drive?
The F700 series has an on-board fast/wide/differential for tape backup.
Cheers, Grant