IIRC, the main issue was noise if you used the onboard FCAL port.  The summer of hell, 1999.

As a customer and at Netapp, I didnt recall any huge swap efforts there.

The lifetime was bound by the sudden realization that Intel was the future in CPUs, Compaq was quickly killing the DEC chips and long term supply was not in the cards.

Dos Equis was the name for HA Failover which first came on the 700s as well..



 
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On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:22 AM, tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote:



Jeff....you of all must remember the hardware issue with the F700 series.
FoxConn made a significant mistake when fabricating all the 700 series boards.

There were a number of conditions that automatically generated a fix-on failure by support.
In fact, I think the F700 series was one of the shortest life-cycles I've seen.

There were significant promotions to get the F700 platform out of the field...

--tmac

Tim McCarthy
Principal Consultant


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Christian Ortiz <cortiz@berkcom.com> wrote:
Hello Jeff,
 
    The F760 was a work horse back in its day so it should boot right up : ) I would be careful replacing the NVRAM and Motherboard batteries as the plastic housing on these got very brittle over the years. If you have access to compressed air it would be a good idea to try to blow as much of the dust off of the motherboard and fans before booting it back up. Also these F760 power supplies where notorious for the pull handle screws to break off inside the power supplies, would be a good idea to pull the power supplies out and give them a good shake to see if you can hear anything rattling.
 
Good Luck!!
 
 
Thanks
Christian
 
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From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Mohler
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 9:39 AM
To: toasters@teaparty.net
Subject: Firing up an old F760...
 
This could be fun...and old F760 with say, 4 shelves of 36G drives..
 
Replace the NVRAM battery, check power supplies for leaking capacitor oil...reseat cards and DIMMS...
What're the odds it'll work, and any other fire-prevention steps to take?    :)
 
-Cheers
 
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