Andrew,
I am proud to say -
we are listening!!
While you did have
the link to the brocade page in your email - you did not have the link to the
high level page for our tapesan solutions.
That can be found
here:
I'm not sure which
library you wanted to connect - but if you click on the Adic lib under
brocade (as an example) - you will get here:
And this page shows
all of the ADIC libs that are supported in a tapesan.
Assuming further you
were interested in the Scalar 10k from ADIC - you can scroll down - and see not
only supported fw config info - but a docs link - which will get you to the
jointly created (ADIC and Netapp) solution doc
and also links at
ADIC to help describe/help with configuring.
For the oem'd
san switch - our stance is if you are dealing with an oem switch which is not changed
by that oem vendor (firmware or hardware) then you are really using the switch
vendors switch - and we support as documented.
We only ask that if
you make this determination you also check any service contracts with the oem to
ensure they would not be violated - to our surprise some oems have somewhat
restrictive clauses.
Of course - If the
oem changes the switch in any functional way (firmware or hardware) then we need
them to certify their changes are valid.
I do hope this helps
and would ask that if you (or Graeme) are still having concerns
- please let me know.
Dave
Manager,
Certification and Operations
Technical
Marketing
Network Appliance,
Inc.