Mats, If you just want to get rid of the annoying message, you can toy around in the /etc/sysconfigtab file. Find your hardware class (F760) and the card you're having problems with, and edit the allow lines. All you need to do is change the following lines to start with 8, rather than 4 or 7 (be sure to remove 8 from the unclustered X2040B line, just in case).

allow F760 X2040B 5 4,5,6,7,8,3,2,1 1 allow F760 X2040B 6 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 2

Of course, I'm sure NetApp would appreciate it if you just put the cards in the slots like they ask, but if they didn't want us to be able to make these changes, then why would they make it so easy to do?

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # The syntax for "allow" lines is # # allow model card max-# valid-slots [flags] # # "Flags" are logical OR of # 1 non-cluster only # 2 cluster only # 20 strict slot ordering (exactly as listed) # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Geoff Hardin geoff.hardin@dalsemi.com

Öberg Mats wrote:

Hi, does anyone know if it's ok to use slot 8 in the F760 for fc-al?

I'm asking this because it's in that slot right now, and it seems to be working, but the filer keeps telling me that it should be in any slot but slot8, so I was going to move it, but then I found this on the now site:

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Make optimal use of Slot 8 This method of improving filer performance applies to F700 series filers only. The fastest available PCI slot in an F700 series filer that is not clustered is Slot 8. If your filer uses a 64-bit network interface card, put it in Slot 8 to take advantage of the speed. If the filer does not use a 64-bit network interface card, put the main FC-AL adapter in this slot.

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So, if it´s ok then how can I get rid of theese annoying error messages?

By the way were at OnTap 6.1.1R2.

---- Mats