Hi,
We're currently looking at replacing our F820 with a FAS270. We'd like to take advantage of the library(ADIC Scalar 10K) we already have attached to our backup SAN. Unfortunately the SAN is based around EMC Connectrix switches(ED-64M). Not something NetApp seem to support. No surprise there really :)
Just wondering if anyone is successfully using a FC backup solution that makes use of non-supported FC switches, and if so what the vendor is.
Graeme.
try to talk about this issue to your sale represent. Netapp is continuouslly integrating compatibility w/ different SAN product. Your case may reflect a general and/or help netapp in his work.
graeme_taylor@agilent.com wrote:
Hi,
We're currently looking at replacing our F820 with a FAS270. We'd like to take advantage of the library(ADIC Scalar 10K) we already have attached to our backup SAN. Unfortunately the SAN is based around EMC Connectrix switches(ED-64M). Not something NetApp seem to support. No surprise there really :)
Just wondering if anyone is successfully using a FC backup solution that makes use of non-supported FC switches, and if so what the vendor is.
Graeme.
We use a Compaq SAN Switch, which is a rebadged Brocade Silkworm 2800. As good as they are in most other areas, NetApp wasn't much help setting this up. The detail in their web resources is limited to block diagrams of tape SAN setups; even the specialized Brocade page (http://www.netapp.com/osn/info/fc/brocade.html) only seems to deal with cascading FC switches, and not with any basic configuration. The telephone support people were not eager to help when I told them what kind of switch we were using, and the info they did give me was wrong.
NetApp, if you're listening, you need to provide some sort of cookbook for setting up a tape SAN, especially for a setup with multiple filers, a large library, FC switch, and FC-to-SCSI bridged tape drives. No one person seems to know how to configure this.
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