Glenn,

Yes I have seen a couple of these now. I have set one up with direct connect to a tape library via optical FC using NDMP to control the backups. It isn't acutally optical LC until you put the GBIC in, so yeah it is a lot more flexible than before.

As for the in the field replacement, I suspect you probably would end up with one of the ROHS units but it isn't a definate thing. If you are selecting the RMA part yourself select the one that has a part number ending in R5 as this is the ROHS kit.

Regards Oliver

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Dekhayser Sent: Friday, 6 October 2006 8:07 a.m. To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Interesting FAS250 note on Tape connectivity

From the NOW Forums:

"FAS250 units ordered after 8-May-2006 are now fitted with optical LC (instead of copper HSSDC2) connector style. This change in connection with ROHS compliance."

This was a major pain in the keester before, as there were only a few copper-FC tape devices available. Has anyone seen these newer units? I didn't see any announcements made on this, and the online system config guide still shows the copper HSSDC2 port, not fiber.

Also, if there was a FAS250 in the field that needed a controller replacement, would Netapp ship the new RoHS compliant controller, or the older one?

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