https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/mixing-x357-and-x358-disks-in-AFF-A300-in-the-same-node/m-p/453382#M43706 <P>Good Evening Members,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We have a NetApp AFF-A300 with one expansion shelf with 12&nbsp;X358 disks, can we add 12 X357 Disks in the expansion. Will the aggreagates expand? or do we need to create a new aggregate with the X357 disk?</P> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:31:06 GMT emukalazi 2024-06-23T19:31:06Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/mixing-x357-and-x358-disks-in-AFF-A300-in-the-same-node/m-p/453382#M43706 <P>Good Evening Members,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We have a NetApp AFF-A300 with one expansion shelf with 12&nbsp;X358 disks, can we add 12 X357 Disks in the expansion. Will the aggreagates expand? or do we need to create a new aggregate with the X357 disk?</P> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:31:06 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/mixing-x357-and-x358-disks-in-AFF-A300-in-the-same-node/m-p/453382#M43706 emukalazi 2024-06-23T19:31:06Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/mixing-x357-and-x358-disks-in-AFF-A300-in-the-same-node/m-p/453384#M43707 <P>Hello, sorry to say that you cannot mix these two drives types in the same controller due to the x358 being NSE FIPS. &nbsp; There is a boot arg needed to enabled NSE drives on systems and if you enable it, you also disable non-NSE drives. &nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SpindleNinja_0-1719178946735.png" style="width: 615px;"><img src="https://community.netapp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28452iAA8FC3F5C0B2F886/image-dimensions/615x80?v=v2" width="615" height="80" role="button" title="SpindleNinja_0-1719178946735.png" alt="SpindleNinja_0-1719178946735.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 21:44:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/mixing-x357-and-x358-disks-in-AFF-A300-in-the-same-node/m-p/453384#M43707 SpindleNinja 2024-06-23T21:44:18Z