https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463468#M45173 <P>tks for your reply.</P><P>but adpv2 also support all-ssd FAS.</P> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:47:16 GMT kevin963210 2025-10-07T01:47:16Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463426#M45168 <P>Hi all, I’d like to confirm whether a <STRONG>FAS2820</STRONG> with <STRONG>no internal drives installed</STRONG>, and <STRONG>only one external DS212 shelf fully populated with SSDs</STRONG>, can enable <STRONG>ADPv2 (root-data-data)</STRONG>.<BR />I’d also like to clarify the underlying principle and whether there is any official documentation to support this.<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":thinking_face:">🤔</span></P> Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:38:48 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463426#M45168 kevin963210 2025-10-02T08:38:48Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463455#M45170 <P>No, ADPv2 is AFF only, and despite currently only having flash, that system is not an AFF.</P> Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:04:04 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463455#M45170 AlexDawson 2025-10-06T07:04:04Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463468#M45173 <P>tks for your reply.</P><P>but adpv2 also support all-ssd FAS.</P> Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:47:16 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Does-FAS2820-with-Empty-Internal-Drives-One-External-DS212-All-SSD-Support-ADPv2/m-p/463468#M45173 kevin963210 2025-10-07T01:47:16Z