topic Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17599#M1196 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Radek -</P><P>Thank you for your quick and helpful response. I am not certain what is meant by "you should minimize transitions between the two shelves types". Possibly they are suggesting that like shelf types should be cabled together if there will be multiple shelves of both types ? The transition being a connection of a 2246 to a 4243 ?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Rick Falter</P><P>MCSE, VCP, NetApp NCDA, NCIE-SAN</P><P>Systems Engineer</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:12:49 GMT JFGANTECH 2012-01-24T13:12:49Z FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17584#M1193 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have found conflicting information regarding the possibility of connecting a single DS2246 shelf and a single DS4243 disk shelf to a FAS2240-2. If this is in fact a valid configuration I would be interested in locating infromation on how to cable SAS and ACP connections.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:37:10 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17584#M1193 JFGANTECH 2025-06-05T06:37:10Z Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17589#M1194 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P></P><P>this is supported.</P><P>SAS and ACP cabling rules and examples can be found in the Universal SAS and ACP cabling guide: <A class="active_link" href="https://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/215-05500_B0.pdf" title="https://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/215-05500_B0.pdf" target="_blank">https://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/filer/215-05500_B0.pdf</A></P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Niek Baakman</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:53:32 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17589#M1194 vmsjaak13 2012-01-24T10:53:32Z Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17594#M1195 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi and welcome to the Community! <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.netapp.com/5.0.1/images/emoticons/happy.gif"></SPAN></P><P></P><P>It is supported, indeed</P><P></P><P>Have a look at this doc, p16:</P><P><A class="active_link" href="https://fieldportal.netapp.com/ci_getfile.asp?method=1&amp;uid=7178&amp;docid=37324" title="https://fieldportal.netapp.com/ci_getfile.asp?method=1&amp;uid=7178&amp;docid=37324" target="_blank">https://fieldportal.netapp.com/ci_getfile.asp?method=1&amp;uid=7178&amp;docid=37324</A></P><P><EM>Yes, you can mix DS2246 and DS4243 on the single FAS2240 SAS stack but you should minimize transitions between the two shelves types. It should be noted mixing DS2246 and DS4243 is only supported on FAS2240 and no other platforms.</EM></P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:55:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17594#M1195 radek_kubka 2012-01-24T11:55:07Z Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17599#M1196 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Radek -</P><P>Thank you for your quick and helpful response. I am not certain what is meant by "you should minimize transitions between the two shelves types". Possibly they are suggesting that like shelf types should be cabled together if there will be multiple shelves of both types ? The transition being a connection of a 2246 to a 4243 ?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Rick Falter</P><P>MCSE, VCP, NetApp NCDA, NCIE-SAN</P><P>Systems Engineer</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:12:49 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17599#M1196 JFGANTECH 2012-01-24T13:12:49Z Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17604#M1197 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Niek</P><P>Thank you for your quick and helpful response. This is exactly what I was looking for.</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>Rick Falter</P><P>MCSE, VCP, NetApp NCDA, NCIE-SAN</P><P>Systems Engineer</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:14:01 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17604#M1197 JFGANTECH 2012-01-24T13:14:01Z Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17608#M1198 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yep, this is my understanding as well.</P><P></P><P>To make things more interesting, NetApp also recommends to have as few as possible cross-over points (i.e. changes from SAS to SATA technology) in a mixed SAS/SATA stack . Again, no hard numbers are provided, so in theory any combination is supported.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:30:11 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17608#M1198 radek_kubka 2012-01-24T13:30:11Z Re: FAS2240 Configuration Question https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17612#M1199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Also good to know. Thanks !</P><P></P><P></P><P>Rick Falter</P><P>MCSE, VCP, NetApp NCDA, NCIE-SAN</P><P>Systems Engineer</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:39:15 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/FAS2240-Configuration-Question/m-p/17612#M1199 JFGANTECH 2012-01-24T13:39:15Z