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How can I find approved SFP+ transcievers for my FAS8200 and FAS8020 systems?

kodiak_f

I'm still pretty new to NetApp so my adventures within the NetApp HWU have not been exactly fruitful.

I'm trying to determine what transcievers would be allowable in the SFP ports on our systems. We need to add some new physical links and I want to be absolutely sure we buy supported hardware.

We buy NetApp shelving cables, but I'm hoping that we can just purchase commodity network transcievers and cabling. We'll be using twinax on one of the clusters and transcievers with fiber on the other cluster due to the physical location.

Thanks a million!

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andris

On your questions on NetApp-supported v.s. 3rd party SFPs/cables.

We're strict on SFPs/cables used for FC, SAS storage and Ethernet cluster ports, as documented in the HWU.

For front-end/network data Ethernet ports, we generally recommend using either NetApp-supported parts (as documented in HWU) or SFPs/cables that are approved by the switch/network device vendor you are connecting the ports to. The best compatibility is with passive copper and SR optical. You should avoid using active copper/active optical, unless specifically called out as supported cable types in HWU for that port.

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darb0505

Hi Kodiak,

NetApp HWU is the best location for this information. It depends on if you are using onboard ports or a HBA adapter card to add additional ports. If you go to HWU and look up the platform you can see the supported cables and SFPs for specific ports on the platform. You can also look up any adapter cards you might be using and see the supported SFPs for that specific card.

Best is to start your search with the platform and ONTAP version and then you can dig into the adapter card (if using one) to get more details.

Thanks

andris

On your questions on NetApp-supported v.s. 3rd party SFPs/cables.

We're strict on SFPs/cables used for FC, SAS storage and Ethernet cluster ports, as documented in the HWU.

kodiak_f

Thanks very much for the information Andris and Darb0505!

I'll keep poking around the HWU. I have a hard time in there for the less obvious stuff such as these transceivers.

kodiak_f

Woot - finally figured out how to see these in the HWU - that site certainly takes some getting used to.

8200-OnboardPorts.pdf