Mixing SAS and FSAS disks in the same aggregate is not supported ... View more

Are you sure your FAS2820 is 4xSSD + 10xHDD?  It's a 12-drive chassis, so it's really 4xSSD and 8xHDD. Anyway, Fusion is conservative, but it is a good tool to estimate performance at a somewhat granular workload configuration level.   You might get some additional advice from the NetApp Discord channel. I recommended joining it and asking your questions there. https://discord.com/channels/855068651522490400/1062049107096633454 I think there's still headroom in the FAS2820 for another shelf, if you add one. Don't be concerned over RAID group sizes - the RAID-DP maximum of 28 drives is always enforced. You simply create additional RAID groups to add to the aggregate (or just create new aggregates with the new storage, if you want). ... View more

Yes, the patch version's download page lists the specific fixes in that patch version of ONTAP.   To see a cumulative list of fixes between two ONTAP versions in general, we have this Bugs Online tool -- ONTAP - Release Bug Comparison.   Comparing 9.14.1 with 9.14.1P11 (fixed in 9.14.1P11): https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/bugs-online/release-comparison/product/ONTAP?version1=9.14.1&version2=9.14.1P11&type=fixed ... View more

The X66211B-5-C cable is a standards-based 5m 100GBASE-CR4 cable that we have formally tested with our hardware products. It is known to interoperate well with many switch vendor products.   Cisco switch software (NX-OS, iOS) is known for actively calling out transceivers and cables as "unsupported" if they are not Cisco-branded products. Furthermore, Cisco TAC might become less helpful if 3rd party cables are being used - often requiring a Cisco-branded part to be used to progress with troubleshooting.   Answer for #1:  The easiest path is to purchase Cisco cables, but that implies additional costs.  If you search for this issue on the Internet, a common solution is to run these commands to help with 3rd-party compatibility with Catalyst switches (Info from this Cisco Community Forum thread ) no errdisable detect cause gbic-invalid service unsupported-transceiver   Answer for #2 and #3: NetApp Hardware Universe provides formal compatibility information between storage systems and supported back-end (cluster, storage, MetroCluster) switches.   But, NetApp does not formally document cable compatibility for front-end data networking use-cases. We have a more flexible policy. Using 3rd party optics/cables is permitted, as long as they are similar in technology and compliant with applicable Ethernet standards. Generally, you would avoid active copper and active optical technologies, unless we specifically have our own solutions for them (per HWU). If using another vendor’s cables/optics, best to stick with ones that are approved by the device/switch vendor. In summary, for storage system front-end connectivity, the answer is “Try it – it might work.  YMMV”. From a hardware support perspective, the customer or switch vendor is responsible any component replacement. ... View more

Hardware Universe images and LED views will usually tell you which is port “a”.   PCIe Adapter cards always have the convention that the top port is the first or “a” port. “Top” is the port furthest away from the PCIe connectors (which is the “bottom”). When onsite, if a card is horizontal, the connectors will tell you which side (left or right) is “bottom”. Generally, for horizontal PCIe card slots, the riser is on the left, which means connectors are on the left. So, the “a” port is furthest to the right, “b” is to the left and so on. ... View more

I haven't seen this particular question, before.  Non-disruptive in-chassis HW upgrade is not supported - it would get hung up on seeing mixed controllers in the chassis, IMO. Thinking about it, it would have to be disruptive and you'd need to move any data off the FAS8300, first. Evacuate data off attached storage Unjoin FAS8300 (if applicable) Use parts of the "repurpose KB" workflow to init the FAS8300 and the attached storage (MSID 0x0 for encrypting drives, wipeclean, option 9a, etc.) Swap out the FAS8300 with FAS8700 controllers and recable Boot and init the FAS8700, create or join the cluster Move your data back. ... View more

boot_ontap boots the ONTAP operating system from the LOADER.  You use this any time you want to bring up the system from LOADER.   bye performs a warm reset of the controller (CPU complex). You use "bye" any time you have any hardware (additions, removals, replacements) or system firmware (BIOS/LOADER) changes in the system.   bye -g performs a global reset of the controller (including CPU complex and internal CPU firmware, such as the management engine). It's somewhat vestigial, in that the "bye" command will automatically invoke "bye -g" in situations where it is necessary. In your NVDIMM example, it doesn't really matter if you use boot_ontap or bye, since the controller was pulled out for the NVDIMM replacement. So, you have already "power-cycled" the PCM/controller post-replacement, in effect.   In platforms such as the AFF-A700 where I/O and NVRAM modules can be independently added/removed/replaced while the PCM/motherboard is still sitting at the LOADER prompt, bye is required to re-enumerate all of the PCIe devices now in the system.   X9170A "Core Dump Device": See: How to configure A700 systems with X9170A core dump device ... View more

Please refer to: https://kb.netapp.com/Support/General_Support/What_is_in_the_scope_of_NetApp_Technical_Support My installed version is End of Support, but my contract is still active, can I get support? ... View more

The OP has an AFF A220, though…   See Software Support Plan here: https://www.netapp.com/services/support/descriptions/ SSP allows you to download ONTAP and related software for your A220. You will need to register on the NetApp Support Site, first. ... View more

Yes, you can mix them in the same shelf (or same HA pair, for that matter). You would need to confirm that self-encrypting drives (SED) can be used in the country of operation. See: Does NetApp support encrypted and non-encrypted disks on the same node? ... View more

If this is in the context of https://aiq.netapp.com/, then click on the "Support" icon to report this issue to the AIQ Digital Advisor support team. Please provide the exact steps you take when this issue occurs. ... View more

The documentation for SnapMirror Active Sync clarifies that statement. https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/snapmirror-active-sync/prerequisites-reference.html Hardware Only two-node HA clusters are supported. Both clusters must be either AFF (A-Series and C-Series) or ASA (A-Series and C-Series). Mixing between AFF and ASA is not supported. Replication is supported between AFF A-Series and C-Series. ... View more

You can direct-attach iSCSI or NVMe/TCP to any of our platforms. However, this is generally discouraged because it severely limits scaling and may not have sufficient redundancy. You must have a switch for FC because we rely on NPIV services from the switch to support multiple LIFs on a single physical port.   There is more information in TR-4080: Best Practices for Modern SAN ... View more