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NetApp Disk Shelf Model Breakdown

DS{U}{# Disks}{SAS Speed}

For example, the DS4243:
DS - Disk Shelf, 4 - 4U, 24 - the number of disks, 3 - 3Gb/s SAS interface

and the DS2246
DS - Disk Shelf, 2 - 2U, 24 - the number of disks, 6 - 6Gb/s SAS interface

and the DS4486
DS - Disk Shelf, 4 - 4U, 48 - the number of disks, 6 - 6Gb/s SAS interface

NetApp OnTap 8.0rc2 Filerview

Take a look at filerview. Not much different here except the branding. I'll post some other screenies as I go along and explore the new version.

NetApp DS4243 Disk Shelves

Finally SAS disk shelves from NetApp. Also in a 24 drive configuration.

Update: Looks like these will ship with new systems only starting December (and by new systems, it seems maybe only the FAS-3170s). General availability will come a few months later.

DS4243

an update:

We finally ordered some of these shelves, and they're quite nice!

Slot:            1a
Description:     SAS Host Adapter 1a (PMC-Sierra PM8001 rev. C)
Firmware Rev:    01.07.13.03
Base WWN:        5:00e00x:0000xxx:xx
State:           Enabled
In Use:          Yes
Redundant:       Yes
Phy State:       [0] Enabled, 3.0Gb/s (9)
[1] Enabled, 3.0Gb/s (9)
[2] Enabled, 3.0Gb/s (9)
[3] Enabled, 3.0Gb/s (9)

Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode RC released

Exciting. I'm thinking about installing this on a FAS-3070 next week. Hopefully have some screenshots. Since it's generally available on the NOW site you should be able to find it.

NetApp VFM Email Alerts

I spent a few hours doddling around with how to do email alerting with the provided VFM scripts. I finally ended up rewriting things just a little, but below is the basics of how to configure VFM to use email alerting.

A quick note, this most likely applies for the Brocade StorageX product as NetApp rebrands StorageX to work with NetApp filers.