NetApp FAS8300 User Manual

As you insert the connector, you should feel it click into place; if you do not feel it click, remove
it, turn it around and try again.
Steps
1. Use the animation or illustration to complete the cabling between the controllers and to the switches:
Switched cluster cabling
2. Go to Step 4: Cable controllers to drive shelves for drive shelf cabling instructions.
Step 4: Cable controllers to drive shelves
Option 1: Cable the controllers to SAS drive shelves
You must cable each controller to the IOM modules on both SAS drive shelves.
Be sure to check the illustration arrow for the proper cable connector pull-tab orientation. The cable pull-tab for
the DS224-C are down.
As you insert the connector, you should feel it click into place; if you do not feel it click, remove
it, turn it around and try again.
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NetApp FAS8300 Specifications

General

Controller	Dual
Maximum Drives	1440
Form Factor	4U
NVMe Flash Cache	Supported
Operating System	ONTAP
High Availability	Yes
Drive Types	SSD, HDD, NVMe
Connectivity	10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, FC
Protocols	NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, FC, FCoE
Processor	Intel Xeon
Data Reduction	Yes (compression, deduplication, compaction)
Flash Cache	Supported