NetApp FAS8300 User Manual

Steps
1. Use the following animation or illustration to cable your controllers to two drive shelves.
Cabling the controllers to SAS drive shelves
2. Go to Step 5: Complete system setup and configuration to complete system setup and configuration.
Step 5: Complete system setup and configuration
You can complete the system setup and configuration using cluster discovery with only a
connection to the switch and laptop, or by connecting directly to a controller in the system
and then connecting to the management switch.
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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