Direct Attach NetApp - compatibility matrix?

[cweinhold]

NetApp's Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) does not show direct attach support yet with UCS 1.4(1i) for FC or FCoE.

Presumably it will be supported. Any idea how long that'll take?

-Craig

[Manish Tandon]

Craig

Yes, it is in progress and and *expected* on IMT end of Jan/early Feb 2011.

Thanks

--Manish

[cweinhold]

I assume something similar is true for the EMC Interoperability matrix (http://www.emc.com/products/interoperability) ?

[Manish Tandon]

Yes- though EMC is expected mid-Feb/March.

Thanks

--Manish

[sebastian_senen]

Hi,

I may be wrong, but as far as I could see there's no specific FC support for any B-Series on the published Netapp matrix... although is safe to assume that since there are many CVDs and Cisco/Netapp offer FlexPods, the infrastructure is supported with MDS.

Also there's no iSCSI support with the C Series (again, it's safe to assume that this works, right?)

Any advice/other place to verify Cisco/Netapp support?

Thanks and regards,

Sebastian.

[Radek Kubka]

Hi,

It is supported now, with a caveat about zoning though:

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/adapters/CiscoUCS.pdf

"NetApp supports attaching FC and FCoE targets to the Cisco UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnect, but, at this time, strongly recommends that you use single initiator zoning with this configuration. [...] Because the Cisco UCS does not currently allow you to create and/or modify zoning data directly on a UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnect, you must use an upstream MDS or Nexus switch to configure zoning."

Regards,
Radek

[Mauricio Martinez]

Can this netapp document be posted? It needs a login in order to see it.

Thanks!