IBM N Series, Implementation Manual

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8 General requirements to use native disk shelves with the gateway
General requirements to use native disk shelves with the
gateway
Minimum system
requirements
The following system requirements must be met to support native disk shelves on
a gateway:
◆
Data ONTAP 7.3 or higher is required to use native disk shelves
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The gateway Interoperability Matrix must specify that the model supports
native disk shelves
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Information about supported disk shelves is available in the gateway
Interoperability Matrix
Note
Although gateways support native disk shelves starting in Data ONTAP 7.3,
gateways continue to be the only systems running Data ONTAP that can support
third-party storage arrays. You cannot convert an N series storage system to a
gateway or convert a gateway to an N series storage system.
Storage arrays
supported in
configurations with
native disk shelves A gateway that supports native disk shelves can be used with any storage array
that is supported by that gateway.
Licensing No license is required to use native disk shelves with a gateway.
MetroCluster with
native disk shelves
on a gateway Gateways on which native disk shelves are installed cannot be deployed in a
MetroCluster configuration.
SyncMirror Setting up the SyncMirror® feature between disks and array LUNs is not
supported.