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1. Summary 2. What's New?
3. Sales Tools
1. Summary
This
product bulletin announces Data ONTAP® GX support for the FAS3040 and FAS3070
platforms and the availability of price-reduced
bundles for the FAS3040-GX, FAS3070-GX, and FAS6070-GX platforms. Data ONTAP GX systems are fully integrated, multinode solutions
designed to meet the needs of the most demanding high-performance computing
(HPC) and digital media content (DMC) applications. The primary HPC markets
include energy (e.g., seismic processing), EDA (e.g., chip
design, verification, and layout), and research labs (e.g.,
intelligence, defense, genomic research). The primary DMC markets include
digital media archive, rendering, and Internet content storage. ·
Single system image for 2
to 24 controller nodes ·
Linearly scales to
multi-GB/sec throughput ·
Scales to
multi-PB capacity ·
Online load balancing and
scaling ·
Built for continuous
operation ·
Support for FAS3040, FAS3050, FAS3070, and FAS6070 platforms 2.
What’s New? This product bulletin announces two new Data
ONTAP GX platforms—FAS3040-GX and FAS3070-GX—and
price-reduced bundles for the FAS3040-GX, FAS3070-GX, and FAS6070-GX
platforms. Data ONTAP GX prices are being reduced to better compete
in sales opportunities in which customers require
"horizontally scalable" or "scale-out" storage. In these
situations, customers purchase less storage per controller than with typical
Data ONTAP 7G systems and, hence, expect to pay less for the controller and
software. In addition, the scale-out storage space is full of start-up
vendors and lowering Data ONTAP GX prices will enable us to be more
competitive and prevent the start-ups from gaining a footprint in the
marketplace. More
information on competing with scale-out start-ups can be found at NetApp
Sales and NetApp
Partners 3.
Sales Tools (Sales Guides, Training Presentations,
SE Presentations) Sales and technical documents
are available at NetApp Sales. This site has been updated to include new functionality
introduced in June 2007 with the 10.0.2 release. In addition, a GX Bundle FAQ
is available to help with pricing proposals for competitive scale-out storage
opportunities. Partner sales are also
available for partners focused on the HPC and DMC markets. Sales and
technical documents are available at NetApp
Partners. 4.
Customer-Ready Tools (Customer Presentations,
Datasheets) http://www.netapp.com/mycommunities/PartnerCenter/745 Refer to the NOW™ (NetApp on the Web) site for the Data
ONTAP GX system configuration guide and certification list. Data
ONTAP GX bundles for the FAS3070 and FAS6070 platforms are introduced in the
June 2007 Quote Tool. The table below lists part numbers related to these bundles.
Software
Subscription Plans Customers
should purchase SSP licenses for their Data ONTAP GX software. These licenses
entitle them to NetApp customer support and also to future releases of the
software. The following table lists the relevant SSP part numbers for the GX
bundles introduced in the June 2007 CE quoter. Partners should contact their
channel representative for pricing information.
Quoting For
assistance with quoting the Data ONTAP GX bundles, refer to the GX Bundle FAQ
available at the NetApp Sales and NetApp
Partners sites. Quote Tool bulletins are available for NetApp sales at QTB_FAS3070GX and QTB_GX_LicenseManager
and NetApp partners at QTB_FAS3070GX
and QTB_GX_LicenseManager. Downloading Data ONTAP GX software downloading is available here. Look for “Data ONTAP
GX” in the Products column of the table.
Product Availability FAS3070-GX
bundles are available in the June 2007 Quote Tool and will begin shipping in
early July. FAS6070-GX
bundles are available in the June 2007 Quote Tool and will begin shipping
immediately. FAS3040-GX
bundles will be available in the Fall 2007 Quote Tool. A specific
availability date will be announced by August 2007. The existing FAS3050-GX
PVR promo will be extended until the availability of the FAS3040-GX bundle. Products need to be validated against the NetApp
Safety/EMI Regulatory Compliance List prior to order submission. The list is
available at PartnerCenter
Compliance Information. This is required to ensure that products are
being sold only in the countries in which NetApp has received regulatory
compliance certification. Data
ONTAP GX systems are supported fully through NetApp SupportEdge and
ConsultingEdge services. Please check NetApp
Global Services for details on how the NetApp Global Services team can
help. Contact Information: Please contact your Network
Appliance sales
or channel
partner representative with questions concerning this bulletin.
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