PRODUCT BULLETIN

PB-FAS200Series_GF270C_RoHS-0506

Announcing all FAS250 and FAS270 ordered starting May 8, 2006 will be RoHS compliant.

Last Updated: 28 April, 2006

Original Date: 28 April, 2006

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  1. Summary
  2. What's New?
  3. Sales Tools
  4. Customer-Ready Tools
  5. System Requirements
  6. Product Information

1. Summary

This product bulletin announces that all FAS250 and FAS270 systems ordered starting May 8, 2006 will be RoHS compliant.

What is RoHS? The European Union created the RoHS Directive, EU Directive 2002/95/EG, which will go into effect on July 1, 2006 in Europe. This directive mandates that electrical and electronic products put on the market within the European Union (EU) shall contain restrictive levels of certain substances.

2. What's New?

 

 

1.       All FAS250 and FAS270 systems ordered starting May 8, 2006 will be RoHS compliant.

 

2.       Non-RoHS compliant FAS250 and FAS270 systems will not be offered after May 7, 2006.

 

3.       On RoHS compliant FAS270 systems, both Fibre Channel ports on the head have been changed. (Please see picture in section 5.)                                                             - Port 0b, the shelf expansion port, has been changed from a copper HSSDC2 connector to a copper SFP connector. When customers order DS14Mk 2 expansion shelves configured with the RoHS compliant FAS270, they will automatically receive the x6530 (.5) meter SFP to SFP cable.

  - Port 0c, the tape back-up and SAN attached port, has been changed from a built-in optical SFF connector to an optical SFP connector. This has no effect on cabling configurations.

 

4.       On RoHS compliant FAS250 systems, the only Fibre Channel port on the FAS250 head is port 0c, which is only used for tape backup. Port 0c on the RoHS compliant FAS250 has been changed from a copper HSSDC2 to an optical SFP connector. (Please see picture in section 5.)

 

5.      The labels on the back of the RoHS compliant FAS270 and FAS250 heads will now be monochromatic. (Please see picture in section 5.)

 

3. Sales Tools (Sales Guides, Training Presentations, SE Presentations)

NetApp Partners

 

4. Customer-Ready Tools (Customer Presentations, Datasheets)

NetApp Partners

 

5. System Requirements

 

1)       As mentioned previously, there will be new FC connectors on all RoHS compliant FAS270 heads. Picture below.

- Port 0b, the shelf expansion port, has been changed from a copper HSSDC2 connector to a copper SFP connector. When customers order DS14Mk 2 expansion shelves configured with the RoHS compliant FAS270, they will automatically receive a x6530 (.5) meter SFP to SFP cable.

- Port 0c, the tape back-up and SAN attached port, has been changed from a built-in optical SFF connector to an optical SFP connector. This has no effect on cabling configurations.

 

 

 

2)       As mentioned, on RoHS compliant FAS250 systems, the only Fibre Channel port on the FAS250 head is port 0c, which is only used for tape backup. Port 0c on the RoHS compliant FAS250 has been changed from a copper HSSDC2 to an optical SFP connector. Picture below.

 

 

 

 

3)       All other product functionality (Data ONTAP®, maximum capacity, etc) remains the same.

 

 

 

6. Product Information

Product Availability

1.       All FAS250 and FAS270 systems ordered starting May 8, 2006 will be RoHS compliant.

 

Contact Information: Please contact your Network Appliance sales or channel partner representative with questions about this bulletin.

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