Product Bulletin: Availability of 4Gb Cards for SnapMirror® over Fibre Channel Transport
Revision History	Summary of Changes
4/9/2007	Initial Version

This product bulletin informs NetApp sales and NetApp partners about new or changed Network Appliance™ products or services.

CONFIDENTIAL Restricted to NetApp employees & channel partners under NDA copyright © 2007 Network Appliance Inc. All rights reserved.

1. Summary

2. What's New?

3. Sales Tools

4. System Requirements

5. Product Information

6. Regulatory Compliance

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1.   Summary

This product bulletin announces the availability of the 4Gb PCIe card (X1124A-R6) for supporting SnapMirror over Fibre Channel on the FAS3070, FAS3040, FAS6030, and FAS6070 platforms as well as their respective V-Series platforms

2.   What’s New

SnapMirror over Fibre Channel functionality will be supported on 4Gb Fibre Channel interfaces on the FAS3070, FAS3040, FAS6030, and FAS6070 platforms as well as their respective V-Series platforms.

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

The SnapMirror over Fibre Channel section in the SnapMirror online guide contains the configuration details for SnapMirror over Fibre Channel functionality:

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel722/html/ontap/onlinebk/4mirror7.htm

4.   System Requirements

Refer to the NOW™ (NetApp on the Web) site for supported functionality:

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel722/html/ontap/onlinebk/4mirror7.htm

5. Product Information

Fibre Channel is one of the supported transport types for SnapMirror. With the introduction of this new card, SnapMirror can be configured to use a 4Gb Fibre Channel card on the FAS3040, FAS3070, FAS6030, and FAS6070 systems as well as their respective V-Series platforms. No separate license is required to enable SnapMirror over Fibre Channel.

Part Number	Description	Discount Category Code
X1124A-R6	HBA,FibreChannel,2-Port,4Gb,PCIe,R6	A

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For Data ONTAP®:

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software/

Product Availability

The new card will be available in May 2007 in Add-Parts only.

6.   Regulatory Compliance

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.

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

© 2007 Network Appliance, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. NetApp, the Network Appliance logo, Data ONTAP, and SnapMirror are registered trademarks and Network Appliance and NOW are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.