Product Bulletin: Tiered Controller-Based Pricing for SnapManager® for SharePoint®

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Summary of Changes

19 October 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. Customer-Ready Tools 
  5. System Requirements
  6. Product Information
  7. Regulatory Compliance
  8. Warranty and Service
  9. Additional Information

 

1.   Summary

This product bulletin announces the availability of tiered controller-based parts for SnapManager for Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server (SMMOSS). The introduction of these parts allows customers to purchase an “all you can eat” SMMOSS license for a particular NetApp storage controller. This allows a customer to protect any number of SharePoint content databases, as long as they are stored on storage connected to that particular controller.

 

2.   What’s New?

 

There are xx[C1]  new controller-based parts, one for each tier, including clustered tiers.

 

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

 

·        SnapManager for SharePoint page on SalesEdge 

 

·        SnapManager for SharePoint page on PartnerEdge 

 

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

·         SnapManager for SharePoint page on NetApp.com 

 

 

5.   System Requirements

 

Refer to the NOW™ (NetApp on the Web) site for SMMOSS systems requirements and the support matrix.

 

6.   Product Information

SMMOSS is licensed based in two ways: by the number of Microsoft SQL Servers™ being protected and by an individual controller hosting any number of Microsoft SQL Server content databases. The following table lists the new parts that support the controller-based tiered pricing methodology. The parts labeled with “-C” are configured systems parts.

Part Number

Description

Discount Category Code

SW-T1-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T1,-C

J

SW-T2-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T2,-C

J

SW-T3-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T3,-C

J

SW-T4-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T4,-C

J

SW-T5-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T5,-C

J

SW-T6-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T6,-C

J

SW-T7-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T7,-C

J

SW-T1C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T1C,-C

J

SW-T2C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T2C,-C

J

SW-T3C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T3C,-C

J

SW-T4C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T4C,-C

J

SW-T5C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T5C,-C

J

SW-T6C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T6C,-C

J

SW-T7C-SMSHAREPOINT-C

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T7C,-C

J

SW-T1-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T1

J

SW-T1C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T1C

J

SW-T2-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T2

J

SW-T2C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T2C

J

SW-T3-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T3

J

SW-T3C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T3C

J

SW-T4-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T4

J

SW-T4C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T4C

J

SW-T5-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T5

J

SW-T5C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T5C

J

SW-T6-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T6

J

SW-T6C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T6C

J

SW-T7-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T7

J

SW-T7C-SMSHAREPOINT

SnapManager SharePoint SW,T7C

J

SW-R200-SMSPT-BASE

SnapManager ShrPnt,Base,R200

J

SW-R200-SMSPT-8-EXP

SnapManager ShrPnt,8TB Exp,R200

J

SW-R200-SMSPT-10.5-EXP

SnapManager ShrPnt,10.5TB Exp,R200

J

SW-R200-SMSPT-14-EXP

SnapManager ShrPnt,14TB Exp,R200

J

 

 

Software Subscription Plans

Customers should purchase an SSP contract for SMMOSS. This license entitles them to NetApp customer support and also to future releases of SMMOSS.  When using the controller-based pricing methodology, SSP is handled as part of the overall software SSP contract.  Refer to existing Data ONTAP® software SSP methodology documents for more information.

  

Quoting

For detailed instructions on how to quote this product or service using the Quote Tool, see QTB-PRODUCT. 

 

Software Download

 

Go to the NOW Web site, http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software/, and follow the link to NetApp Manageability Software (SnapManager --> SharePoint).

 

 

Product Availability

SMMOSS with tiered controller-based pricing will be available in the December 2007 Quote Tool release.

 

7.   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.

 

 

8.   Warranty and Service

 

Standard software warranty and services apply.

 

9.   Additional Information

See the product page on SalesEdge or PartnerEdge for more information on SMMOSS.

 

Contact Information: Please contact your Network Appliance sales 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 SnapManager are registered trademarks and Network Appliance and NOW are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft and SharePoint are registered trademarks and SQL Server is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

 

 

 


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