Converting HA into MC ?

Heino Walther <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.netapp
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Hi there

Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to convert a normal AFF8080HA into an AFF8080SMC?
(there is only one disk shelf attached)

I can imagine I would need the following:

  *   2 x FCVI Cards
  *   1 x Empty AFF8080 chassis
  *   4 x QSFP to LC cables
  *   1 x disk shelf identical to current shelf

First job is to install the FCVI cards, which can be done with a few failovers.
Then we need to do a failover and pull out the downed controller and install it into the new chassis, and attach the two systems.
We then need to change the chassis setup from the maint.-console.
Configure the FCVI cards and do a giveback.
..
…
As you maybe can tell, this is just of the top of my head 😉
Has anyone tried this?  The plan was to convert a running system without any downtime… then mirror up the aggregates, move the SVMs, and then convert back to a normal HA setup again…

But won’t start this if there is a gotcha somewhere… and there is a somewhat high risk of that? 😊

/Heino

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