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How to determine if an AFF or FAS model supports an external USB device

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • AFF A700, AFF A700s, AFF A300, AFF A200 and later models
  • FAS9000, FAS8200, FAS2650, FAS2620 and later models

Description

Most AFF and FAS hardware models have one or more USB Type A ports.  However, not all models support use of that port for external USB devices for use with activities such as boot_recovery or coredump saving. This support was added with AFF and FAS models introduced with ONTAP 9.1.

 

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