[rescue] NetApp F720 question

[John Mothershead]

Gavin,
 We had one a while back, from an auction. If I remember it's fairly custom,
but give it a try. As far as the admin password. (It's been a while since I
did this.) Get a copy of the OS from Netapp, we registered the unit with the
support website and then was able to download some system images. Make a set
of boot disks, boot from the disks, select "change system password" from the
menu. Remove disks, reboot. This may be a bit oversimplified, but it's the
general idea. Email me off list and I'll try to figure out exactly how I did
it.

  Nice machine, but the shelves were loud.

-- John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Gavin Hubbard
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 6:54 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] NetApp F720 question
>
>
> Hi Lads
>
> I've got an opportunity to pick up a cheap NetApp F720 for the home lab.
> Unfortunately it has a fairly basic configuration - a single F7
> drive shelf
> with 4 x 9GB and single PSU, 256MB RAM, and no expansion cards.
>
> Since the system has a 400MHz Alpha system inside, can I just install my
> own boot disk and run an OS of my choice? I know it seems odd to bypass
> ONTAP but the protocol licenses (NFS, SMB, HTTP etc) are _not_
> transferrable and I don't know the administration passwords.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gavin
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