A customer has an ONTAP 9.1 8-node FAS8080 EX cluster. The cluster uses CN1610 cluster interconnect switches. The current workload runs NAS protocols. A business unit wants to add an additional workload that requires expanding the cluster by six AFF A300 nodes and use SAN protocols.
How would you advise the customer in this situation?
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16 nodes is 4 nodes above the MAX node count for a cluster running SAN protocols and ONTAP 9.1. Also, CN1610 switches only have enough ports for 12 nodes.
Only correct answer here is A: customer should create a new cluster.