Why?
Jeff Bach
Home Office Open Systems Engineering
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Rosetti, Bill [SMTP:BROSETTI AT COMPUCOM DOT COM]
        Sent:   Monday, May 21, 2001 11:23 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: SAN Data Gateway

        The SAN Data Gateway does not support the LTO.  According to IBM you
        need the SAN Data Router.

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Caffey, Jeff L. [mailto:jlcaffey AT PIER1 DOT COM]
        Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 7:53 AM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Re: SAN Data Gateway


        I have experience with McData (rather than Brocade) SAN equipment,
but
        my
        first guess would be a ZONING issue within the SAN software on the
        Brocade
        switch.  Our 2108's know nothing about what kind of equipment our
SAN
        has.
        In fact, our 2108's, our IBM Shark, and all of the individual Fibre
        Channel
        clients are all completely unaware of the McData equipment in the
        middle.
        All they see is the SCSI equipment at the other end (in their zone).
        Some
        servers see disk (from the Shark), some see tape drives (from our
LTO
        library), and our TSM server sees both.

        Thank you,

        Jeff Caffey
        Enterprise Systems Programmer
        (AIX & Storage Administrator)
        Pier 1 imports, Inc.  -  Information Services
        jlcaffey AT pier1 DOT com
        Voice: (817) 252-6222
        Fax:   (817) 252-7299

         -----Original Message-----
        From:   Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31
        [mailto:Ruud.R.vanRuler AT IS.SHELL DOT COM]
        Sent:   Monday, May 21, 2001 10:12 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        SAN Data Gateway

        Hi

        We have a SAN Data Gateway 2108-G07 installed.
        An AIX server is connected through a brocade SAN switch to the SAN
Data
        Gateway. Connected to this Gateway are 4 LTO devices.
        We seem to have installed the 2108-G07 ok , but nevertheless the LTO
        drives
        can not be "seen" from the AIX server !!!!!!?
        any ideas ??????

        Does this brocade switch needs to be identified on the SAN Data
Gateway
        (via
        StorWatch - SAN Data Gateway Specialist software) and the AIX server
as
        well ???
        any additional comments ??

        thanks in advance



        Ruud van Ruler,  Shell Services International BV - ISES/31
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R.vanRuler


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