Hi
The Emulex adapter that you are using supports both ordinary Ethernet FC
connetion over IP, and FCP connections over a SAN. However, you cannot use
the IP protocol to talk directly over the SAN, as the SAN only talks SCSI
commands.
However, you can use the IBM drivers supplied, a Tivoli Storage Agent, and
SAN attached storage (tape) devices to backup your data over the SAN.
Remeber that only large files can fully utilize the SAN. Small files will
cause a lot of meta data to be sent over the ordinary LAN, which makes it
unnecessary to send data over the SAN at all.
Best Regards
Daniel Sparrman
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Steve Harris <STEVE_HARRIS AT HEALTH.QLD.GOV DOT AU>
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2002-04-16 02:31
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Subject: IP over FC on AIX
Hi all,
I'm in the process of adding SAN capability to my RS6000 Wide Silver node
TSM server (AIX 433-09, TSM 4.2.1.8)
As part of this I'd like to switch some TSM backups from the general
network to IP over the san.
This will take the router out of the equation and get our backups back
into their window.
Problem is that I can't find any IP drivers for the FC adapter ( 2Gb
adapter for 64 bit PCI bus type 4-W). My research indicates that I need
to go away from the IBM supplied drivers and install Emulex ones.
Has anyone got this working, and if so how?
Steve Harris
AIX and TSM Admin
Quuensland Health, Brisbane Australia
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