I us the IBM SAN Data Gateway to connect my SCSI LTO drives.  Works
seamlessly with minimal setup.

Orville L. Lantto
Datatrend Technologies, Inc.  (http://www.datatrend.com)
IBM Premier Business Partner
121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Email: Orville.Lantto AT datatrend DOT com





Tab Trepagnier <Tab.Trepagnier AT LAITRAM DOT COM>
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08/16/02 02:00 PM
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        Subject:        TSM and protocol converters


I'm spec'ing a new TSM server.  To avoid having to spend a fortune on a
huge server just to get the I/O slots I need to support HV Diff SCSI, I'm
thinking of using protocol converters to reduce the number of I/O slots in
the new server.

In other words, the server would provide Fibre Channel or Gigabit E or
even LV Diff SCSi but I would connect my existing libraries via their HV
Diff SCSI interfaces, with the protocol converter in the middle.

Assuming this is technically feasible (and I know there are FC to SCSI
converters) would TSM work in such an arrangement?  What would change
relative to simply plugging in a SCSI cable into the server as I have now?

Server is "pSeries" or RS/6000; TSM is currently 4.1 but the new server
would (very soon) enter service at 5.1.

Thanks in Advance,

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram Corporation