No, part of the upgrade is using a utility the CE has to download from an 
internal IBM site. As a customer I don't have access to
it. A utility called DLCONVERT.EXE. This utility loaded the multi-path 
firmware, converted from SCSI-ID to LUN mapping. Then just
re-cable to library like you would a regular multi-path library. We had to 
reboot the 3583 and the pServer before the /dev/smc0 was
recognized. The first reboot after loading the code...be patient!

Bill Boyer
"Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield" - ??

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Matt Zufelt
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 3:17 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: IBM 3583 upgrade to mult-path

We've done this.  Essentially, yes it is just a matter of loading the firmware 
and re-cabling the drives.  However, this is not
something that you can do yourself--at least we couldn't at the time we 
purchased the upgrade.  The price of the upgrade included an
IBM field engineer coming on site to perform the upgrade.  Perhaps that's why 
it is so pricey?  Although I never confirmed it, I'm
guessing the requirement to have a field engineer come on-site was to protect 
the integrity of the code.

Matt Zufelt


>>> bjdboyer AT COMCAST DOT NET wrote on 4/11/2005 12:26 PM:
> Anyone out there done an upgrade of an IBM 3583 library without the
> multi-path feature to the multi-path feature?
>
>
>
> It is just a matter of pulling out the library module, loading the
> multi-path firmware and re-cabling the drives? This is SCSI
> attached to a p550. The client is putting a fibre attached LTO-3 drive
> in this library with 3 other LTO-1 drives. Backups
> specifically for a 1.2TB application.
>
>
>
> Hopefully the MES upgrade will come with some documentation.
>
>
>
> Bill Boyer
>
> "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" - ??