Yes, you'll certainly need Fibre Channel cards for your Storage Agent client
- the whole point of LANfree data movement is that data is being moved
(backed up/restored) does not traverse the LAN but instead moves directly
between the host and the data storage device (be it tape or, more rarely,
SANergy disk etc), thereby reducing LAN contention, removing potential LAN
bottleneck and hopefully improving data throughput. You'll need a transport
other than the LAN in order to achieve this. I've only ever implemented/seen
this with fibre channel SAN for which FC adapter cards are required.

Hope that helps, and I hope I've understood your question properly!

David Mc
London, UK

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Subject: [ADSM-L] Implementing LANFree data Movement - WIN Storage Agent
Server Requirements

Hello,



I'm planning to configure LANFree data movement.



I take a look on IBM for System Requirements for Storage Agent Server.



http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6/index.jsp



I do not find a concrete answer regarding to the need of Fibre Channel
Adapter Cards on a Windows Storage Agent Server.



Its mandatory for Storage Agent Server FC cards?



Thank you

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