Re: [Networker] Driver for Solaris 2.9 for IBM ULTRIUM LTO-1 drives in an ADIC Scalar 1000
2003-09-15 11:54:28
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:45:24 -0700, Ballinger, John M
<john.ballinger AT PNL DOT GOV> wrote:
>What Tape-Drive Driver(s) are being used for the following situation:
> Solaris 9 on an Ultra-10 Sun box
> Emulex LP8000 HBA into Brocade switches
> ADIC Scalar 1000 library with IBM ULTRIUM LTO-1 tape-drives
>
> Note: We are also configuring a Windows 2003 Server to access the
tape-drives as we'll be using DDS (The sun box will be the NetWorker server
and the Win2k3 will be one of the storage nodes)
>
> On the Sun box we currently have:
> Emulex LP8000 with 3.90A7 Firmware
> Emulex Driver version 5.01e
> IBMtape driver version 4.0.7.7
>
> And results of an inquire shows:
> [email protected]:PATHLGHTSAN Gateway 32 |(Unknown Device
Type c)
> [email protected]:ADIC Scalar 1000 621A|Autochanger
(Jukebox)
> S/N:
ADIC201101577
> [email protected]:IBM ULTRIUM-TD1 25D4|Tape
> S/N: 6811104525
> ATNN:IBM
ULTRIUM-TD1 6811104525
> [email protected]:IBM ULTRIUM-TD1 25D4|Tape
> S/N: 6811104449
> ATNN:IBM
ULTRIUM-TD1 6811104449
> [email protected]:IBM ULTRIUM-TD1 25D4|Tape
> S/N: 6811104527
> ATNN:IBM
ULTRIUM-TD1 6811104527
> [email protected]:IBM ULTRIUM-TD1 25D4|Tape
> S/N: 6811103145
> ATNN:IBM
ULTRIUM-TD1 6811103145
> [email protected]:IBM ULTRIUM-TD1 25D4|Tape
> S/N: 6811096666
> ATNN:IBM
ULTRIUM-TD1 6811096666
>So what tape driver options do we have?
Well I don't understand the question, but I have a comment about your
environment. 5 LTO drives hanging off one SAN port is a real waste. A 1GB
fibre connection can only drive just over 2 LTO drives effectively. You may
as well throw 3 away.
What are you asking?
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