[Networker] AlphaStor: How many device slots will Legato use for shared

We're getting ready to setup our first shared (Fibre) drives in
Networker 7.1.2 for Solaris (aka Sun EBS).  But I'm running across a
possible AlphaStor snag which I do not see answered before.  Given my
previous experience with Legato on AlphaStor, I'd like to check here
before calling them.

We already have a mixed media solution for all direct-attatched
devices, over the Server and two Storage Nodes, so AlphaStor is in
use.  And we have several Adv_file devices we'd like to setup as well.

Our starting config will be to replace one of our old DLT-7000 drives
with an LTO-2 FC-AL drive - for testing purposes - and share it
between the Server and SN1 (SN2 is set aside for a specialized,
dedicated solution).

But since AS is doing the drive sharing, how many devices in Networker
will this drive use?  Since this is a Logical drive in Networker, will
it count as one device total or two?  Is there a special config for
this in Networker?

I have conerns since we'll eventually replace four DLT drives to
shared LTO-2, and if device slots are avail we'll look into sharing
the remaining DLT as well using a converter/SCSI router.

But I'd like to stay within the 48 total device limit, including 16 in
use for 8 planned adv_file devices.

Library is an L700 (Diff-SCSI to server), 7 DLT-7000 direct on server
(Diff-SCSI), 3 LTO-2 direct to SN2 (LVD-SCSI).  AlphaStor is running
on SN1.  The Adv_file devices will reside on server and SN1, direct
fibre-attatched (dual link, Veritas DMP).


Thanks in Advance,
--TSK

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[Networker] AlphaStor: How many device slots will Legato use for shared drive?
