Author: Mehdi Salehi <ezzobad AT GOOGLEMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:28:18 +1000
Hi everyone, The ports on the library control blade (LCB) of TS3310 from top to down are: a- Ethernet port (for remote management) b- four Ethernet-like ports c- Ethernet port (for service use) d- Se
Author: Steven Langdale <Steven.Langdale AT CAT DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:22:36 +0100
The TS3310 is a rebadged Quantum Scalar i500 library. Those ports are to connect to the ethernet management port on the expansion units. They are needed if you use FC I/O blades in the expansion unit
Author: Mehdi Salehi <ezzobad AT GOOGLEMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:48:41 +1000
Thanks Steven, Here is a description of FC I/O Blade in i500: "The I/O blade architecture featured in the Scalar i500 tape library is designed to improve reliability in SAN environments. In addition,
Author: Steven Langdale <Steven.Langdale AT CAT DOT COM>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:52:34 +0100
Well it's lacking the I/O blades, so yes it is lacking. As to whether it makes much difference, not really, apart from increased port usage on the Switch. I really can see that adding extra blades im