Notice that you have the Routers 2108-R03 and the initial
post was for the gateway model 2108-G07.
The 2108-R03 are suppported, the 2108-G07 are not.
James Thompson
>From: "Caffey, Jeff L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: SAN Data Gateway
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:42:42 -0500
>
>Not supported...?!?!? Ours works great!
>
>We use this to connect our LTO drives to our SAN:
>IBM 2108-R03 SAN Data Gateway Routers (3)
>IBM 3584 LTO Ultrium Ultra-Scalable Tape Library (1 library w/5 SCSI
>drives)
>McData ED-5000 Director Class Fibre Channel Switch (1)
>
>All we had to do is create an "LTO Zone" on the switch. The only things in
>that zone are the three SAN Data Gateway Routers and three of the four
>Fibre
>Channel Adapters on our TSM server (RS/6000 H80). The other FCA in the
>TSM
>server goes to the ED-5000, but it's outside the "LTO Zone". Instead of
>seeing the LTO drives, it sees our Shark...
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jeff Caffey
>Enterprise Systems Programmer
>(AIX & Storage Administrator)
>Pier 1 imports, Inc. - Information Services
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Voice: (817) 252-6222
>Fax: (817) 252-7299
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Rosetti, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 11:23 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: SAN Data Gateway
>
>The SAN Data Gateway does not support the LTO. According to IBM you
>need the SAN Data Router.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Caffey, Jeff L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 7:53 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: SAN Data Gateway
>
>
>I have experience with McData (rather than Brocade) SAN equipment, but
>my
>first guess would be a ZONING issue within the SAN software on the
>Brocade
>switch. Our 2108's know nothing about what kind of equipment our SAN
>has.
>In fact, our 2108's, our IBM Shark, and all of the individual Fibre
>Channel
>clients are all completely unaware of the McData equipment in the
>middle.
>All they see is the SCSI equipment at the other end (in their zone).
>Some
>servers see disk (from the Shark), some see tape drives (from our LTO
>library), and our TSM server sees both.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jeff Caffey
>Enterprise Systems Programmer
>(AIX & Storage Administrator)
>Pier 1 imports, Inc. - Information Services
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Voice: (817) 252-6222
>Fax: (817) 252-7299
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:12 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: SAN Data Gateway
>
>Hi
>
>We have a SAN Data Gateway 2108-G07 installed.
>An AIX server is connected through a brocade SAN switch to the SAN Data
>Gateway. Connected to this Gateway are 4 LTO devices.
>We seem to have installed the 2108-G07 ok , but nevertheless the LTO
>drives
>can not be "seen" from the AIX server !!!!!!?
>any ideas ??????
>
>Does this brocade switch needs to be identified on the SAN Data Gateway
>(via
>StorWatch - SAN Data Gateway Specialist software) and the AIX server as
>well ???
>any additional comments ??
>
>thanks in advance
>
>
>
>Ruud van Ruler, Shell Services International BV - ISES/31
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> R.vanRuler
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