>From what I recall, the FC6228 cards do NOT support IP over FC. The Emulex LP8000 cards/drivers, however, indicate that they do support this, but not concurrently with the FC/SCSI...it's one or the other, and if you load both drivers, whichever one gets bound to the card first wins.
I have not tried the LP8000's in an AIX machine, and I believe there was some unhappiness posted to this list from some people who were trying to get it to work. -Lloyd On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:02:02 -0700 Alex Paschal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel, I hate to disagree, but at the URL included below, there are some > drivers that support IP over the FC Arbitrated Loop or Fabric for the LPxxxx > HBAs. I was days away from trying it some time ago, but our networking > group finally installed Ethernet segments in addition to the main Token Ring > segments (!), so I didn't have a real need to move that IP traffic onto the > SAN. > > Steve, if you try it, please let us know how they work. Also, remember to > massage your routing table! > > Alex Paschal > Storage Administrator > Freightliner, LLC > (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail > > Quote from http://www.emulex.com/ts/fc/docs/frame8k.htm: > > SCSI/IP > v4.1.0.16 > > Both versions provide both SCSI and IP functionality over Fibre Channel > arbitrated loop and fabric topology. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > OS version: AIX 4.2x and 4.3x with 64-bit extensions > Utility: Diagnostic Utility (lputil) version 1.2a16 > Protocol: SCSI and IP > Topology: Fibre Channel arbitrated loop, point-to-point and fabric > Support: LP7000E, LP8000, LP9000 or LP9002L > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Sparrman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IP over FC on AIX > > > Hi > > The Emulex adapter that you are using supports both ordinary Ethernet FC > connetion over IP, and FCP connections over a SAN. However, you cannot use > the IP protocol to talk directly over the SAN, as the SAN only talks SCSI > commands. > > However, you can use the IBM drivers supplied, a Tivoli Storage Agent, and > SAN attached storage (tape) devices to backup your data over the SAN. > Remeber that only large files can fully utilize the SAN. Small files will > cause a lot of meta data to be sent over the ordinary LAN, which makes it > unnecessary to send data over the SAN at all. > > Best Regards > > Daniel Sparrman > ----------------------------------- > Daniel Sparrman > Exist i Stockholm AB > Propellervägen 6B > 183 62 HÄGERNÄS > Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 > Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 > > > > > Steve Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2002-04-16 02:31 > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: IP over FC on AIX > > > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of adding SAN capability to my RS6000 Wide Silver node > TSM server (AIX 433-09, TSM 4.2.1.8) > As part of this I'd like to switch some TSM backups from the general > network to IP over the san. > This will take the router out of the equation and get our backups back > into their window. > > Problem is that I can't find any IP drivers for the FC adapter ( 2Gb > adapter for 64 bit PCI bus type 4-W). My research indicates that I need > to go away from the IBM supplied drivers and install Emulex ones. > > Has anyone got this working, and if so how? > > > Steve Harris > AIX and TSM Admin > Quuensland Health, Brisbane Australia > > > > ********************************************************************** > This e-mail, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential > and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality > is not waived or lost if you receive it and you are not the intended > recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/ received in error. > > Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review > of this e-mail is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of > confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. > > If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this > e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by > telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail > message and destroy any hard copies produced. > ********************************************************************** > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd Dieter - Senior Technology Consultant Synergy, Inc. http://www.synergyinc.cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main:716-389-1260 fax:716-389-1267 -----------------------------------------------------------------
