thanks for your answer Zlatko. I knew some genius would answer on this excellent list.
:-) Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Microsoft Certified System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nyherji Hf Simi TEL: +354-569-7700 Borgartun 37 105 Iceland URL: http://www.nyherji.is -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Zlatko Krastev/ACIT Sent: 6. október 2002 16:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3583 SCSI on iSeris Petur, this is a limitation of OS/400 - every SCSI tape adapter can address only *one* target. No matter will it be used by TSM for OS/400 (actually ADSM v3.1), ITSM for PASE or BRMS/400. Thus for say 2 drive 3583 you will need *three* adapters - for the changer and for each drive. Sorry for the disappointing answer. It might be really better for your customer to pay for SAN Data Gateway module. We went even further - for a customer we installed 3583 w/ SDG module, one FC port is direct attached to iSeries while other is connected through SAN fabric to TSM server and several MgSysSAN clients. And it works! Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Pétur Eyţórsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04.10.2002 14:15 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: 3583 SCSI on iSeris This is not a exact TSM case but we are having a extremely difficult time finding anyone with authority in these matters within IBM. We intend to install TSM with PASE on a new iSeris machine. This is the only reference we found. on This white paper "IBM LTO Tape Library Sharing White Paper V2" "Since every iSeries server (AS/400) IOP/IAP has to have a library control path, and the 3583 has only one library control path, only one iSeries server (AS/400) SCSI bus can be attach to a SCSI 3583. LTO support for the iSeries server (AS/400) is limited to one drive per SCSI bus. This means that the a SCSI 3583 library attached to an iSeries server can only contain one tape drive. In contrast, the Fibre Channel 3583 can have up to six tape drives attached." This customer is VERY close to a decision, but I will not order anything until everything is crystal clear. That will save us a lot of grief in the long run. My questions Please comment on the following statement from the white paper from a iSeries point of view. Is this a iSeries hardware or OS limitation? Is there any chance this has changed in V5R2? (iSeris version, Not TSM) Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Microsoft Certified System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nyherji Hf Simi TEL: +354-569-7700 Borgartun 37 105 Iceland URL: http://www.nyherji.is
