Rubie, >>> I have 3 clients to put on LAN FREE backup, but 2 of them cannot have more than 2 HBA's, what route should I go?
I personally am not so keen on them, but you could consider dual-headed HBAs with two ports per card (e.g. Emulex LP1000DC - http://www.emulex.com/products/fc/10000dc/ds.html). You'll be able to run both disk and tape from a single card as long as you've zoned the individual ports appropriately. Rgds, David McClelland Storage and Systems Management Specialist Shared Infrastructure Development Reuters Ltd -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rubie Lim Sent: 07 March 2006 21:09 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LAN FREE Backup Thanks. I have 3 clients to put on LAN FREE backup, but 2 of them cannot have more than 2 HBA's, what route should I go? And these 2 HBA's is needed for disk for redundancy. Rubie -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nast, Jeff P. Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:24 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LAN FREE Backup Yes, you need to zone tape drives to the machine running Storage Manager. Multiple tape drives can use the same HBA. Tape and Disk cannot coincide on the same HBA. You need a separate adapters for disk and tape. This stems from the days of S360 (and earlier?) where there were seperate channels for streaming channels (tape) and block channels (disk). Guess this dates me... -Jeff "old timer" Nast -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rubie Lim Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:01 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: LAN FREE Backup I am trying to implement a LAN FREE backup, and my question on the Storage Agent/Client, do I need to create a zone from one of my HBA to the Fiber Channel Tape drives? And if I can share the HBA with disk and tape? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rubie This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. As required by federal and state laws, you need to hold this information as privileged and confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments. To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.
