Hi Ron, thanks again for the answer.
Sorry to be asking so many questions, I just don't know much about
fibre-channel and even less about switched fibre-channel.
So, is a world wide name a sort of alias that creates a tunnel through the
switch in this case? Could I just pick, say SCSI-ID 2 and put in a line
that says
hba1-SCSI-target-id-2-fibre-channel-name="something"
and then as long as "something" points to the right thing it will work? Or
does it have to be the right SCSI-ID?
One thing that's holding me back is not having any doco for the Qlogic card
(it was "borrowed" from another project) so thanks for pointing me at the
qla2200.conf file.
Another general Solaris question, is it safe to do "boot -r" before running
the add_drv commands? I was told very early on to never do boot -r at all,
but I suspect this advice may have been a bit bogus.
We have JNI cards in the box as well (for connecting to EMC) so it gets
rather confusing! (The box is an E4500 if that matters)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Pavan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 12:36 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM, SAN, ACSLS and Solaris
I believe what you are looking for is placed in a conf file. example: We
have a sun e3500 running with QLogic HBA's. We define a target-id to a
world wide name on a fiber switch (can can also define a target to a port
number on the switch but then you are limited to that port and if the port
goes bad you cannot switch ports without a reboot). This config files is
\kernel\drv\qla2200.conf. When you reboot/reconfigure the st.conf should
scan for targets that can now be found because the HBA is defining them.
-----Original Message-----
From: Walker, Lesley R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM, SAN, ACSLS and Solaris
Thanks for the answer, and thanks to the others who answered too.
The part that I'm trying to figure out now is how to install the drivers.
With Solaris, you have to edit a file that contains definitions of the
SCSI-IDs of the tape drive. How can that work if the tape drives are
assigned via a switch? Do you set up some kind of permanent virtual circuit
so that you always get the same drives?
Please excuse my ignorance - I have no access to the SAN switch doco, as it
is being set up by people in another team in a different city.
The latest information I have on the switch is that it is either Inrange
FC9000-16 or Brocade Silkwork 2800.
