Our fibre channel devices show up as scsi devices on both Tru64 UNIX and HP-UX. I would expect most UNIX systems to behave the same. The underlying drivers are the same, as I understand it (FC being a serialized version of SCSI).
Best wishes with the implementation. Don Ritchey IT ED RTS Tech Services, Senior IT Analyst (UNIX) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gavin Henry Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:28 PM To: Joshua Baker-LePain Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: SAS/Fibre Channel interface for LTO4 <quote who="Joshua Baker-LePain"> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 at 4:43pm, Gavin Henry wrote > >> We're looking at an LTO4 device and have an option for SAS or fibre >> channel interface for hooking up to the server and Amanda. >> >> Never dealt with this kind of interface before. How would it appear to a >> *nix server and Amanda? > > I haven't played with any such hardware yet, but I'd be shocked if a SAS > device appeared as anything other than a "scsi" device. Fibre I can't > help you with. Yeah, good point. SAS is cheaper than Fibre too. Thanks, Gavin. ----------------------------------------- ************************************************** This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Exelon Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Exelon Corporation family of Companies. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You. **************************************************