Reza, At HDS we commonly refer to this as "fan-in" and it is supported.
Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > R Hey > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:10 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] FICON Cascade and Brocade 5000 DASD ports > > Hi, > > My client has Raid DASD in remote site, being used/accessed by local(MVS1) & > remote(MVS2) systems. > > Say DASD is hooked to 3 ports of Brocade-2 in the remote site. > > > MVS1----Brocade-1====DWDM.........DWDM====Brocade-2----MVS2 > > Can all 3 ports on Brocade being used/shared by the 2 systems: > MVS1----......Brocade-2(port p1 p2 p3)---DASD > MVS2----......Brocade-2(port p1 p2 P3)---DASD > > ; > or do I have to divide them ,like > MVS1----......Brocade-2(port p1 )---DASD > MVS2----......Brocade-2(port p2 P3)---DASD > > My clinet uses the 2nd method, but I've heards it's possible to share the > target-ports (1st method). > Is this true? > If so, are there things one needs to do the Brocade switch to make it work? > > TIA, > Rez > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
