Carlos, Yes.
Ray Higgs System z FCP Development Bld. 706, B24 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 rayhi...@us.ibm.com The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 09/27/2010 12:53:26 PM: > Carlos Bodra - Pessoal <cbo...@terra.com.br> > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > 09/27/2010 12:53 PM > > Please respond to > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > To > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > cc > > Subject > > Re: z10 shark 800 and FCP > > Ray, > > Just to clarify, can I connect directly z10 port defined as FCP > (IOCP) to a ESS800 SW2 defined FCP? (no switch needed) > Carlos Bodra > IBM zSeries Certified Specialist > Sao Paulo - Brazil > > Em 27/09/2010 12:20, Raymond Higgs escreveu: > > Carlos, > > z10 with ESS800 should work fine point-to-point. That config was > tested a lot here in Poughkeepsie. We don't have a ds4700. It > should work though. > > There is some configuration that needs to be done inside linux. You > need to tell linux which busid (device number), target wwpn, and lun > to use. If you are using Suse, yast has a nice setup wizard. Have > you done any configuration inside of Linux? The output of lszfcp - > D, and lsscsi would be helpful. > > If you are using edevs, then you need to tell vm which device > number, target wwpn, and lun to use. > > Regards, > > Ray Higgs > System z FCP Development > Bld. 706, B24 > 2455 South Road > Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 > (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 > rayhi...@us.ibm.com > > > Carlos Bodra - Pessoal <cbo...@terra.com.br> > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > 09/27/2010 10:53 AM > > Please respond to > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > To > > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > cc > > Subject > > z10 shark 800 and FCP > > > > > Hi > > I´m trying to connect a z10 to a shark using FCP protocol, but > without success. > We did some tests that are describe below: > > 1 - Connect z10 to shark 800 sw2 adapter with both sides defined as > Ficon. Works fine > > 2 - Connect z10 to shark 800 sw2 adapter with both sides defined as > FCP. Direct connection, no switch envolved. Didn´t work. We aren´t > able to define open system storage in ESS Specialist. Seems that > shark doesn´t "see" FCP adapter in z10. After reading some material > (redbooks) we found information about that a direct connection > didn´t work. Is mandatory use a switch. > > 3 - Connect z10 to shark 800 sw2 adapter with both sides defined as > FCP and using an old IBM 2109-S16. Didn´t work. We aren´t able to > define open system storage in ESS Specialist. Seems that shark > doesn´t "see" FCP adapter in z10. > > 4 - Connect z10 to shark 800 sw2 adapter with both sides defined as > FCP and using an IBM 2005-B16. Didn´t work. We aren´t able to define > open system storage in ESS Specialist. Seems that shark doesn´t > "see" FCP adapter in z10. > > 5 - Connect z10 to DS4700 via FC adapter with z10 define as FCP and > storage defined as FC and using an old IBM 2109-S16. Didn´t work. We > aren´t able to access open dasd. > > We checked microcode level for shark and seems to be ok. If I > connect shark or DS4700 to an intel server, we are able to access > open dasd without problems. > > Since z10 with FCP access is new for us, any hint or tip about are welcome. > > Thanks in advance. > -- > Carlos Bodra > IBM zSeries Certified Specialist > Sao Paulo - Brazil
