FYI: We had to go to Emulex LP8000 SAN adapters to solve the problem with persistent binding. Emulex has a configuration utility that allows persistent mapping of the WWN to a selected SCSI ID. Beware of using Qlogic until they have the same functionality.
>-It is currently not possible to use persistent binding with W2K and SAN attached tape drives using the Qlogic QLA-2200F HBA > Regards, > Jan Norback > > Atos Origin-IT (MS/DS/OSS Unix) > VA-173, PO-box 218, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands > Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven, The Netherlands > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +31 (0)40-2780289 > Mobile: +31 (0)6-12994492 > Fax : +31 40 2783962 >