Hi, Just one reply received for this one, so my thanks go to Kawin Treesuwan who said :- > Hi, > > You can't do that. Because limit number of initiator (HBAs) in FC-AL are 2. > So, you can have only 2 host connected to A5200. > > You can have more host per disk device over SAN (Fabric device not FCAL > device) > > Regards, > Kawin. Can anyone else confirm this? I guess what I will have to do is move one HBA from the E4500 and put it in the E420R or E450. A direct connection thru FC rather than NFS would be the main benefit in this regard. Those hubs and cables will still lie idle though :-( My Original message was :- > >Hey folks, > > > >We are wanting to set up a mini fibre channel 'network' config with > >our E450, E4500 and E420R connected to a StorEdge A5200. > > > >Currently the A5200 (2 GBIC modules on the back) is connected to the E4500 > >via 2 SBUS FC-100 Host Adapters (dual-path). Well, actually, the internal > >ports are used and 1 HA is not used. Each HA has 2 GBIC modules inserted. > >So, 2 each on the 2 HA's and also 2 internal ones, 6 total. > > > >We have 2 StorEdge FC-100 Hubs lying idle, and plenty of FC cable is > >available. There are currently no FC-100 HA's in the E420R or E450. > > > >So my question is what would be the best way to configure everything so > >all 3 of our servers have a direct connection and use of the > >A5200? Any extra equipment needed? What will need to be done on the > >software side? > > > >The A5200 is hooked up as a concatenated set under VVM, write performance > >is very important to us. > > > >Will summarise any feedback of course, but the implementation is > >currently only a medium-term plan. > > > >Any comments, experiences, suggested plans/diagrams would be VERY welcome. > > > >Best regards, > >Mark > > > >---- > >Mark .I. Mahabir (XMM SSC Computer Operator) > >Dept of Physics & Astronomy, > >University of Leicester, Phone +44 116 252 5652 > >Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. Fax +44 116 252 3311 _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Thu Nov 8 04:19:13 2001
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