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IBM Syste ms Group AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Apri l 2005 AIX AK A pril 2 005 Forsch ungsze ntrum Karlsruh e.
IBM Syste ms Group AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation IBM Storage with Linu x 2005 Alexande r Warm uth ATS EME A Storage.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Topic s What is supported The Linux SCSI subsystem Linux Kernel version 2.6 Multipathing scenarios Tape specifics.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation What Is Supported What is supported The Linux SCSI subsystem Linux Kernel version 2.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation IBM Storag e S upp ort for Lin ux DS4000 Storage Servers Enterprise Storage Server Linear Tape Open Enterprise Tape Ne twork Att ached Sto.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation pLin ux Support D isk ESS: SLES8, SLES9, RH -EL 3 SDD av ailable JS20, p 5 and OP: SL ES9, RH-EL 3 Remo te boot suppo rted.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation pLin ux Support Tape LTO: SLES 8, SLES 9, RH-EL 3 Data P ath (f or 3584) a nd Med ia Chan ger failover su ppor ted 359x: SLES .
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation The Lin ux SCS I Subsys tem What is supported The Linux SCSI subsystem Linux Kernel version 2.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Linux D ev ice Addres sin g brw-rw ---- 1 root d isk 8, 0 2003-0 3-14 14:07 /dev/ sda brw-rw ---- 1 root d isk 8, 1 2003-0 3-14 14:07 /dev.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Desi gn SD disks block device (sd_mod.o) User Space Kernel Space SG pass-through char device (sg.o) ST tapes char device (st.o) SR cdrom/dvd block device (sr_mod.o) SCSI unifying layer (scsi_mod.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Linux Kern el Vers ion 2.6 What is supported The Linux SCSI subsystem Linux Kernel version 2.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Storag e Ch anges in Lin ux Kern el 2 .6 Increased number of SCSI devices Persistent device names Improved hotplugging Nat.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Wellkn own Linu x SCSI Lim itation s Limited number of devices Up to 256 SCS I dis k device s Up to 256 SCS I gene ric de vices Up to 32 tape drive s Gaps in LUN sequence Limited “on-the-fly” attachment Device re-ordering Fixed w ith Kernel 2.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Other P robl ems an d Pitfa lls Multiple LUN support of RH-EL DS4000 Specific QLog ic failo ver dri ver con figura tion Po.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Large fi lesyste ms support Linux Kernel Limits Max fil e size: 2 TB (2 ^41 bytes) Max fil e system size: 8 ZB (2^73 bytes).
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Multipath in g Sc enarios What is supported The Linux SCSI subsystem Linux Kernel version 2.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Multipath in g Con cepts Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation LUN Transfer to A lternate Controlle r DS4000 transfers LUNs to alternate controll er Volu mes are owned by on e contro ller V.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation LUN Thrashin g Sc enario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation LUN Thrashin g Sc enario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation LUN Thrashin g Sc enario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Multipath in g with RD AC Must use QLogic non-failover driver Always uses current path (as reporte d by DS4000) RDAC installat.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation RDA C Shared D ata S cenario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation RDA C Shared D ata S cenario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation RDA C Shared D ata S cenario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 DS4000 A B.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Preferr ed Path DS6000 uses concept of preferred path Volu mes are owned by on e contro ller Volu mes can be acc essed th roug.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Preferr ed Path Sh ared D ata Sce nario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 1 2 DS6000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Preferr ed Path Sh ared D ata Sce nario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 1 2 DS6000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Preferr ed Path Sh ared D ata Sce nario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 A B DS6000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Preferr ed Path Sh ared D ata Sce nario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 2 DS6000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Host P orts I ndepe nden t of C ontrolle r ESS and DS8000 have indepe ndent host ports Volu mes are owned by on e contro ller .
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Indepen den t Host Por t Shared D ata Sc en ario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 1 2 DS8000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Indepen den t Host Por t Shared D ata Sc en ario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 1 2 DS8000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Indepen den t Host Por t Shared D ata Sc en ario Linux host 1 HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Linux host 2 HBA 0 HBA 1 2 DS8000.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Tape S pec ifics What is supported The Linux SCSI subsystem Linux Kernel version 2.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation IBMtape drive r For download as binary rpm p ackage Kernel module IBMtape.o Require d to u tiliz e all LTO capa bilies Man.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation ------- ------ ------- ----- - General Comman ds: -- ------ ------ ------- -------- 1. Open a Device 7. Reques t Sens e 2. Close a Devic e 8. Log Se nse Pa ge 3. Inquir y 9. Mode S ense P age 4.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Use LTO Dev ices Native tools: mt, mt x, IBMt apeutil appl ications: cpio, tar, tap er, afi o 3 rd party applications .
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Native Lib rary Manag emen t Linux tool for media change rs: mtx Media changer is addressed throug h SCSI generic device mtx -f /d.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Medium Chan ger Failover Automatitcally moves robot contro l to another drive in case of a failure Available for 2582, 3583, 3584 .
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Tape a nd D isk Con nec ted to th e S ame HBA Linux host HBA 0 Disk LUN 0 HBA 1 Disk LUN 1 HBA 2 SCSI / FC tape SCSI / FC tape Robot Linux.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Questio ns & Disc ussion More Qu estion s? What a re your custome rs needs? Contact : warm uth@de .
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation ESS / DS6000 / D S8000 Resourc es Enterprise Storage Server intero perability matrix Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) Fibre channel host bu s adapter firmware and driver level Additional supported co nfigurations ESS host systems attachment gu ide http://w ww.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation DS400 0 Resourc es DS4000 Storage interoperabil ity matrix Fibre channel host bu s adapter firmware and driver level Additional supported co nfigurations http://w ww.ibm .com/serve rs/sto rage/dis k/ds4000 /interop-m atrix.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation LTO Resourc es LTO Compatibility Informati on LTO ISV Matrix http://w ww.storag e.ibm.co m/tape /lto/compatib ility.h tml LTO Downloads http://w ww.ibm .com/serve rs/sto rage/suppo rt/lto/lto downlo ads.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Implementing Linux with IBM Disk Storage http://w ww.redbo oks.ibm .com/red books/ pdfs/sg246 261 .pdf Linux with xSeries and FAS tT: Essentials http://w ww.redbo oks.ibm .com/red books/ pdfs/sg247 026 .
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation White P ape rs FAStT and Linux HowTo http://w ww.ibm .com/dev eloperwo rks/es erver/art icles/ins tall_fibre/ index.h tml FAStT and RH AS Cluster http://w ww.ibm .com/serve rs/esd d/articles /redhat /index.
IBM Sy stems Gro up AIX-AK FZK 2005 © 200 5 IBM C orporation Legal N otic es Both Linu x and Storage are rapidly changing environments. This information is presente d "as is" withou t any warra nty of any kind. Cu stomers are r esponsible for d etermining the suitability t o their respective environments .
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