Re: Attaching V3700

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Using the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) tool ( URL below
), it shows I would need VIOS to support a V3700  on a Power6... Darn

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=SP&infotype=PM&appname=STGE_TS_DS_USEN&htmlfid=TSD03157USEN&attachment=TSD03157USEN.PDF#loaded

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:27 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What I am reading is that 7.1 (properly PTF'd) is supported.  But, it
> mentions P7, not P6 (like the 8203-E4A I recently kicked out the door).
>
> http://ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/Archive/a-low-cost-external-storage-configuration-with-ibm/
> For direct attach configurations, support is with 4 Gb PCIe dual port
> Fibre Channel adapters #5774 and #5276.
>
> And the IBM prerequisite site says the E4A can power up that 5774 "Only
> supported in base system unit".
>
> https://www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eserverprereq.nsf/HW2/Hardware~eServer~5774?OpenDocument
>
> BTW, if you already have a 5774 running your fiber attached tape library
> the tremors I'm picking up from the ground are saying it's bad practice to
> run both your disk san and your tape library on the same card.
>
> Methinks I had a 5774 or two in my old hardware...
> Checked some old docs.  Not in my E4A but in my P6 9117-MMA.  For our SAN
> attached tape library.  Our 9408-M25 also had one for the same purpose.
>
> Rob Berendt
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