[nycbug-talk] QLOGIC fiber card

[pete wright]

On 8/9/05, Steve Rieger <steve.rieger at tbwachiat.com> wrote:
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> On 8/9/05, Steve Rieger <steve.rieger at tbwachiat.com> wrote:
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> > hi all
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> > i put a qlogic 2340 card into one of my servers and when the system
> > boots it comes up, and sees the san, can you guys give me pointers
> > for how i would configure it to mount my san.
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> heh, well it really depends on what you back end is, what OS you are 
> running etc, and if you connecting direct to a device in you SAN, going 
> through a fiber switch etc ;)
> 
> generally speaking, once you get all the intermediary and backend parts 
> working you should be presented raw disk/tape devices to your server by the 
> SAN, although w/o more info on what you are running it's all guess now. 
> 
> -pete
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> apple xsan x2 (3TB's each), g5's x3 as mdc's qlogic 5220 san switch, they 
> all connect via the switch, now i just added my hp g4, running fbsd 5.4which is also connnected to the san switch. 
> 


hmm, have not played with Apple's Xsan admin tools yet...but you should be 
able to configure the switch and admin software for the apple disks so that 
a specific host has access to a certian number of disks. These disks 
*should* (completely guessing here) be exported to your host systems as raw 
devices. granted i'd take this with a really small grain of salt....

-p




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