Specifications

Installing the IOC-0210-54 adapter card...............56
Configuring the IOC-0210-54 adapter card..............56
Chapter 6. Attaching to an IBM RS/6000 or IBM eServer pSeries host ...57
Attaching with SCSI adapters ...................57
Attachment requirements ....................57
Installing the 2105 host attachment package .............58
Verifying the ESS configuration ..................59
Configuring VSS and ESS devices with multiple paths per LUN ......59
Emulating UNIX-based host systems ................60
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters.................60
Attachment requirements ....................61
Installing the 2105 host attachment package .............61
Verifying the configuration ....................63
Configuring VSS and ESS devices with multiple paths per LUN ......63
Attaching to multiple RS/6000 or pSeries hosts without the HACMP/6000
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host
system ...........................64
Software requirements .....................64
Hardware requirements .....................64
Attachment procedures .....................65
Saving data on the ESS ....................66
Restoring data on the ESS ...................66
Configuring for the HACMP/6000 host system .............67
Chapter 7. Attaching to an IBM S/390 or IBM eServer zSeries host ....69
Attaching with ESCON ......................69
Controller images and interconnections ...............70
Support for 9032 Model 5 ESCON director FICON bridge feature .....70
Host adapters, cables, distances and specifications ..........70
Logical paths and path groups ..................71
Cable lengths and path types ..................71
Data transfer.........................71
Directors and channel extenders .................71
Identifying the port for TSO commands ...............71
Attachment requirements ....................72
Migrating from ESCON to native FICON ...............72
Native ESCON configuration ...................72
Mixed configuration ......................73
FICON configuration ......................74
Migrating from a FICON bridge to a native FICON attachment .......75
FICON bridge configuration ...................75
Mixed configuration ......................76
Native FICON configuration ...................77
Attaching to a FICON channel ...................78
Configuring the ESS for FICON attachment .............78
Attachment considerations....................79
Attaching to a FICON channel with G5 and G6 hosts ..........80
Chapter 8. Attaching a Linux host .................83
Attaching with fibre-channel adapters.................83
Attachment requirements ....................83
Installing the QLogic QLA2200F or Qlogic QLA2300F adapter card ....84
Loading the current fibre-channel adapter driver............85
Installing the fibre-channel adapter drivers ..............86
Configuring the ESS with the QLogic QLA2200F or QLogic QLA2300F host
adapter card ........................86
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