User`s guide

Chapter 5. Implementing the Vicom

Fibre Channel SLIC Router

The Vicom Fibre Channel SLIC Router, 7139-111, enables all IBM 7133, 7131,

and 3527 SSA Serial Disk Systems to attach to host systems using Fibre

Channel host adapters and drivers. This allows you to protect your investment in

SSA disk, while being able to create and build a SAN infrastructure.

The Vicom Fibre Channel SLIC Router replicates data across or within serial disk

systems — simultaneously mirroring two or three copies of data without host

involvement. With global hot disk sparing, data is automatically rebuilt if a

mirrored disk fails. In this way, the Vicom Fibre Channel SLIC Router improves

performance and data availability while simplifying storage operations.

In the following sections, we cover these topics:

򐂰 “SLIC Router features” on page 322

򐂰 “Installing the SLIC Router” on page 323

򐂰 “SLIC Manager software” on page 326

򐂰 “Using SLIC Manager” on page 333

򐂰 “Composite drive” on page 337

򐂰 “Mirror drive” on page 342

򐂰 “Instant Copy drive” on page 347

򐂰 “Combining composite and mirroring” on page 352