[Info-vax] Direct FC connection between IA64/OpenVMS and HP 1/8 Tape Loader with LTO-5?

[Eberhard Heuser]

Am 25.02.2018 um 21:37 schrieb richard.l.dyson--- via Info-vax:
> I had a couple of these HP autoloader tape libraries connected to my rx2660 and rx3600 IA64/OpenVMS v8.1-1H1 servers.  But in their 2nd life, we don't have any SAN switches available so I assumed I could simply direct connect a tape library to one of the pair of HBAs I have in each server.
>
> They just generate errors on the FBx0 device and an error when trying to use Sysman IO Autoconfig.
>
> I even tried swapping the two FC fibers on one end to swap TX & RX (cross-over?)
> No joy!
>
> Does anyone else have any suggestions?  Previously, a SAN storage team with lots of money and expertise set everything up for me and just made the libraries and EMC storage appear, so I'm out of scope for knowledge.
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
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OpenVMS needs a SAN switch, all other configurations do not work.
Eberhard

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