SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread Anton Britz
I received the following question this morning : We are busy installing a SL8500 ATL with STK 1 drives TST1 *Control Unit List * Row 9 of 161 Command === ___ Scroll === CSR Select one or more control units, then press Enter.

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread Doug Fuerst
All mine have no CUADD in the report I just ran. Doug Anton Britz wrote: I received the following question this morning : We are busy installing a SL8500 ATL with STK 1 drives TST1 *Control Unit List * Row 9 of 161 Command ===

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread Scott Rowe
Why is it that you think you need a CUADD? Unless there are multiple control unit images at the end of the fiber, then CUADD doesn't make sense to me. Anton Britz antonbr...@gmail.com 2/17/2010 10:11 AM I received the following question this morning : We are busy installing a SL8500 ATL with

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread John Kelly
snip According to my understanding, we need a CUADD for every controller on the FICON /snip I'm not sure what a SL8500 ATL with STK 1 drives is but your comments seem to indicate that each CU is a tape drive? Is each STK 1000 drive a contol unit and do you have the same CHP going to all

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Myers
Hi: I just recently set up the I/O configuration for a SL8500 ATL, although we were using STK 9840C tape drives, operating in 3590 compatibility mode. We are ESCON attached rather than FICON, but required HCD definition had to see each tape drive as existing on its own control unit. I can't

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread BOB COSBY
[mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Anton Britz Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 1 drives I received the following question this morning : We are busy installing a SL8500 ATL with STK 1 drives TST1 *Control Unit List

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread Scott Rowe
Yes, each tape drive contains it's own CU. You can't really have the same CHP going to all the drives. Either you have a CHP going directly to a single drive, or you have a FICON switch in the middle. In either case the CUADD has no practical use, there is only one CU at the end of the

Re: SUN/STK SL8500 ATL met STK 10000 drives

2010-02-17 Thread Mike Myers
Scott: That agrees with my experience. Although my current client has ESCON and no switches, each tape drive (and CU) had its own unique CHPid. Been working fine here for the last several days. Mike Myers Mentor Services Corporation (919) 341-5210 On 2/17/2010 6:02 PM, Scott Rowe wrote: