I don't know how/if this will be an issue for you, but we bought the OEM version of the Qlogic QLA2202F PCI card for use with an A5000 disk array. We did this because the Sun-branded version of the card was about 3x as expensive. We later found out that you can not bind the native Sun Solaris fibre channel drivers to the card and had to use the ones supplied by Qlogic. What this meant was that we had to define the SCSI targets in the sd.conf file in order for the server to see the disks and it saw them as just that, SCSI devices. The downside was that since we had to use the Qlogic drivers, the OS would not recognize the array as being a SENA, and hence none of the tools that one would use to manage the array (e.g., luxadm) would work with it. The fcode loaded on the Sun-branded PCI version of the 2202F is different than the fcode loaded on the OEM versions of the card, which is why the Sun SUNWqlc drivers wouldn't bind to the OEM version (at least on Solaris 7).
If this even remotely sounds like it could be an issue, research the card you are getting very thoroughly (if it's not Sun-branded) and see if there are any patches/bug fixes on SunSolve. HTH, Dylan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seay, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Sun Solaris and Qlogic QLA2202FS (Sbus) and 3590-EIA We use the QLA2200F PCI card without any problems. I cannot imagine why there would be a problem with this. I believe the same driver is used for both. The real issue is SBUS is going to be MUCH slower than the PCI card (25mhz vs 66mhz). Yes the IO slot board for PCI is about 10K and you may not have room for it, but it is really worth the difference in performance when you start running both FC disk and tape. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Lowrie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sun Solaris and Qlogic QLA2202FS (Sbus) and 3590-EIA All, Bringing up a Sun Solaris E6000 as a TSM Server and would like to use Qlogic's QLA2202FS Sbus Fibre Channel cards to connect to 3590-E1A. IBM's website only mentions support for QLA2200F (PCI). We can get Emulex LP8000S cards but these are single port whereas the Qlogic cards are available in dual port configurations. Has anyone out there been down this road? Bruce E. Lowrie Sr. Systems Analyst Information Technology Services Storage, Output, Legacy *E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Voice: (989) 496-6404 7 Fax: (989) 496-6437 *Post: 2200 W. Salzburg Rd. *Post: Mail: CO2111 *Post: Midland, MI 48686-0994 This e-mail transmission and any files that accompany it may contain sensitive information belonging to the sender. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Dow Corning's practice statement for digitally signed messages may be found at http://www.dowcorning.com/dcps. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please immediately notify the Security Administrator at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com ________________________________________________________________________
