A San Data Gateway is a device that converts SCSI protocols to fibre protocols.
For example, if you have SCSI LTO1 tape drives in your 3583, and you want to connect them to your SAN, they gotta go through the gateway to get to a SAN switch. So if your devices are fibre already, the SGD isn't involved. (Maybe that helps, maybe not...) -----Original Message----- From: Richard Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2 fibre interfaces per drive > "This function is not supported for devices that > are attached through an IBM San Data Gateway." I have a feeling that a SAN data gateway is an extra piece of equipment that is used only for server-free data movement. A SAN switch is something different, and is the normal way to connect drives to the server. I hope 'normal' SAN failover works, because IBM are suggesting it for us in their latest upgrade offer! Richard Foster
