The really clever thing about NPIV is that only the channel, and the adjacent switch really know about it. Aside from more WWPNs to manage, it should be completely transparent to your storage device. The only NPIV problem that you might run into with a storage device is that less channel hardware can now hit the storage device's login limit. "NPIV may not work" seems like a poor excuse to me.
Ray Higgs System z FCP Development Bld. 706, B24 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 02/08/2008 12:25:27 PM: > We did get it to work. Not exactly with the steps listed since yast would > not complete the define since the LUN didn't work on the storage. We had > given up since EMC said they hadn't heard of it being done and that the NPIV > may not work. But, knowing someone else was successful and how they > remembered doing it gave us renewed energy to work through it again. Thank > You for the help. We can now put some more old storage to use. > > Craig Collins > State of WI > > On Feb 6, 2008 3:08 PM, Jerry Whitteridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > The Clarion requires you to have accessed the storage subsystem itself > > before the work can be done (I'm not a storage guy -- especially not > > mid-range) and I was just listing for Craig the steps we had to go > > through as the Clarion is different to the DMX's. I am now accessing > > the Clarion successfully (but haven't rebooted to confirm it is all > > still there !) > > > > Jerry Whitteridge > > Safeway Inc > > 925 951 4184 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of George Kuch > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 1:03 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: zFCP Disk > > > > > > Have you confirmed that the NPIV ports are in the same fabric > > > zone as the > > > clariion ? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > George Kuch > > > zSeries zFCP Firmware Development > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], 845-435-6806, t/l 295-6806 > > > > "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Warning: > > All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail > > system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the > > recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended > > only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this > > message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have > > received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, > > distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have > > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. > > > > > > > ============================================================================== > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
