> If you mean FCP-connected disk, yes, with caveats. There are "officially > supported" vendors where the vendor has paid IBM to do testing and > certification. In general, most FCP-connected disk "just works", especially if > you put it behind a SAN switch that IBM does "officially" support. That > isolates the disk from the Z, and as long as the SAN switch is something IBM > has tested, it pretty much works fine.
One other note: make sure the SAN switch you choose supports NPIV. If not, your entire Z system will look like one host to the SAN. You don't want this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
