We have tested with EDEVICES as well as with SCSI over FCP, and while it's not in the support matrix at this time (so an RPQ is required), XtremIO can be used as an EDEVICE, and from the Linux guest as point-to-point or via a SAN works as well. SVC is not required.
Chris: someone should be reaching out to you about this as well. John John Crossno | Principal Product Manager | EMC Corporation O: 508.249.2246 | M: 508.625.0636 | [email protected] Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. -Abraham Lincoln -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 15:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: EMC XtremIO devices On Monday, 09/14/2015 at 03:05 EDT, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's really going to come down to how the array presents > itself to the > world. Based on their literature, it seems to be a SAN device that supports > SCSI over FC, and iSCSI access. If they did things right, then access over a > SAN fabric should "just work" with Linux. With z/VM, I have too > little experience with things in this area, so I can't comment there. > IBM may require > having this array behind a SAN Volume Controller (SVC), but only IBM > can make > any real statements there. For EDEVICE use, z/VM supports direct point-to-point or SAN attachment to DS8000, XIV, Storwize V700, and IBM Flashsystems only. All other SCSI devices for EDEVICE use must be attached via SAN Volume Controller (SVC). These restrictions do not apply to non-EDEVICE use by Linux. Alan Altmark Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant Lab Services System z Delivery Practice IBM Systems & Technology Group ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 [email protected] IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
