W dniu 2018-08-10 o 08:46, Peter pisze:
Hi
Apology for the dummy query
Is it really required for tape drives ficons have to go via San switch ? Or
it can be connected directly ? Any particular reason if it has to be via
SAN switch ?
It depends.
For TS3500 with TS1140 you will have SAN switch
Very rarely a storage vendor might require attachment of their storage
device via a particular vendor-supported SAN switch in order to end up with
a vendor-supported configuration. Even in those rare, exceptional cases
it's not because the technology prohibits direct attachment. Sometimes a
tape
No, it is a good question.
SAN switches are needed (or more efficient in connections) with more complex
configurations. Since most configurations are that complex that SAN switches
are useful, one only talks about these configurations.
So the simple configurations where you connect one device to
