> > On Jan 6, 2008, at 10:45 AM, D. wrote: > > > Could I just plug a fibre-channel HBA into an x86 > box, > > then connect the HBA to a fibre-channel switch, > > then plug drives into the switch's ports > > and expect that to work? > > Would I need extra software? > > I assume when you say drive, you mean some storage > e box which can be > connected to a FC switch. Also I assume that by > 'work' you mean that > the solaris 'x86 box' is able to see the drives (e.g. > through the > 'format' command). And lastly I assume that you are > running latest > solaris (SDXE) release from opensolaris If so, then > yes, it will > work. Everything which is needed is already part of > standard solaris > distribution and no additional software is required.
By "drive" I meant one fibre-channel drive. That is, I would like to plug one drive into each switch port! > > > > > Later on, could I get another x86 box with HBA, > > plus another switch, then connect that switch's > > ports to the already existing drives? > > More software? > > Again I assume that by 'drives' you mean some > e storage box with > multiple FC ports so that you are able to connect two > switches to > these drives (or you could just plug the 'another x86 > box' into the > same switch). If so then yes, both solaris x86 hosts > will see the > drives. Again no additional software is needed. > I want each drive connected to two switches, so that if one switch goes down there is still a path to the drive through the other switch. > > > > Later on, could I put the two x86 boxes with > > HBAs behind another box and connect them with > either > > fibre-channel (another HBA) or ethernet? > > More software? > > > > At that point could I plug a lot of workstations > into the last box? > > A little more detail is needed here as I am not able > e to understand > what you are trying to do. > > Sumit > Each x86 box would be a controller. There are two for redundancy. So at this point, even if one switch and one x86 box go down there is still a path to each drive. > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > storage-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-d > iscuss > > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-d > iscuss This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
