A1000 SCSI questions

[Mike Spooner]

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Such a configuration certainly works with D1000 arrays, as long as you
are careful to configure Solaris to only access each drive through a
single device-node at any one time.

If you can treat the A1000s as JBOD arrays (ie: don't use the SEVM software
to control them, just the normal Solaris SCSI drivers - in effect treat
them as D1000s), then all will be fine. If you need volume management
in such a configuration, then DiskSuite will do it.

As for whether you can utilise the array's on-board RAID facilities
with such a configuration, I'm not sure...there **may** be limitations
in the SEVM software that prevent it?

Andreas Sindermann wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to mirror two complete A1000 Arrays that are connected to
> two X6541A hostadapters.
> 
> Is it possible to connect the arrays to the unused channels of the
> corresponding UNconnected hostadapter at the same time, so one
> could get this (redundant) configuration?
> (I personally don't think so, as the A1000 can only be daisychained,
> as far as I know, but I'd like to be sure)
> 
>             --------------
>   -----    | ------       |
>  |A1000|---=|X6541A|      |
>   ----- \ /| ------       |
>          X |         E450 |
>   ----- / \| ------       |
>  |A1000|---=|X6541A|      |
>   -----    | ------       |
>             --------------