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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:05 PM

I inherited a A3500FC. We also have a 220R Server directly attached to
a dual fibre channel controller.
My question is can we connect the A3500FC to a Fibre switch and use it
as a SAN in a multi OS configuration (Solaris, linux, Windows and
tru64).
This will not be a production environment but a Development/Test
environment.

Also I saw on the SUN site that solaris is supported till release 8. Is
solaris 10 compatible with this?

Thanks for any info.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:06 PM

ntboy <ntavera@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I inherited a A3500FC. We also have a 220R Server directly attached to
> a dual fibre channel controller.
> My question is can we connect the A3500FC to a Fibre switch and use it
> as a SAN in a multi OS configuration (Solaris, linux, Windows and
> tru64).

Possibly. My memory is that the 3500 is loop only, no fabric. So your
switch would need to support displaying a loop device to fabric hosts.

In addition, the management utility is Solaris SPARC only. So foreign
hosts should be able to see LUNS if properly created and displayed, but
would not be able to monitor or configure the unit itself

> Also I saw on the SUN site that solaris is supported till release 8. Is
> solaris 10 compatible with this?

Only as much as a foreign OS is. I believe they planned to end support
at 8, but they managed to keep it a bit longer. You can still run
RaidManager under 9.

Under 10, the RDAC driver will not load. You probably can't manage the
system without it (although I've seen one person report that the command
line tools still work), but you could probably continue to use
configured LUNs.

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Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
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