Get a fiber channel tape library and connect it to the 4424 switches. You'll want to make sure you create separate zones for the tape library (not in the same zone as the AX4-5F). So for every server that needs tape access you'd have 1 zone for HBA-to-AX4-5F and another zone for HBA-to-TapeLibrary. You may even have the AX4-5F zoned with 2 zones; 1 for each path to a storage processor (i.e. one switch has for each server a unique zone to A0 and another zone to B1 and the other blade has zones for A1 and B0).
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October 5th, 2009 07:00
Get a fiber channel tape library and connect it to the 4424 switches. You'll want to make sure you create separate zones for the tape library (not in the same zone as the AX4-5F). So for every server that needs tape access you'd have 1 zone for HBA-to-AX4-5F and another zone for HBA-to-TapeLibrary. You may even have the AX4-5F zoned with 2 zones; 1 for each path to a storage processor (i.e. one switch has for each server a unique zone to A0 and another zone to B1 and the other blade has zones for A1 and B0).
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October 5th, 2009 07:00
Thanks for this, - And yes the AX4-5F is zoned with 2 zones exactly as you have stated.