ClearPath Dorado 300/400/700/800/4000/4100 Server I/O Planning ...
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Contents<br />
4.4.6. FURPUR COPY Options G, D, and E.................................. 4–24<br />
4.5. Tape Drive Encryption .................................................................... 4–25<br />
4.5.1. Tape Drives capable of supporting encryption ............. 4–26<br />
4.5.2. Restrictions ............................................................................. 4–26<br />
4.6. Sharing Tapes Across Multiple Partitions ................................. 4–26<br />
4.6.1. Electronic Partitioning on Fibre Channel .......................... 4–27<br />
4.6.2. Automation ............................................................................. 4–27<br />
Section 5. Performance<br />
5.1. Overview .............................................................................................. 5–1<br />
5.1.1. Basic Concepts ......................................................................... 5–1<br />
5.1.2. Performance Numbers and Your Site ................................ 5–8<br />
5.2. SIOP ..................................................................................................... 5–10<br />
5.2.1. SIOP Performance .................................................................. 5–11<br />
5.2.2. Fibre HBA Performance ........................................................ 5–13<br />
5.2.3. Sequential File Transfers ...................................................... 5–15<br />
5.3. SCSI HBA ............................................................................................ 5–17<br />
5.4. SBCON HBA ....................................................................................... 5–17<br />
5.5. FICON HBA ......................................................................................... 5–18<br />
5.6. Tape Drives per Channel Guidelines .......................................... 5–20<br />
5.7. CIOP Performance—Communications ...................................... 5–20<br />
5.8. Redundancy ....................................................................................... 5–21<br />
5.8.1. Expansion Racks ..................................................................... 5–21<br />
5.8.2. Dual Channel HBAs and NICs .............................................. 5–21<br />
5.8.3. Single I/O Modules ................................................................ 5–22<br />
5.8.4. Configuration Recommendations ..................................... 5–22<br />
Section 6. Storage Area Networks<br />
6.1. Arbitrated Loop ................................................................................... 6–2<br />
6.2. Switched Fabric ................................................................................. 6–4<br />
6.3. Switches ............................................................................................... 6–7<br />
6.4. Storage Devices ................................................................................. 6–7<br />
6.4.1. Arbitrated Loop Devices Running in a SAN ....................... 6–7<br />
6.4.2. T9840 Family of Tape Drives ............................................... 6–8<br />
6.4.3. JBODs ........................................................................................ 6–8<br />
6.4.4. SCSI/Fibre Channel Converters ............................................ 6–9<br />
6.5. SAN Addressing ............................................................................... 6–10<br />
6.5.1. OS 2200 Addressing .............................................................. 6–11<br />
6.5.2. SCMS II ...................................................................................... 6–12<br />
6.5.3. OS 2200 Console .................................................................... 6–13<br />
6.5.4. SAN Addressing Examples .................................................. 6–14<br />
6.6. Zoning .................................................................................................. 6–17<br />
6.6.1. Zoning and 12-Bit OS 2200 Addressing ............................ 6–17<br />
6.6.2. Guidelines ................................................................................. 6–17<br />
6.6.3. Zoning Disks ............................................................................ 6–18<br />
6.6.4. Zoning with Multiple Switches ........................................... 6–19<br />
6.6.5. Multihost or Multipartition Zoning .................................... 6–20<br />
6.6.6. Remote Backup Zoning ........................................................ 6–21<br />
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