Tape integration in NBU 5230 appliance
Hi, we are going to setup NBU 5230 appliance for one customer. Currently the customer has a few tape libraries (different models from HP and IBM, all use FC connections) and they would like to add so...
1) No - the appliance is SUSE Linux and has all the tape drivers required for all supported tape drives - just plug them in a do a scan (Manage - Storage - Scan and then Manage - Storage - Show to confirm they are seen)
2) If you will not be connecting and FT Media Servers or VMware LUNS then you can use any of the ports
Do not mix disk and tape on the same port
Other than that use the same rules you would for any other system - so minimise the number of drives per port - doesnt matter which ones go where really and it also supports multi-paths to the drives
Hope this helps
