Re: Booting a p650 from LTO2 drives in an STK silo

From: Bill Verzal (BVerzal_at_KOMATSUNA.COM)
Date: 04/19/04

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    There is a microcode update on the 6227/6228 that specifically addresses
    SAN booting.

    BV
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    Bill Verzal
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    Does anyone know if it is possible to boot a p650 into
    maintenance mode from LTO2 drives in an STK silo?

    The LTO2 drives are fiber-attached directly to the
    p650. However, the tape devices are NOT seen in SMS
    mode, and the bootlist command complains when I
    attempt to add them to the bootlist.

    My contention is that you can't do it. Some of the
    other powers-that-be insist that a microcode update on
    the p650 will do the trick (although, no one seems to
    be able to identify what microcode that is).

    Anyone care to take sides?

    - pAG

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