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

From: pSeries AIX Geek (aixgeek@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Mon Apr 19 2004 - 12:53:22 EDT


Sorry, I should have been more clear. The adapter is
a a 6239 with (according to the IBM websites) the
latest microcode.

- pAG

--- Bill Verzal <BVerzal@KOMATSUNA.COM> wrote:
> There is a microcode update on the 6227/6228 that
> specifically addresses
> SAN booting.
>
> BV

> 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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