[8321] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Storage Area Networks and Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Veteikis)
Wed Mar 8 18:29:20 2000
From: Mark Veteikis <mark@iphase.com>
Message-Id: <200003082249.QAA28135@hera.Iphase.COM>
To: eric@estinc.com (Eric Lee Green)
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:49:28 -0600 (CST)
Cc: mark@iphase.com (Mark Veteikis), linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <38C6CE7F.6208C8F@estinc.com> from "Eric Lee Green" at Mar 08, 2000 03:04:47 PM
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> Mark Veteikis wrote:
> > It points out the lack of Fibre Channel maturity (drivers) in Linux and some
> > shortcomings in the SCSI mid-layer support for FC.
>
> The shortcomings that I'm aware of:
>
> a) Limited # of SCSI storage devices that can be attached to a Linux
> box,
The author referred to some specifics such as WWN mapping and dynamic
insertion/removal of devices and the management of these devices. I tend
agree with him on those points.
Also, you can get around this with configuring the "max_id" parameter in the
Scsi_Host structure upwards, at driver initialization time. I've
tested with up to 40 FC drives.
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Mark Veteikis mark@iphase.com 1-214-654-5257
Interphase Corp. 13800 Senlac Dallas Tx. 75234
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