Hi Don
I've briefly connected a DS14MK2 FC to a Linux host using a QLogic HBA directly connected to one of the ESH2s. I don't recall the details but remember it being pretty straightforward so long as you get the QLogic drivers right. YMMV.
You'll end up with a bunch of "raw" disks and will need to RAID or otherwise aggregate the storage in software. An OpenSolaris host using ZFS would be one interesting place to start.
I hope that helps
Regards Steve
On 6 Jan 2012, at 18:01, "Don Elmore" <Don.Elmore@volition-inc.commailto:Don.Elmore@volition-inc.com> wrote:
Apologies if this has been asked before.
We have a DS14MK4 shelf with 144G FC disks and 2 ESH4 modules that’s no longer in production. I’ve heard of people using these shelves as direct-attached storage (no filer head, just directly cabled to a host), but I haven’t been able to pull up any details after searching online. I figure if anybody has tried something this silly, they’re probably on this mailing list ☺
Has anybody been able to get this to work? Any tips/tricks?
Thanks! Don Elmore IT Manager Volition, Inc.
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