I think NetApp has a configuration like this, but I'm not sure whether it is production quality. There is a slight difference between arbitrated loop which the Filer uses and fabric login which is used in a switched network, there were some tweaks you had to do to your switch to make it work.
I'll let NetApp fill in the blanks for you.
Tom
On Wed, 17 May 2000 jmiddlebrooks@datalink.com wrote:
Has anybody had any thoughts or done any testing with the following configuration? Basically connecting a Netapp into a SAN for backups not storage.
One Netapp F760 One extra Fibre Card in the Netapp One Firbre Switch (Brocade or Ancor) One Tape Library connected into the Fibre Switch. Veritas Netbackup and NDMP Solaris or NT Netbackup Master and several Media servers
Connect the Netapp into the swtich with the extra fibre connection. Zone the switch so the Netapp and two tape drives are tied together. Backup driectly to the tape drives by using NDMP.
My questions to Netapp are:
- Is this possible?
- How would the Netapp log into the switch? As a Loop or Fabric?
- What is the solution for backing up a Netapp directly to Fibre tape
drives? 4) What is supported?
I am going to test what I thank will work but any thoughts or ideas would be helpful.
Jason Middlebrooks Systems Engineer Datalink Corp. 888-933-9327 x2970