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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 7, 2012

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Support of 6G SAS interface

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When a tape library device is connected to a 6G SAS HBA on a Solaris machine with a SAS I/F, devices (changer, drive) are not authenticated (created) on the Solaris system.
The environment is as follows:
- TSM Server V5.x or V6.x / Solaris 10
- Library device: Fujitsu ETERNUS LT40(FibreCAT TX24)
- Tape device: HP drive device (HP Ultrium 5-SCSI)
- SAS HBA card: LSI's 6GB SAS card
- SAS HBA driver: SUNWmptsas (mpt_sas driver) * Solaris standards
- Tape Driver: TSM Device Driver

When connected to 3G SAS HBA, devices can properly be created.

Since 6G SAS HBA is expected to be the mainstream in future years and the number of its users to be increased, urgent support is requested.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 9, 2012

    Thank you for submitting the request. Tivoli Storage Manager agrees with the request and a solution appears to be a desirable objective. 
    There are currently no  plans to provide requested function.  No IBM commitment is made or implies as to the
    eventual delivery of an acceptable solution.

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