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Linux on zSeries: Fibre Channel Protocol Implementation Guide

IBM Redbooks

Linux on zSeries: Fibre Channel Protocol Implementation Guide

This IBM Redbook discusses implementing Fibre Channel Protocol for Linux running on IBM ^ zSeries servers to access industry-standard SCSI devices in a Storage Area Network. The intended audience for this book is IT system administrators who plan to connect Linux servers to SCSI devices.

Using the SCSI IPL feature, Linux for zSeries can IPL from FCP-attached SCSI disks. With multipathing support, Linux servers can take advantage of the performance and high-availability benefits provided by parallel access to SCSI disks.

Configuration for both SUSE and Red Hat distributions is covered. We introduce FCP concepts and terminology, examine FCP mapping to the Linux SCSI subsystem, and illustrate installing a bootable Linux root file system on SCSI disk. We cover multipath configuration to SCSI for several Linux distributions, SAN security topics, using dump tools with SCSI devices, and configuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SCSI tape devices.
Price: $48.70
Pages: 282
Date Published: August 19, 2004
Author: IBM Redbooks
Product Number: SG24-6344-00
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