[SunHELP] adding another A5100 array

[Austad, Jay]

> I am assuming you are concerned about controller numbers 
> changing when you
> flip around the GBIC's and reboot. 

Yes, this was what I was worried about.  However, it seems to have worked
just fine.  

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Angolano [mailto:dangolano at onexchange.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:51 PM
> To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] adding another A5100 array
> 
> 
> I am assuming you are concerned about controller numbers 
> changing when you
> flip around the GBIC's and reboot.  I have successfully 
> changed controller
> numbers out from under VxVM in the past.  My understanding of 
> how it works
> is; Volume Manager stores various volume, plex, and disk 
> information in the
> private region of each VxVM controlled disk.  This allows 
> Volume manager to
> handle changes to the underlying disk names without affecting 
> the volumes.  
> 
> If my assumption was incorrect and you are concerned about something
> else...sorry. :^)
> 
> Dan  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Austad, Jay [mailto:austad at marketwatch.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 4:23 PM
> To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject: [SunHELP] adding another A5100 array
> 
> I have an A5000 and an A5100 array connected to an ultra 
> enterprise 3500.
> Each array has 2 gbics in it, and the fiber cables are 
> crossed so each array
> is on two different SBUS cards in case of failure. I just 
> bought another
> SBUS card with 2 GBIC's in it and another A5100 array. I 
> don't want to plug
> both ports on the array into the new card, I'd like to get 
> each port on a
> different card.
> 
> Can I just move around the fiber the way I want and do a boot 
> -r? Will this
> screw up my volumes? (I'm running VxVM) Otherwise, how would 
> I go about
> this?
> 
> 
> ----------
> Jay Austad
> Network Administrator
> CBS Marketwatch
> 612.817.1271
> austad at marketwatch.com <mailto:austad at marketwatch.com> 
> http://cbs.marketwatch.com
> http://www.bigcharts.com
> 
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