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Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 7
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• FC-81EN, Single Port
Windows Servers ATTO (future support), see current compatibility matrix for
alternative solutions
Linux Servers In mixed MacOS and/or
Windows Client (XP, Vista,
Windows 7) environments:
ATTO Celerity
• FC-84EN, Quad Port
• FC-82EN, Dual Port
• FC-81EN, Single Port
In homogenous Linux
environments, any currently
supported HBA and failover:
• QLogics, Emulex, and RDAC
or MPP multipath as
appropriate
In mixed, environments (those
that include MacOS or Windows
: ATTO MultiPath Director
In homogenous Linux
environments: RDAC or MPP as
appropriate for the particular
Linux implemented
Using this table, support can be obtained for IBM DS3400, DS3500 (FibreChannel only),
DS5020 (FibreChannel only), DS5100 or DS5300 (FibreChannel only). Some legacy systems
such as DS4700 can also be supported. These operating systems platforms can share SAN
connectivity as can any supported operating systems. Zoning and partitioning tools should be
used to separate dedicated access to volumes on the storage systems.
Supported File Sharing Environments
The above hardware configurations will allow you to have Linux, Apple, and Windows client
systems share physical access to the same storage systems. When shared access to Files is
required, the same basic hardware connectivity table applies. However, a specific set of file
sharing mechanisms and SAN topology are required.
The solutions described in this guide are based upon StorNext software from Quantum. Apple
Xsan is a SAN files sharing suite sold by Apple. It was developed to be fully compatible with
Quantum StorNext (though it offers a very limited sub-set of the optional software add-on
products offered by Quantum). Apple supports only a homogenous Apple environment with
Xsan MDCs, Xsan clients, and Apple or Promise Disks. But by replacing the Xsan MDCs with
StorNext MDCs a much more robust and flexible solution is possible.
Meta Data
Controller
MDC
Operating
System
Supported
Clients
Supported Client
Operating System
Supported Storage
Systems
Apple Xsan
MDC
Mac OSX Xsan clients
only
Mac OSX Only Apple or Promise
Disk Only
Quantum
MDC
Linux (Windows
Server future
support)
Xsan and/or
StorNext
clients
Mac OSX, Windows
Server and Clients
(XP, W7, Vista), Linux
Many, including IBM
DS3000, DS4000,
and DS5000