Matthias schrieb:
> Hi all,
>
> guess, I could need a little help .......
>
> I want to test a FC controller board and a FC drive I just bought.
> The controller is an older HP D6977A. The drive is a Seagate 9,1 GB.
>
> Since I have a SUN Enterprise FC storage array (A5000), I thought, I
> could talk to this device pretty easily.
>
> First, I installed the controller and cable to the storage array.
> I then installed the drivers for the FC-controller on NT4. The
> controller is known and shows, that there is a Seagate disk in my
> array (it's the only one, just for testing purposes).
>
> Now : how can I make my controller talk to the drive under NT4, i.e.
> formatting and such ?
>
> There is no FC switch, it's a dircet connection ftom the controller to
> the storage array.
>
> Do I need any additional software here ?
> I know, that there's a fiber channel array assistant from HP -  but
> this one is only working with a newer controller (I installed the same
> configuration on W2k server together with the HP array assistant.
> After reboot, the system didn't come up any more and rebootet short
> before the login screen should appear).
>
> I'd like to use the storage array on my NT4.
>
> Any hints ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Matthias
> T

Excuse me all - I just forgot that there's a disk manager on NT
(I use to work with LINUX / UNIX most of the time)

Matthias

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