[ale] IBM DS4300 SAN and Linux

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue Oct 28 14:41:40 EDT 2008


On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:32 -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I'm encountering a Linux machine connected via FibreChannel to an IBM 
> DS4300 SAN storage unit.  I think one uses the Everex drivers to run the FC.
> 
> How do the storage volumes that are created in the DS4300 present 
> themselves to a Linux instance?  Do they show up as /dev/sdX devices or 
> something else?

/dev/dm-X is what I see on several SAN storage machines here using
I(t's) B(arely) M(arketable) SAN gear. Not sure of the model.
> 
> - Jeff
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