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LUN Transfer to Alternate Controller

DS4000 transfers LUNs to alternate controller

Volumes are owned by one controller

Volumes can be accessed through both controllers

Volume ownership is always transferred to the controller that is used for volume access -> transfer time approx 1 s

Two multipathing solutions available

QLogic failover driver uses AVT

Difficult to configure

Potential LUN thrashing

RDAC uses inband communication

Self configuring

Suitable for data sharing scenarios

AIX-AK FZK 2005

© 2005 IBM Corporation

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IBM AIX-AK FZK 2005 manual LUN Transfer to Alternate Controller,  DS4000 transfers LUNs to alternate controller