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Appendix C Tape Pass-Through
A value added feature of the FastStream allows the pass-through of SAS connected tape devices. Connect these
devices to a SAN Fibre Channel connection through the host ports on a FastStream Storage Controller.
Enable Tape Pass-Through
If you need to backup data through a fibre channel
SAN, you would generally need a tape drive
connected to a server. By moving your tape device to
the SAN you can reduce overhead on your backup
server while RAID groups and tapes exist side by side
without the need for extra hardware like a bridge or
storage router. The FastStream allows all workstations
to have access to tape storage for fast backups and
restores.
To enable via
RAID CLI page
, use the following
commands:
• set passthroughmode all
• saveconfiguration
restart
•
routedisplay <topologytype> passthrough
for example; "routedisplay sas passthrough" or
"routedisplay fc passthrough"
Once passthrough is enabled, routes may be added
manually for any passthrough device using
"
sastargets
" and "
route
" sequence, for example:
