Connecting Archiving Storage; Filesystem Devices; Scsi Tape Drive Devices - HP xw8600 Workstation Hardware Setup Manual

NOTE The XR 5402 and XR 5412 RAID enclosures support a maximum of four XE expansion enclosures.
Two XR 5402 / 5412 RAID enclosures, 4 loops
First storage assembly
To FC adapter on workstation / LMS (port 1)
To FC adapter (port 2)
XR RAID Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
Cabling for additional enclosures
NOTE In a configuration with two XR RAID enclosures, the number of XE extension enclosures per XR RAID
enclosure must be the same. The total number of enclosures in the storage assembly must be an even number.

Connecting Archiving Storage

NOTE This section does not apply to Autodesk Lustre.
Visual Effects and Finishing applications support archiving to USB 2.0, FireWire
channel devices. This includes filesystems, VTRs and tape drives. This section discusses the requirements for
filesystem and tape drive devices. For information on connecting a VTR, see
on page 22.

Filesystem Devices

USB 2.0 and FireWire (IEEE 1394) attached devices must be formatted with one of the following filesystems:
XFS, ext2, ext3, or HFS (Mac
NOTE Care must be taken to ensure that the filesystems used to store archives are reliable, stable and properly
backed up so as to protect the archive integrity. This functionality is not provided by the application.

SCSI Tape Drive Devices

SCSI tape drives can be connected to a fibre channel port of the workstation by way of a fibre-channel-to-SCSI
bridge, such as the Atto FibreBridge 2390D. The tape drive device must meet two criteria. First, the device s
driver must accept standard UNIX tape device calls. Second, the device must be certified for use with the
currently supported version of the workstation operating system and kernel.
Second storage assembly
To FC adapter on workstation / LMS (port 0)
To FC adapter (port 3)
XR RAID Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
XE (EBOD) Expansion Enclosure
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). NTFS is not supported.
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(IEEE 1394) and fibre
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