Enabling load balancing on an ATTO 8-Gbps HBA

To use load balancing on an ATTO 8-Gbps HBA, you must enable the Target Port Group Support (TPGS) host type.

SAN Volume Controller version 4.2 or later supports load balancing on Apple hosts when you specify the TPGS host type.
To enable load balancing on Apple hosts with an 8-Gbps HBA from ATTO Technology, perform the following steps:
  1. Change the SAN Volume Controller host type from Generic to TPGS.
  2. Activate the new configuration by rebooting the Apple host.
  3. Verify that the new configuration is active by performing the following steps:
    1. Run the ATTO Configuration Tool which is located in the ATTO Configuration Tool Folder for the Applications Folder.
    2. Verify that all the 2145 paths are shown as Preferred/Mixed for Read- and Write-Mode.
    3. Verify that the paths per LUN show up as Preferred or Alternate which depends on the preferred SAN Volume Controller node for that LUN.
The following Web site provides more information about the ATTO Configuration Tool:

http://www.attotech.com/configtool.html

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