Configuration 2: SCSI library connected to the NAS file server
In this configuration, the library robotics and the drives must be physically connected directly to the NAS file server. Paths must be defined from the NAS data mover to the library and drives. No physical connection is required between the Tivoli® Storage Manager server and the SCSI library.
The Tivoli Storage Manager server controls library robotics by sending library commands across the network to the NAS file server. The NAS file server passes the commands to the tape library. Any responses that are generated by the library are sent to the NAS file server, and passed back across the network to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This configuration supports a physically distant Tivoli Storage Manager server and NAS file server. For example, the Tivoli Storage Manager server is in one city, while the NAS file server and tape library are in another city.
