Identify SAN Attached DIsk

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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Is there any way to distinguish if a local drive is SAN Attached?

Thanks

Lewis

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(imported comment written by MarkA.Stevens)

Pick an OS, please? Given that information, we might be able to figure something out.

Thank you for your time …Mark A. Stevens

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

On Windows, use either an OEM utility or something like SANsurfer

http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/Product_detail.aspx?oemid=264

to identify SAN drives. Since we use Qlogic HBAs, then relevance of the task to install SANsurfer only targets machines containing HBAs.

Once SANsurfer is installed, you can do a CLI with the tool to determine if there are active connections. Dump the CLI query output to a file, then use an analysis to compile the results.

It can also be used to dump detailed HBA, WWPN, link/path status, etc. to a log file. Then use an analysis to parse the log to extract whatever info you are looking to find.