Support for N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) in IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) environments

SFHA Solutions support N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) in IBM Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) environments:

Table: Storage Foundation and High Availability (SFHA) Solutions NPIV support

SFHA Solutions product

NPIV support

Storage Foundation

Storage Foundation 6.1 supports all functionality available with dedicated HBAs when using LUNs presented through NPIV. All IBM supported NPIV enabled HBAs are supported by Storage Foundation.

Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFS HA)

SFCFSHA is supported with NPIV.

Symantec Cluster Server (VCS)

VCS supports NPIV. With NPIV, the VIOS client environment is transparent to VCS and the LUNs are treated as regular SAN storage array LUNs. Since SCSI3 persistent reserve is available, I/O fencing is also supported.

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