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Workspace IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 25, 2014

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This idea has been merged into another idea. To comment or vote on this idea, please visit SCSI-I-979 Support for more host site WWPN per I/O Group for IBM San Volume Controller.

SVC/Storwize Host objects & FC hosts limits

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The SVCs and V7000s are used in a VMControl environment. The AIX LPARs each have 4 or 12 HBA ports. With VMControl, each HBA port is registered as an individual host object to SVC/V7000; so for a single server with 4 HBA ports, 4 individual hosts objects are registered. Due to each port being registered as a Host object, the SVCs/V7000s are reaching the maximum Host objects and Fibre Channel hosts limits. Since VMControl only provisions from the first I/O group, using a second I/O group is not a good resolution. We are requesting that the following limits be raised:
- Host objects (IDs) per I/O group: Increase from 512 to 2048
- Fibre Channel hosts per I/O group: Increase from 512 to 2048
- Fibre Channel host ports per I/O group: Increase from 1024 to 2048
- Fibre Channel host ports per system: Increase from 4096 to 8196
- Host objects (IDs) per system: Increase from 2048 to 8196
- Fibre Channel hosts per system: Increase from 2048 to 8196

Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Philip Clark
    Reply
    |     Mar 19, 2022

    Some Closed - Duplicates from developerWorks were reopened in Aha!

    see SCSI-I-979

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) / Spectrum Virtualize

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) / Spectrum Virtualize

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