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v For best performance, use a 16 Gb Fibre fabric and HBA on the host.
v Host system can have as many HBAs as needed to support the operating
v In a FlashSystem A9000R with Fibre Channel configuration, each grid controller
Figure 30 shows the port numbers for each of the FC ports on the grid controllers.
1 FC port 1
2 FC port 2
3 FC port 3
4 FC port 4
Figure 30. Fibre Channel port numbering on the grid controllers
Several network configurations that use Fibre Channel are technically possible, and
each configuration varies in terms of cost, flexibility, performance, and reliability.
Fibre Channel (FC) best practices
Talk to your IBM installation planning representative (IPR) to help optimally setup
your host connections, according to your needs.
In order to achieve high performance, it is important to:
1. Spread the host connections to each grid controller evenly.
2. Utilize the CPU in each grid controller as much as possible; therefore, it is
It is recommended to use half the ports in each grid controller (ports 1 and 4) and
create three identical zones in each fabric.
Table 24 is an example of how the zones should be divided in a full rack
configuration.
This configuration creates high availability, high performance, and balancing. In
addition, all grid controllers are utilized for each host.
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system, application, and overall performance requirements.
has two dual 16 Gb Fibre Channel ports.
recommended to use ports 1 and 4 and then ports 2 and 3.
Table 24. Example of recommended fabric zoning
Fabrics
Zones
Grid controllers
1, 2
1
Grid controllers 1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2
2
Grid controllers 5, 6, 7, 8
1, 2
3
Grid controllers 9, 10, 11, 12
Port numbers
1, 4
1, 4
1, 4
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