Mode
Shared FC
Dedicated FC
1 LPAR dedicates 1 FC adapter. Multiple LPAR cannot use the dedicated FC
adapter.
Same WWWN as vfcID=1 is used on dedicated FC.
The EFI driver setting to a vfcID=1 of dedicated FC is succeeded to the
vfcID=1 of shared FC. Only "Connection Type" and "Data Rate" are
succeeded to the vfcID=2 or subsequent vfcID of the shared FC.
Shared FC
Multiple LPARs share 1 FC adapter. The adapter is simultaneously used by
those LPARs.
FC adapter has two detailed-modes on the Shared FC Mode.(Detailed-modes
of Shared FC can be defined on the Shared FC Assignment Screen)
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Port separate assignment
When FC adapter has two or more ports, each ports can be assigned to
different LPARs separately.
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Port sharing assignment
1 FC port can be assigned to multiple LPARs and shared.
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Logical partitioning manager User's Guide
Multiple LPARs share 1 FC adapter.
Figure 1-38 Definition of FC Port
LPAR manager Functions
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