Fibre Channel host bus adapter configuration details
Apply these Storwize® V3700 configuration details to Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs).
The system must be configured to export volumes only to host Fibre Channel ports that are on the list of supported HBAs. See the following website for specific firmware levels and the latest supported hardware:
Operation with other HBAs is not supported. You can attach hosts to the Storwize V3700 Fibre Channel ports directly or through a SAN fabric. For specific HBA-supported connection methods, see www.ibm.com/support.
The system does not specify the number of host Fibre Channel ports or HBAs that a host or a partition of a host can have. The number of host Fibre Channel ports or HBAs are specified by the host multipathing device driver. The system supports this number; however it is subject to the configuration rules for Storwize V3700. To obtain optimal performance and to prevent overloading, the workload to each Storwize V3700 port must be equal. You can achieve an even workload by zoning approximately the same number of host Fibre Channel ports to each Storwize V3700 Fibre Channel port.
The system supports configurations that use N_port ID virtualization (NPIV) in the host bus adapter when connected to a SAN switch, but not when directly attached to the Storwize V3700 Fibre Channel ports.