Abstract
IBM® LinuxONE and Z platforms offer support for open systems Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) networks and subsystems, enabling their use for block storage provisioning for Linux and select z/VM® workloads. This IBM Redpaper provides a comprehensive guide to the hardware configuration and enablement of FCP for Linux environments.
This document is intended for IBM Z® and LinuxONE system administrators, storage administrators, infrastructure architects, and implementers.
Table of Contents
FCP overview
FCP versus FICON
N Port ID virtualization
Supported storage services
Defining FCP devices on IBM Z and LinuxONE
An example configuration
Enabling NPIV on FCP channels
Creating host definitions and mapping volumes in the storage controller
Verifying SAN configuration using HMC functions
Summary
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