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iCV1641
IBM i SAS Performance Considerations in Virtual Configurations

Janus Hertz - Senior IT Specialist
IBM Europe ETS Center of Competency lead for Power Systems
Rev.27/10-2016
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Session objectives
• The session will cover a number of important considerations when

implementing IBM i in a virtual environment, either with IBM i host or
VIOS host, running on internal SAS disk drives.
• With Power8 scale-out systems and their capability to have many
internal disk drives in the CEC and EXP24 expansions, we have seen
increasing number of badly configured systems with VIOS in the
field.
Special thanks to:

Kris Whitney, IBM Rochester
IBM i I/O, Storage, and Virtualization
Architecture
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IBM.
Storage Management Styles – IBM i Compared To …
Aix, Linux &

'C'
Windows
Boot & 'D'
OS 'E'
'F'
'G' PGMs
'H'
'I'
'J'
'K'
'L'
DB Page
System ASP
DAS, SAN attached, or virtual

IBM.
IBM Power Systems
Historically Today
SAN SAN attached
High End
High End
attached
Mid Range
Mid Range
Virtualized
Direct Attached
Storage (DAS)
(Integrated)
Entry
Entry DAS (Integrated)

IBM.
Virtualizing storage for partitions on traditional servers
IBM i hosting Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) hosting
• Disk storage resources owned by an IBM i • Disk storage resources owned by VIOS partition
partition • Used by secondary partitions (AIX, IBM i, Linux)
• Used by secondary partitions (AIX®, IBM i, • Integrated or SAN attached disk storage
Linux, and/or Windows) virtualized using VSCSI
• Integrated or SAN attached disk storage • SAN attached storage via virtual fibre channel
virtualized using virtual SCSI (VSCSI) (NPIV)
• Tape virtualization as standalone device via • Tape virtualized as standalone device via VSCSI
vSCSI • Tape virtualized as library via NPIV
• HMC usually required, but VPM is an option • HMC usually required, but IVM is an option on
on small systems small systems
• Can mix virtual and direct I/O in client • Can mix virtual and direct I/O in client partitions
partitions

IBM.
Multiple Ways to Host Partitions
IBM i:
• Same skill sets you already have and are familiar with
• Can share CEC DVD “virtually” with IBM i 6.1 (and later)
• Can also share CEC Tape with IBM i 7.1 TR2 (and later)
• No Reload Required
VIOS (Virtual I/O Server):

• Requires some knowledge of AIX
• Used to have more flexible Internal DVD and Tape Sharing
• Save and Restore of existing partition required!
• Access to external disk through FC NPIV
• Live Partition Mobility and other advanced virtualization technology

IBM.
Virtualizing integrated storage to IBM i
Single hosting LPAR provides Redundant hosting LPARs provide

access to internal storage access to internal storage
• VIOS or IBM i as the serving LPAR • VIOS or IBM i as the serving LPAR
• Data protection in the hosting LPAR • Client LPAR protects data via
via mirroring, RAID-0, RAID-5, RAID- mirroring
6, or RAID-10 • Each host has disk and adapters
• AIX, IBM i, or Linux client partitions • Disks may be set up as RAID-0 arrays
with VIOS
• AIX, IBM i, and Linux client partitions

IBM.
Virtual storage design options – VIOS as the host
Client Client Partition 2 Client Partition 3 Client Partition 4
Partition 1
Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual Virtual Physical
Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Optical tape Disk
hdisk0 hdisk0 hdisk1 hdisk0 hdisk1 cd0 drive hdisk0
Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual FC

Client Adapter Client Adapter Client Adapter Client Adapter Client Adapter

Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter
Logical volume backed

storage pool
Logical
Volume 1 Virtual Media Repository
Physical Logical
Volume Volume 2 File3.iso
1 File backed
storage pool
file1
file2
Physical Physical Virtual I/O server Physical Physical

Adapter Adapter Adapter Adapter
Physical
Physical Physical tape Physical
Disk or LUN Disk drive Disk
IBM.
Virtual storage design options – IBM i as the host
Client Client Partition 2 Client Partition 3 Client Partition 4
Partition 1
Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual Virtual Physical
Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Optical tape Disk
hdisk0 hdisk0 hdisk1 hdisk0 hdisk1 cd0 drive hdisk0

Client Adapter Client Adapter Client Adapter Client Adapter Client Adapter

Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter Server Adapter
Logical volume backed

storage pool
Logical
Volume 1 Virtual Media Repository
Physical Logical
Volume Volume 2 File3.iso
1 File backed
storage pool
file1
file2
Physical Physical Virtual I/O server Physical Physical

Adapter Adapter Adapter Adapter
Physical
Physical Physical tape Physical
Disk or LUN Disk drive Disk
IBM.
Power Systems Direct Attach Storage

IBM.
Comparing PCI SAS Adapters
PCIe SAS – PCIe Gen 3

1Q 2014
• Designed for newest SSD
PCIe SAS – PCIe • 800k-ish IOPS *
Gen 3 • Up to 96 HDD
2Q 2014 • Up to 48 SSD
PCIe SAS – PCIe Gen 2 • Designed for • Easy Tier capable (P8 only)
4Q 2011 POWER8 and
• 1st SAS adapter latest SSDs * restricted by PCIe Gen1 slot
PCI-X SAS designed for SSD • 600k-ish IOPS

2Q 2009 • 300-400k IOPS • Up to 50 SAS devices
• Est 70-80k IOPS • Up to 72 HDD • Easy Tier capable
• Up to 48-60 HDD …. • Up to 24 SSD
• Also can do some SSD
SAS adapter technology – designed by IBM Power
Systems with Power Systems reliability, ruggedness,
integrity, performance,
IBM.
SAS devices
JBoD formatted RAID formatted
Block (512 or 4096 byte (520/528 or 4196/4224 byte
size sectors) sectors)
10k 5xx 300 GB 283 GB
10k 5xx 600 GB 571 GB
10k 5xx 900 GB 856 GB
10k 5xx 1.2 TB 1.1 TB
15k 5xx 146 GB 139 GB
15k 5xx 300 GB 283 GB
10k 4k 600 GB 571 GB
10k 4k 1.2 TB 1.1 TB
10k 4k 1.8 TB 1.7 TB
15k 4k 300 GB 283 GB
15k 4k 600 GB 571 GB
SSD 5xx (No supprted) 177 GB**
SSD 5xx (No supprted) 387 GB
SSD 5xx (No supprted) 775 GB
SSD 4k (No supprted) 177 GB**
SSD 4k (No supprted) 387 GB
SSD 4k (No supprted) 775 GB
IBM. ** AIX/Linx read intensive only.
512/528 (5xx) byte sectors vs 4k byte sectors
• Same performance based on early results and predictions

• Same price as equivalent GB and rpm (Used to be… 4k getting
cheaper)
• 4k is something the industry is adopting. It allows for bigger capacity
disk drives.
• Can mix 4K and 5xx byte sector drives on the same SAS
controller/adapter, but can NOT mix in the same array.
• Suggestion from a pessimist ….

• Don’t mix xxx GB 4k and 5xx block on the same LPAR.
Risk of confusion in the future.

IBM.
A brief tutorial on IBM i Native I/O

IBM.
IBM i Single Page I/O – almost since the dawn of time for “internal disk”
• Base disks @ 512-bytes per sector 8

512
• All disk are formatted as RAID enabled 8
512
• Changes sector size to 520-byte
• RAID protection is 8
512
• RAID 0 for mirroring
• RAID 5 8
512
• RAID 6
• RAID 10 (requires specific adapters and IBM i Licensed Internal Code) 8
512
8
512
8
512
header 8
512
8 x 520 Byte
Sectors

IBM.
IBM i Single Page I/O – with 4K-byte sector internal disk
• Base disks @ 4096-bytes per sector 64

header
• All disk are formatted as RAID enabled
• Changes sector size to 4160-byte
• RAID protection is
• RAID 0 for mirroring
• RAID 5
• RAID 6
• RAID 10 (requires specific adapters, server firmware, and IBM i LIC) 4096
1 x 4160 Byte
Sector

IBM.
IBM i “open” I/O

IBM.
IBM i Single Page (4K) I/O for “open” storage
• Disk is presented with 512-bytes per sector (CCIN 6B22,

512
model 050 for VSCSI. CCINs D818 (DS5000, 2145
512 (SVC/Storwize).)
• Ninth sector (header) added to encapsulate control
512
information normally found in 8-bytes of 520-byte format
512 • 4608-bytes per 4K required
• RAID protection is provided by storage system
512
– RAID 5
512 – RAID 6
– RAID 10
512
512
512 Header
9 x 512 Byte
Sectors

IBM.
Improved IBM i Single Page (4K) I/O for “open” storage
8 • VIOS with “internal disk”

512
8
• Disk is presented as 520-bytes per sector (CCIN
512 6B22, model 055)
8
512
• RAID protection is provided by storage IOAs
8
• RAID 5
512 • RAID 6
8
512 • RAID 10
8
• RAID 0 with mirroring by IBM i (usually via redundant
512 VIOS partitions)
8
512
8
512
8 x 520 Byte
Sectors

IBM.
Improved IBM i Single Page (4K) I/O for 4K “open” storage
64 • VIOS with “internal disk”

• Disk is presented as 4096-bytes per sector (CCIN 6B4E
for VSCSI or CCIN D840 for Flash Systems, model 055)
• RAID protection is provided by storage IOAs
• RAID 5
Partially • RAID 6
Compressed
4096 • RAID 10
• RAID 0 with mirroring by IBM i (usually via redundant VIOS
partitions)
IBM i 7.2 and later
1 x 4096 Byte
Sector
IBM.
IBM i Single Page (4K) I/O with different Sector Sizes

IBM.
Scale Out Power Systems

IBM.
Scale Out 2U System Storage
• Base (feature EJ0T)

• Up to 12 SAS devices
• Zero (0) write cache
• Optional split 6/6 (feature
EJ0V)
• RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10 capable
• High performance
(feature EJ0U, only on
2 socket models)
• Effectively up to 7.2GB write
cache
• Easy Tier for AIX, VIOS
• Optionally add EXP24S
Disk Enclosure (mode 1)

IBM.
Scale Out 4U System Storage
• Base (feature EJ0N)

• 12 SAS devices*
• Zero (0) write cache
• Optional split 6/6**
(feature EJ0S)
• RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10
capable
• High performance
(feature EJ0P)
• effectively up to
7.2GB write cache
• Easy Tier for AIX,
VIOS
• Optionally add
EXP24S Disk
Enclosure (mode
*10 on 4-core system
1) **5/5 on 4-core system
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Power8 Dual VIOS with Internal Storage using the split backplane
VIOS VIOS
Power Hypervisor
Internal SAS controller Internal SAS controller
12 Internal Drives
(6 or 8 Core)
10 Internal Drives
(4 Core)

IBM.
Dual VIOS attaching to EXP24S with up to 24 disks
Single IBM i partition
VIOS VIOS
Power Hypervisor
2 x EJ0L SAS controllers 2 x EJ0L SAS controllers
EXP24S I/O drawer (MODE 2)

with up to 24 disks
IBM.
VIOS Configuration
PDISKS
RAID X (0,1,5,6,10)
VIOS
Internal SAS controller
Hypervisor HDISK
LV or File Backed Virtual Disks
vhost
vhost

IBM.
Configuring Raid for Performance with 5XX sector Drives
• All PCIe2/PCIe3 SAS adapters (e.g.

FC 5913, ESA3, and EJ0L), have been
PDISKS enhanced with hardware acceleration
that is optimized on 8 sector I/O
5XX boundaries.
RAID X (0,1,5,6,10)
• When IBM i attaches a 512 byte sector
device, its I/O is on 9 sector boundaries.
5XX HDISK • Using one of these newer adapters with

IBM i using 512 byte sector storage will
LV or File Backed Virtual Disks cause significant write performance
degradation verses what the adapter is
allow520blocks=True
capable of doing.
vhost vhost
• In order to use these adapters in a
VIOS environment, you must
virtualize the entire hdisk to the IBM i
lpar.
520 512

IBM.
Dual VIOS, Raid 0 Configuration
 Due to performance
optimizations in the OS and VIOS1 VIOS2
DB2, IBM i still prefers 5XX PDISK 5XX PDISK
seeing multiple LUNs. RAID 0 RAID 0
 In order to maximize the 5XX HDISK 5XX HDISK
number of LUNs seen by

IBM i and still have access
to 520 byte sectors RAID 0 allow520blocks=True allow520blocks=True
vhost vhost
is the best solution.
 VIOS rootvg could be
installed on a RAID10 array
or use mirrorios to have
redundancy for the VIOS
LPAR.
520 520
IBM I client Mirroring

IBM.
Configuring Raid for Optimal Performance with 4K Drives
 Power8 now supports the usage

PDISKS of 4K drives.
4XXX  For IBM i 7.1, the same
RAID X (0,1,5,6,10)
recommendation of using Raid0
and directly mapping the hdisk to
the vhost still applies. This
configuration will give you the
4XXX best performance.
HDISK
 If you have all 4K drives in a
LV or File Backed Virtual Disks volume group and use LV or
File backed virtual disks with
allow520blocks=True IBM i 7.2, you can utilize new
vhost function in IBM i 7.2 to attach
vhost LV and File Backed virtual
disks and still be aligned on
the adapter hardware
boundaries.
4160 4096

IBM.
Dual VIOS Using Split Backplane Summary
 When using the split

backplane on Power8 you
do not have any write cache
on the adapter which
VIOS VIOS
typically severely impacts
IBM i workloads. SSDs are
highly recommended with
Power Hypervisor
these adapters.
Internal SAS controller  If you use VIOS with these

adapters and virtualize the
disk to IBM i, you should not
use LV or File Backed
virtual disks for IBM i*.
12 Internal Drives
(6 or 8 Core)
*LV or File Backed may be
10 Internal Drives used with IBM i 7.2, if the
(4 Core)
physical disks are 4K sector
drives .
IBM.
Dual VIOS Using Split Backplane with an EXP24S
 If you use an expansion

drawer you can use the I/O
Adapters with cache and
split the EXP24S between
the VIOSes. This gives
VIOS VIOS much better performance
than the split backplane of
the system adapter without
Power Hypervisor
cache.
 If you use VIOS with these

2 x EJ0L SAS controllers adapters and virtualize the
per VIOS disk to IBM i, you should not
use LV or File Backed
virtual disks for IBM i*.
EXP24S I/O drawer
*LV or File Backed may be
(MODE 2) with up to used with IBM i 7.2/7.3 if all
24 disks the physical disks in the
Volume Group are 4K
sector drives.
IBM.
Alternative to Using VIOS => iVirtualization
 IBM i can virtualize disk, optical,
tape and Ethernet to another IBM i
LPAR.
 SAS adapter performance
degradation with IBM i virtualization
Hypervisor is significantly less than with the
wrong configuration on VIOS.
 Ability to create virtual disks of any
size
Internal SAS controller  Ability to set SSD preference
 Ability to use PowerHA to replicate
Virtual Disks on the Server
18 HDDs  Ability to use 4096 sector virtual
6 SDDs disks
 New Parameter on CRTNWSSTG in
IBM i 7.2
 Independent of the physical drive
format
IBM.
IBM i Configuration

IBM.
Redundant IBM i I/O virtualization servers
If you use the split backplane

without cache, it is highly
Power Hypervisor recommended to use SSDs
for performance on IBM i.
Power Hypervisor
18 Drives
6 SSDs
EXP24S I/O
drawer with 24
disks
12 Internal Drives
A combination of the high function 6 OR 8 Core
raid adapter in the system and 10 Internal Drives
expansion can be used. 4 core

IBM.
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Dual “host” with internal using split backplane –“host” hardware

IBM.
Virtualization Comparison
iVirtualization VIOS with SAS VIOS with

External Storage
512 Byte Performance
(7.2)
Live Partition Mobility
PowerVC Support
MultiPath I/O

IBM.
Storage configuration comparisons – IBM i
Integrated storage SAN attached
storage
Maximum GBs per unit 1.7 TB 2 TB
Maximum units per port 24 64
Maximum paths per unit 2 8
2047 – 7.2
Note: dependent upon number of paths per unit
Maximum units in *SYSBASE
255-2,047 – 7.2
(ASPs 1-32) ~1350 – 7.1
350-1350 – 7.1
2,047 – 7.2
Note: dependent upon number of paths per unit
Maximum units in all IASPs
255-2,047 – 7.2
(ASPs 33-255) ~1350 – 7.1
350-1350 – 7.1
Minimum load source size 7.1: 35 GB 7.1: 35 GB
7.2: 70 GB 7.2: 70 GB
7.2 TR1: 35 GB
Maximum load source size 7.1: 1.7 TB 7.1: 2 TB - 512 bytes
7.2: 1.7 TB (2,199,022,743 bytes)
7.2: 2 TB
Maximum ports per adapter 2, 3, or 4 2 or 4
IBM.
More information / documentation

IBM.
More information - VIOS
• Document on how to configure the VIOS, SAS Adapter Performance

Boost with VIOS:
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20i%20Technolog
y%20Updates/page/SAS%20Adapter%20Performance%20Boost%20with%20VIOS

IBM.
Where Do I Start When Installing VIOS
 IBM PowerVM Getting Started Guide

 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4815.html
 IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and

Configuration
 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247940.html
 PowerVM Managing and Monitoring

 http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247590.html
 VIOS & IVM Command Reference

 http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/topic/iphcg/iphcg.pdf

IBM.
IBM Power Systems terminology and abbreviations
• CEC – Central Electronics Complex. • NPIV – N_Port ID Virtualization, aka virtual fibre
• Refers to the processor enclosures for channel
POWER6/6+, POWER7/7+ and POWER8 • PCIe – PCI Express – latest and fastest enhanced
systems. PCI card and slot
• 520, 550, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, S814,
and S824 systems have a single enclosure • PCI-x – PCI eXtended – enhanced PCI card and slot
• 560, 570, 770, 780, E870, and E880 • RIO – Remote I/O – POWER4 thru POWER6 I/O bus
systems have 1 or more enclosures.
interconnect, same as HSL but called RIO when used
• DAS – Direct Attach Storage – aka Internal
on System p
Storage
• SAN – Storage Area Network
• Direct attach – for SAN storage, attach directly
to fibre channel adapter without a switch • SAS – Serial Attached SCSI
• FC – Fibre channel adapter or port • SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
• HBA – host bus adapter – fibre channel adapter • SFF – Small Form Factor – 2.5” HDDs or SSDs
• HSL – High Speed Link – POWER4 thru • SmartIOA – an IOA which doesn’t require an IOP,
POWER6 I/O bus interconnect, same as RIO reducing card slot usage and cost
but called HSL when used on System i • SSD – Solid State Drive
• IOA – Input/Output Adapter • System Node - preferred term for POWER8 E870
• IOP – Input/Output Processor and E880 processor enclosure (see CEC)
• LIC – Licensed Internal Code, part of IBM i • VFC – Virtual Fibre Channel, aka NPIV
operating environment • VIOC – virtual I/O Client
• MPIO – Multi-Path I/O • VIOS – Virtual I/O Server
• Native attach – no need to virtualize adapters • VSCSI – Virtual SCSI
or LUNs via VIOS • 12X – IBM’s implementation of InfiniBand bus
interconnect for Power servers
IBM.
Storage attach terminology
• Native attach – consists of one of two methods

• Direct attach – switch or fabric device is not required between the adapter and the storage device
• Fabric attach – switch or fabric device is required between the adapter and the storage device
• Virtual attach – consists of one of two methods

• Virtual SCSI – A virtual I/O server (VIOS or IBM i) provides a virtual SCSI adapter and virtual SCSI
storage devices to a client operating system (IBM i, AIX, or Linux for VIOS; IBM i, AIX, Linux, or
Windows for IBM i)
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) – aka virtual fibre channel (VFC) – A virtual I/O server (VIOS)
provides a virtual fibre channel adapter to the client operating system (IBM i, AIX, or Linux)

IBM.
Questions or Comments?
Janus Hertz IBM Denmark

Senior IT Specialist Proevensvej 1
EMEA ETS CoC Leader DK-2605 Broendby
for Power Systems, Denmark
IBM Technical Support
Services (TSS) Mobile +45 28 80 47 49
Janus.hertz@dk.ibm.com

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iCV1641

IBM i SAS Performance Considerations in Virtual Configurations

• The session will cover a number of important considerations when

Special thanks to:

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2016. Technical University/Symposia materials 1

Aix, Linux &

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2016. Technical University/Symposia materials 2

Entry DAS (Integrated)

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2016. Technical University/Symposia materials 3

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2016. Technical University/Symposia materials 4

VIOS (Virtual I/O Server):

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2016. Technical University/Symposia materials 5

Single hosting LPAR provides Redundant hosting LPARs provide

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2016. Technical University/Symposia materials 6

Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual FC

Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual FC

Logical volume backed

Physical Physical Virtual I/O server Physical Physical

Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual FC

Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual SCSI Virtual FC

Logical volume backed

Physical Physical Virtual I/O server Physical Physical

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PCIe SAS – PCIe Gen 3

PCI-X SAS designed for SSD • 600k-ish IOPS

• Same performance based on early results and predictions

• Suggestion from a pessimist ….

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• Base disks @ 512-bytes per sector 8

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• Base disks @ 4096-bytes per sector 64

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• Disk is presented with 512-bytes per sector (CCIN 6B22,

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8 • VIOS with “internal disk”

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64 • VIOS with “internal disk”

IBM i 7.2 and later

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• Base (feature EJ0T)

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• Base (feature EJ0N)

Internal SAS controller Internal SAS controller

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2 x EJ0L SAS controllers 2 x EJ0L SAS controllers

EXP24S I/O drawer (MODE 2)

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• All PCIe2/PCIe3 SAS adapters (e.g.

5XX HDISK • Using one of these newer adapters with

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 In order to maximize the 5XX HDISK 5XX HDISK

number of LUNs seen by

IBM I client Mirroring

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 Power8 now supports the usage

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 When using the split

Internal SAS controller  If you use VIOS with these

 If you use an expansion

 If you use VIOS with these