RE: Power8 PCI slots -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Power8 PCI slots
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:37:36 -0400
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One card from your Power 8 box to your Brocade FC switch.
One cable from each drive to your Brocade FC switch.
Total of only 5 ports on a switch. Switches sometimes charge hundreds per
port.
You map the one port from the Power 8 box to all four drives.

Add a new lpar. Doesn't require a new SAN port or card (or open port on
existing card).

Spun up a new Power box with four lpars of IBM i in our Kendallville
office. Only took one port on our switch. Can still back up multiple
lpars at once.

Rob Berendt

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