IBM SAN Volume Controller host attachment

This section provides the requirements that you need to verify before you attach an IBM^® SAN Volume Controller host system to a DS6000™ with fibre-channel adapters.

Before you attach a host, review the following information:

The General requirements for attaching a host system,
The Interoperability Matrix at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/ for the most current information and details for hosts, operating systems, adapters, and switches
Support for the SAN Volume Controller host system, at , http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sanvc/
A list of supported host bus adapters (HBAs), firmware, and device driver information for your host system and host adapter at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/config/hba/index.wss

Note: You must create a host entry for every port on every SAN Volume Controller node in your cluster. For example, a four-node SAN Volume Controller requires 16 host entries.