Specifications

282 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
You can configure only virtual Fibre Channel adapters on client logical partitions
that run the following operating systems:
򐂰 AIX V6.1 Technology Level 2, or later
򐂰 AIX 5L V5.3 Technology Level 9, or later
򐂰 IBM i V6.1.1, V7.1, or later
򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, or later
򐂰 RHEL 5.5, 6, or later
Systems that are managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager, a Systems
Director Management Console, or IBM Flex System Manager can dynamically
add and remove virtual Fibre Channel adapters from logical partitions.
Enabling NPIV: To enable NPIV on a managed system, you must have
VIOS V2.1 or later. NPIV is only supported on 8 Gb Fibre Channel and
Converged Network (Fibre Channel over Ethernet, FCoE)) adapters on a
Power Systems compute node.