Specifications

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Figure 7-1 shows the connections between the client partition virtual Fibre
Channel adapters and external storage.
Figure 7-1 Connectivity between virtual Fibre Channel adapters and external SAN devices
Virtual serial adapters (TTY) console
Virtual serial adapters provide a point-to-point connection from one logical
partition to another, or the IBM Flex System Manager to each logical partition on
the managed system. Virtual serial adapters are used primarily to establish
terminal or console connections to logical partitions.
Virtual I/O Server
Physical
Disk 1
Physical
Disk 2
Server virtual fibre
channel adapter
Server virtual fibre
channel adapter
Client logical
partition 2
Client virtual
fibre channel
adapter
Client logical
partition 1
Client virtual
fibre channel
adapter
Hypervisor
Physical fibre
channel adapter
Storage
Area
Network