mkfcpartnership

Use the mkfcpartnership command to define partnerships using Fibre Channel (FC) or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).

Syntax

mkfcpartnership -linkbandwidthmbitslink_bandwidth_in_mbps [ -backgroundcopyratepercentage ] { remote_system_id | remote_system_name }

Parameters

-linkbandwidthmbitslink_bandwidth_in_mbps
(Required) Specifies the aggregate bandwidth of the Remote Copy (RC) link between two clustered systems (systems in megabits per second (Mbps). It is a numeric value from 1 to 100000.
Note: Remote copy includes Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, and HyperSwap
This value remains the same after a system update.
Note: If the specified value is non-zero, the combination of both the -backgroundcopyrate and the -linkbandwidthmbits values must result in a background copy bandwidth of at least 8 Mbps.
-backgroundcopyratepercentage
(Optional) Specifies the maximum percentage of aggregate link bandwidth that can be used for background copy operations. It is a numeric value from 0 to 100, and the default value is 50, which means that a maximum of 50% of the aggregate link bandwidth can be used for background copy operations. This parameter can be specified without stopping the partnership.
Note: If the specified value is non-zero, the combination of both the -backgroundcopyrate and the -linkbandwidthmbits values must result in a background copy bandwidth of at least 8 Mbps.
remote_system_id | remote_system_name
(Required) Specifies the remote system ID or name of a partnership. The specified value must match one of the system IDs or names returned after issuing lspartnershipcandidate.

Description

This command defines FC-based or FCoE-based partnerships. However, all existing partnerships are automatically updated to FC partnerships, any invocation of this command is applicable only to FC-based partnerships, and all partnerships created are FC-based partnerships.

An invocation example

mkfcpartnership –linkbandwidthmbits 100 –backgroundcopyrate 50 remote-system-2

The resulting output:

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An invocation example

mkfcpartnership –linkbandwidthmbits 1024 –backgroundcopyrate 25 remote-system-3

The resulting output:

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