Known IBM i issues and limitations

There are known issues and limitations with the Lenovo Storage V7000system and an IBM® i host.

Consider the following items when attaching to a host that runs the IBM i operating system:
  • When there are two disks in a remote copy relationship, do not access the read-only secondary volume from the IBM i host.
  • A maximum of 16 disk virtual LUNs and 16 optical virtual LUNs is supported for each IBM i virtual I/O client SCSI adapter.
  • IBM i multipathing for virtual SCSI disks requires IBM i 6.1.1 or later.
  • Lenovo Storage V7000systemFlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror are supported for IBM i full-system replication only.
  • Lenovo Storage V7000system thin-provisioned volumes are supported for IBM i.
Parent topic: IBM System i with Virtual I/O Server