Apply these Lenovo Storage V series configuration details to Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs).
The system does not specify the number of host Fibre Channel ports or HBAs that a host or a partition of a host can have. The number of host Fibre Channel ports or HBAs are specified by the host multipathing device driver. The system supports this number; however it is subject to the configuration rules for Lenovo Storage V series. To obtain optimal performance and to prevent overloading, the workload to each Lenovo Storage V series port must be equal. You can achieve an even workload by zoning approximately the same number of host Fibre Channel ports to each Lenovo Storage V series Fibre Channel port.
The system supports configurations that use N-port ID virtualization (NPIV) in the host bus adapter when connected to a SAN switch, but not when directly attached to the Lenovo Storage V series Fibre Channel ports.