Sharing the IBM ESS between a host and the IBM Spectrum Virtualize

The IBM® Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS) can be shared between a host and a IBM Spectrum Virtualize™.

The following restrictions apply when you share the IBM ESS between a host and a IBM Spectrum Virtualize:
  • If an IBM ESS port is in the same zone as a IBM Spectrum Virtualize port, that same IBM ESS port should not be in the same zone as another host.
  • A single host can have both IBM ESS direct-attached and IBM Spectrum Virtualize virtualized disks that are configured to it.
  • If a LUN is managed by the IBM Spectrum Virtualize, it cannot be mapped to another host.

See the following website for the latest supported configurations:

www.ibm.com/support