John, I'm not aware of the XIV requiring any particular kind of card on the processor side of the SAN. Just the standard hardware requirements, such as not mixing LX/SX ports, apply as they do for any storage subsystem.
The SVC is not needed to use the XIV as an EDEVICE, and in fact a switch itself isn't needed (though is a good idea). You can find information about z/VM and XIV support, including code levels and restrictions, here: http://www.vm.ibm.com/Storman/XIV/ Regards, Eric Eric Farman z/VM I/O Development IBM Endicott, NY From: John Hanley <jhan...@courts.state.va.us> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 06/23/2011 12:55 PM Subject: XIV Questions Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> I have a couple of questions on setting up an XIV box to be used by our z10. It will be for zLinux under zVM (6.1), and I'd like to configure the LUNs as EDEVs. Does the XIV require FICON Express8 cards on the z10, or will Express4 work? The XIV does not see the z10 through the switch. Does the san switch need to be an IBM "SVC" for EDEVICES with the XIV? Thanks.
