GLYPH<SM590000> The following options are available for fibre channel ports: 

– Configure a port to be FICON or FCP. 

– Distribute host connections of each type (FICON and FCP) evenly across the I/O enclosures. 

– Ensure that each host is connected to at least two different host adapters (HAs) in two different I/O enclosures for redundancy and availability. 

– It is recommended to allow hosts to access all host adapter ports of the system. 

Note:  Avoid intermixing host I/O with Copy Services I/O on the same ports, for performance reasons. 

