Federation requirements
Federation systems:
Two ports configured in peer mode (must be from partner nodes, and do not require identical slot and port numbers). Used exclusively for intersystem communication and data transfer, and cannot be used for host I/O.
Ports cabled to the fabric switch and in ready state (requires HPE Storage OS 3.2.2 or later).
Migration sources:
Two ports configured in host mode or free (must be from partner nodes and do not require identical slot and port numbers).
Ports cabled to the fabric switch and in ready state.
Target-driven zoning with Smart SAN.
Fibre Channel switch that supports Smart SAN is required to enable automatic creation of the zoning for the Federation configuration.
Automatically creating zoning when using the Sync federation or the Migrate source settings actions requires Brocade Fabric OS v8 or higher on the switch. For more information, see HPE 3PAR Storage Federation available from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support Center.
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