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Advantages of using a virtualized SAN environment

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Creating a virtualized environment by using storage virtual machines (SVMs) and LIFs enables you to expand your SAN environment to all of the nodes in your cluster.

  • Distributed management

    You can log in to any node in the SVM to administer all of the nodes in a cluster.

  • Increased data access

    With MPIO and ALUA, you have access to your data through any active iSCSI or FC LIFs for the SVM.

  • Controlled LUN access

    If you use SLM and portsets, you can limit which LIFs an initiator can use to access LUNs.