I'm implementing SIOC with virtual HBAs. (In this case virtual HBAs provided by Xsigo / Oracle Fabric Interconnect, but the same question would apply for virtual HBAs provided by Cisco Fabric Extender). How does using virtual HBAs impact SIOC design if at all? Do hba types matter at all since SIOC is looking at contention for the datastore, rather than for the hba? In the case of NIOC, NIOC is looking at contention for the use of a physical NIC. But in the case of SIOC, the contention is being measured at the datastore level. So does it matter if I have virtual HBAs or physical HBAs? Any other considerations or gotchas?
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