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Clusters

This chapter explains cluster configuration in the following sections:

■ “Virtual I/O Fabric” on page 239

■ “OpenSM Decoupling” on page 244

Virtual I/O Fabric

Virtual I/O Fabric enables you to expand the size of your virtual I/O capabilities by

interconnecting multiple Oracle Fabric Interconnects together. From an IB

perspective, a multi-chassis configuration appears as a single IB subnet:

Clustered I/O, where all the I/O ports on multiple chassis function as a single

logical resource, is not supported. The following are also not supported:

■ Link Aggregation Group members across multiple chassis.

■ Moving a vNIC interface between chassis.