zSeries FICON and FCP Fabrics - Intermixing Best Practices

In this jointly presented session, the major players in storage networking will dicuss: 

 1. Decision criteria for deciding whether to merge Open and FICON fabrics

 2. DOs and DONTs for FICON/OPEN merged fabrics - best practices

 3. How NPIV plays into the fabric definition and how to best to zone for zSeries Linux environment.

 4. Management options / best practices for merge Fabrics.

At the end, there will be time for Q&A.

Tracks: Beyond Channel Attached Storage and Storage Administration