MIF example

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Figure 1 shows a FICON shared channel configuration on an MIF-capable CPC. In this example, all five LPs share each of four FICON channels attached to a DS8K. Each shared FICON channel represents five channel images corresponding to the five LPs. Each channel image requests a logical path to the DS8K. Again, you can avoid this situation by managing logical paths.

Figure 1. A shared FICON configuration that can benefit from better logical path management
example of FICON logical path management