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1) IBM i delivered in 4Q2017 support for up to 127 active paths per NPIV connection - on both 8Gb and 16Gb cards. This addresses the original request for more.
2) The 4 port 16 Gb card is supported on POWER9 natively and via VIOS. IBM i does not support it on POWER8
The question is whether the increase in the number of LUNs per Fibre Channel port, as mentioned in the previous comment, will provide the increase you needed for your virtual ports. Please reply by adding a comment to this RFE.
Please refer to : IBM i 7.3 TR3 offers enhanced analytics, new security capabilities, and other new functions in IBM i and associated licensed programs
IBM United States Software Announcement 217-515
October 3, 2017 at this URL: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&appname=gpateam&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS217-515
IBM i has announced the Increase in maximum number of LUNs per Fibre Channel IOA
Clients have been growing their configurations at a pace that has caused them to hit the limit on the number of LUNs they can create for each Fibre Channel port. The limit of 64 has now been increased to 127 for both NPIV and native-attached 16 Gb Fibre Channel configurations.
This provides some increased density.
Also to clarify this should be on Power8 the 880C, 824 and 870.