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Use NVMe disk on AIX
https://community.ibm.com/community/user/power/blogs/jim-allen1/2020/11/09/installing-aix-on-an-fc-nvme-disk
Requirements:
SVC/v7000 v8.4.0 min
AIX 7.2 TL 5 and AIX 7.3
Power 9 host (with FW 950 or later) or Power 10 host (FW 1010 or later)
FC-NVMe disks required SAN switch attached
support only provided for 32Gb FC adapters (EN1A, EN1B), which have at least the 12.4.257.30 (FCode level 12.8.9) adapter firmware level.
This is not supported via NPIV from an AIX LPAR: instead the FC adapter must be assigned to the AIX LPAR.
# lsattr -El fcnvme0
attach switch How this adapter is connected False
autoconfig available Configuration State True
host_nqn nqn.2018-04.com.ibm:aix.fc.pn.0x100000109b2189fa.nn.0x200000109b2189fa Host NQN (NVMe Qualified Name) True