text: As shown in Figure 11-100, there are two 4-node systems: 
  
  – System A 
  – System B 
  
  A single remote copy port group 1 is configured on nodes A1, A2, A3, and A4 on System 
  A, Site A; and on nodes B1, B2, B3, and B4 on System B, Site B. Although four ports are 
  configured for remote copy group 1, only one Ethernet port in each remote copy port 
  group on each system actively participates in the IP partnership process. 
  
  Port selection is determined by a path configuration algorithm. The other ports play the 
  role of standby ports. 
  
  If Node A1 fails in System A, the IP partnership selects one of the remaining ports that is 
  configured with remote copy port group 1 from any of the nodes from either of the two I/O 
  groups in System A. However, it might take some time (generally seconds) for discovery 
  and path configuration logic to reestablish paths post failover. This process can cause 
  partnerships to change to the Not_Present state. 
  
  This result causes remote copy relationships to stop. The administrator might need to 
  manually verify the issues in the event log and start the relationships or remote copy 
  consistency groups, if they do not autorecover. The details of the particular IP port actively 
  participating in the IP partnership process is provided in the**lsportip**view (reported as 
  used). 