Yes this is normal for VMAX.  When adding an Initiator (IG), Port (PG) and Storage Group (SG) together into a masking view basically the VMAX says "The initiators in my IG now have access to the symdev's in my SG via the ports in my PG".  Therefore, when looking at the masking it's normal to see a device is masked to both FA's and both initiators as follows:  Init 1 ---> FA 1 Init 1 ---> FA 2 Init 2 ---> FA 1 Init 2 ---> FA 2  Hope this helps!
VMAX masking When I issue the below command I am seeing each HBA is masked to both the FAs on VMAX for all the hosts. is this normal on a VMAX if so Please expalin with a best practice or primus or white paper.   In SMC also masking view shows the same way. any explanation please.   symaccess -sid xx -dev 00F6 list assignment   Symmetrix ID          : 00xxxxxxxxxx  Device  Identifier        Type  Dir:P  ------  ----------------  -----  ----------------  00F6    21000xxxxxxxxxx  FIBRE  FA-8G:0,FA-9G:0                      21000xxxxxxxxxy  FIBRE  FA-8G:0,FA-9G:0
VMAX-masking question