Talking of SIOC and FAST-VP I found this article and have added the comment from it to the below for peoples reference. It seems there are extreme situations where it would help so it is supported
Update (less than 24 hours later): Thanks to one of the great team at VMware – Manish Patel a.k.a. @Mandivs I have got a response from one of the EMC TechBook document authors. It turns out that the reference to SIOC not being supported with FAST is incorrect and will be completely removed from the next version of the document, which is due out in a couple of weeks. This is a quote from Cody Hosterman regarding the TechBook note: “This note is incorrect in the Techbook and is being pulled entirely in an upcoming version. It somehow arose from the fact that SIOC would rarely be useful with FAST VP-enabled devices and in a properly configured environment shouldn’t be necessary at all on a VMAX. But there are some extreme situations where it could help so it is supported. Please disregard the note.”
Gregg