Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Configuring the switch, Select Discover Fabrics

21 Configuring a switch for FICON operation

•Required firmware for the switch. Refer to step 3.

•Port addressing.

The port address is important because it is implemented in HCD or IOCP. The easiest port addressing scheme is to start from 0x00 at the bottom left of the port card, increment on ports going up the card, then continue starting numbering from the bottom right of the next column of ports. Any port addressing scheme is possible however.

6.If you are considering creating a cascaded switch configuration, consider connecting all ISLs between switches first. This will help simplify cascaded configuration. If this is not possible, you can merge cascaded fabrics later using steps in “Cascaded FICON fabric merge” on page 712.

7.If you are considering connecting cascaded switches over IP networks, refer to the planning considerations in the “Connecting cascaded FICON fabrics over FCIP” in Chapter 22, “Fibre Channel over IP”.

Configuring the switch

Perform the following steps to configure a switch for FICON operation.

1.Launch the Management application and select the SAN tab.

NOTE

The recommended best practice is to run the application client from a server other than the Management application server itself. Sometimes during installation this is not practical. To start a client on the Management application server, double click on the application icon. To open a client from a system other than the Management application server, open a browser and enter the IP address of the Management application server.

2.Configure the Management application display for FICON. Refer to the “Setting your FICON display” section of Chapter 5, “Application Configuration”.

3.Select the Decimal-Hex drop down selector on the tool bar at the top of the SAN tab to display domain IDs and port numbers in hex format.

4.Select Discover > Fabrics.

The Discover Fabrics dialog box displays. If the switch is already in a fabric, it is automatically added and should display under the discovered fabric. If the switch does not display, perform step 5 and step 6.

5.Select Add on the Discover Fabrics dialog box. The Add Fabric Discovery dialog box displays.

6.Perform one of the following tasks to configure a switch for discovery:

•Add information for the switch in the IP Address tab and click OK.

FIGURE 252 Add Fabric Discovery dialog box (IP Address tab)

NOTE

Selecting Automatic to use the SNMPv3 profile is recommended.

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