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Chapter 22 FICON Configuration
About FICON
or Fibre Channel FCP ports in any combination in a single chassis and up to 768 Fibre Channel ports
in a single rack. The 1.44 Tbps of internal system bandwidth ensures smooth integration of future
10-Gbps modules.
•Infrastructure protection—Common software releases infrastructure protection is available across
all Cisco MDS 9000 platforms.
•VSAN technology—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family introduces VSAN technology for
hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric for secure sharing of
physical infrastructure and enhanced FICON intermix support.
•Port-level configurations—BB_credits, beacon mode, and port security for each port.
•Alias name configuration—instead of the WWN, for switches and attached node devices.
•Comprehensive security framework—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports RADIUS
authentication, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3), role-based access
control, Secure Shell Protocol (SSH), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), VSANs,
hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, fabric binding, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), LUN
zoning, read-only zones, and VSAN-based access control. See and
•View the local accounting log to locate FICON events.
•Unified storage management—Cisco MDS 9000 FICON-enabled switches are fully IBM CUP
standard compliant for in-band management using the IBM S/A OS/390 I/O operations console. See
the .
•Port address-based configurations—port name, blocked or unblocked state, and the prohibit
connectivity attributes. See the .
•Display the following information:
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Individual Fibre Channel ports, such as the port name, port number, Fibre Channel address,
operational state, type of port, and login data.
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Nodes attached to ports.
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Port performance and statistics.
See the section in this chapter.
•Store and apply configuration files.
•FICON and Open Systems Management Server features if installed.
•Enhanced Cascading Support.
•Set the date and time on the switch.
•Configure SNMP trap recipients and community names.
•Call Home configurations—director name, location, description, and contact person.
•Configure preferred domain ID, FC ID persistence, and principle switch priority.
•Sophisticated SPAN diagnostics—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides industry-first intelligent
diagnostics, protocol, decoding, and network analysis tools as well as integrated call-home
capability for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.
•Configure R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV.
•Perform maintenance tasks for the director including maintaining firmware levels, accessing the
director logs, and collecting data to support failure analysis.
•Display and clear port-level incident alerts. .