Chapter 23 Configuring Ficon; About Ficon - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Chapter 23 Configuring FICON
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About FICON

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports Fibre Channel protocol (FCP), FICON, iSCSI, and FCIP
capabilities within a single, high availability platform. This solution simplifies purchasing, reduces
deployment and management costs, and reduces the complex evolution to shared mainframe and open
systems storage networks.
Figure 23-1
Mainframe
Systems
Systems
FCP and FICON are different FC4 protocols and their traffic are independent of each other. If required,
devices using these protocols can be isolated using VSANs.
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Port Swapping, page 23-19
Swapping FICON Ports, page 23-20
Clearing FICON Device Allegiance, page 23-21
CUP Inband Management, page 23-21
Configuring Fabric Binding, page 23-21
Activating Fabric Binding, page 23-24
Deactivating Fabric Binding, page 23-24
Fabric Binding CopyActive to Config, page 23-24
Creating a Fabric Binding Configuration, page 23-25
Deleting a Fabric Binding Configuration, page 23-25
Viewing Fabric Binding Active Database, page 23-25
Viewing Fabric Binding Violations, page 23-25
Clearing Fabric Binding Statistics, page 23-26
Viewing EFMD Statistics, page 23-26
Displaying RLIR Information, page 23-26
Shared System Storage Network
Open
FICON VSAN
Open Systems VSAN
Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide
About FICON
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