Enabling Ficon; Effects Of Enabling Ficon; Creating Ficon Vsans (Enabling Ficon) Using Fabric Manager - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Chapter 23 Configuring FICON

Enabling FICON

By default FICON is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. You can enabled FICON
on a per VSAN basis in one of two ways:
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Effects of Enabling FICON

When you enable the FICON feature in Cisco MDS switches, the following apply:
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Creating FICON VSANs (enabling FICON) Using Fabric Manager

The VSAN that is created here does not need to be a new VSAN. It is a new FICON VSAN. When a new
FICON VSAN is created, static (insistent) domain IDs, in-order delivery, and fabric binding must be
enabled so the FICON VSAN can operate. When you enable the FICON feature in Cisco MDS switches,
the following apply:
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If you specify an existing VSAN with operational traffic to be used for the FICON VSAN, the traffic
will be disrupted. In this case, a warning message is displayed before you create the FICON VSAN.
To create a FICON VSAN using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
From Fabric Manager, right click on All VSANs in the Logical pane, and click Create VSAN.
Step 1
You see the Create VSAN dialog box.
Choose the switches you want to be in the VSAN.
Step 2
Enter a VSAN ID.
Step 3
Enter the name of the VSAN, if desired.
Step 4
Select the type of load balancing, the interop value, and the admin state you would like.
Step 5
If this is to be a FICON VSAN, check the FICON check box.
Step 6
Step 7 To enable fabric binding for the selected switches, check that check box.
Step 8 Click Create to create the new VSAN, or click Close to close the dialog box without creating the VSAN.
Open Device Manager for each switch in the VSAN.
Step 9
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Manually addressing each prerequisite.
By using the Device Manager (refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager User Guide for
further information).
The IPL configuration file is automatically created.
You cannot disable in-order delivery, fabric binding, or static domain ID configurations.
You cannot disable fabric binding or static domain ID configurations for the FICON-enabled VSAN.
The load balancing scheme is changed to Source ID (SID), Destination ID (DID). You cannot
change it back to SID,DID,OXID.
The IPL configuration file is automatically created (see the "FICON Configuration Files" section).
You cannot disable in-order delivery, fabric binding, or static (insistent) domain ID configurations.
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