Setup Summary; Enabling And Disabling Ficon Management Server Mode - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Setup summary

To set up FICON CUP, use the following procedure and be sure to perform the steps in the order indicated.
1. For directors with at least 256 ports installed, use the PortDisable command to disable (block) ports
254 and 255.
Ports 254 and 255 are not supported in a CUP environment. After fmsmode has been successfully
enabled, these two ports remain disabled and cannot be used either as an F_Port or an E_Port.
Because these ports are not available after enabling fmsmode, you should first move any fiber
connected to either of them to another free port.
2. Install a CUP license on the switch. See
3. Enable FICON management server mode (fmsmode) on the switch. See
FICON Management Server
After completing the setup, you can configure CUP attributes (FMS parameters). See
bits" on page 272.

Enabling and disabling FICON Management Server mode

To enable fmsmode:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter ficoncupset fmsmode enable.
To disable fmsmode:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter ficoncupset fmsmode disable.
The fmsmode setting can be changed whether the switch is offline or online. If fmsmode is changed while
the switch is online, a device reset is performed for the control device and an RSCN is generated with PID
0xDDFE00 (where 0xDD is the domain ID of the switch).
When FICON Management Server mode is on, the Fabric OS CLI commands listed next return a "switch
busy" response if they are issued when the host-based management tool is performing a write operation.
This serialization prevents interference from local switch commands when a host-based management
program is being used to administer the switch.
bladeDisable
bladeEnable
portDisable
portEnable
portName
portShow
portSwap
NOTE: You cannot use the portCfgPersistentEnable and portCfgPersistentDisable
commands to persistently enable and disable ports when FICON Management Server mode is on. See the
procedure "Persistently enabling/disabling
Changing fmsmode from disabled to enabled triggers the following events:
• Access to switch parameters is serialized.
• The active CUP configuration data is established as follows:
• Port and switch names are not read from the IPL; they remain as previously set.
• Port "Block" and "Unblock" values are not read from the IPL; they remain as previously set with the
portEnable and portDisable commands.
• PDCM values are read from the IPL; the default is "Allow All."
"Enter the information in the required
mode" on page 269.
bladeDisable
bladeEnable
switchCfgPersiste
ntDisable
switchDisable
switchEnable
switchName
switchShow
ports" on page 272 for instructions.
fields." on page 35.
"Enabling and disabling
"Setting mode register
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