About FICON
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
zoning, read-only zones, and VSAN-based access control. See
and TACACS+" Chapter 36, "Configuring FC-SP and DHCHAP,"
Fabric Binding."
Traffic encryption—IPSec is supported over FCIP. You can encrypt FICON and Fibre Channel
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traffic that is carried over FCIP. See
Local accounting log—View the local accounting log to locate FICON events. See the
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Authentication" section on page 32-34
Unified storage management—Cisco MDS 9000 FICON-enabled switches are fully IBM CUP
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standard compliant for in-band management using the IBM S/A OS/390 I/O operations console. See
the
Port address-based configurations—Configure port name, blocked or unblocked state, and the
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prohibit connectivity attributes can be configured on the ports. See the
section on page
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You can display the following information:
Configuration files—Store and apply configuration files. See the
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section on page
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FICON and Open Systems Management Server features if installed. —See the
and FCP Mixing" section on page
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Enhanced cascading support—See the
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Date and time—Set the date and time on the switch. See the
Timestamp" section on page
Configure SNMP trap recipients and community names—See the
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FICON Parameters" section on page
Call Home configurations—Configure the director name, location, description, and contact person.
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See
Configure preferred domain ID, FC ID persistence, and principal switch priority—See
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"Configuring Domain Parameters."
Sophisticated SPAN diagnostics—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides industry-first intelligent
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diagnostics, protocol decoding, and network analysis tools as well as integrated Call Home
capability for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs. See
"Monitoring Network Traffic Using SPAN."
Configure R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV—— See the
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page
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Director-level maintenance tasks—Perform maintenance tasks for the director including
maintaining firmware levels, accessing the director logs, and collecting data to support failure
analysis. See
Port-level incident alerts—Display and clear port-level incident alerts. See the
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Information" section on page
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
28-6
"CUP In-Band Management" section on page
28-23.
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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.
28-32.
Chapter 54, "Configuring Call Home."
29-4.
Chapter 59, "Monitoring System Processes and Logs."
Chapter 35, "Configuring IPsec Network Security."
and
"Local AAA Services" section on page
28-40.
28-5.
"CUP In-Band Management" section on page
28-20.
28-21.
"Fibre Channel Time Out Values" section on
28-32.
Chapter 28
Configuring FICON
Chapter 32, "Configuring RADIUS
and
Chapter 38, "Configuring
32-35.
"Configuring FICON Ports"
"FICON Configuration Files"
"VSANs for FICON
28-40.
"Allowing the Host to Control the
"Configuring SNMP Control of
Chapter 17,
"Clearing RLIR
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
"MSCHAP
Chapter 52,