About Ficon - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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Configuring FICON
Fibre Connection (FICON) interface capabilities enhance the Cisco MDS 9000 Family by supporting
both open systems and mainframe storage network environments. Inclusion of Control Unit Port (CUP)
support further enhances the MDS offering by allowing in-band management of the switch from FICON
processors.
The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting
current fabric operations (see
Report (RLIR) application provides a method for a switch port to send an LIR to a registered Nx port.
Note Cisco Fabric Manager release 3.x does not support FICON management of Cisco MDS 9000 Family
switches running SAN-OS release 2.(x).
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About FICON

The FICON feature is not supported on:
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OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 47, "Configuring Fabric
About FICON, page 36-1
FICON Port Numbering, page 36-8
Configuring FICON, page 36-15
Configuring FICON Ports, page 36-24
FICON Configuration Files, page 36-28
Port Swapping, page 36-31
FICON Tape Acceleration, page 36-33
CUP In-Band Management, page 36-37
Calculating FICON Flow Load Balance, page 36-39
Displaying FICON Information, page 36-40
Default Settings, page 36-42
Cisco MDS 9120 switches
Cisco MDS 9124 switches
Cisco MDS 9140 switches
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Binding"). The Registered Link Incident
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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