Receiving Ficon Alerts; Displaying Ficon Port Address Information; Displaying Ipl File Information; Viewing The History Buffer - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 36 Configuring FICON
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Receiving FICON Alerts

To receive an alert to indicate any changes in the FICON configuration using Device Manager, follow
these steps:
Choose FICON > VSANs.
Step 1
You see the FICON VSANs dialog box.
Check the User Alert Mode check box to receive an alert when the FICON configuration changes.
Step 2
Click Apply to apply this change.
Step 3

Displaying FICON Port Address Information

To display FICON port address information using Device Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose FICON > VSANs.
You see the FICON VSANs dialog box.
Select a VSAN ID and click Port Configuration.
Step 2
You see the FICON Port Configuration dialog box.
Click Close to close the dialog box.
Step 3

Displaying IPL File Information

To display the IPL file information using Device Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select VSANs from the FICON menu.
Step 2 Click the Files tab.
You see the FICON VSANs dialog box.
Select the file that you want to view and click Open.
Step 3

Viewing the History Buffer

In the directory history buffer, the
MDS switches. This value is incremented when any port changes state in that VSAN. The key counter
(a 32-bit value) is incremented when a FICON-related configuration is changed. Host programs can
increment this value at the start of the channel program and then perform operations on multiple ports.
The director history buffer keeps a log of which port address configuration was changed for each
key-counter value.
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
column displays the 32-bit value maintained by Cisco
Key Counter
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