Enabling Ficon On The Switch; Setting Up A Basic Ficon Configuration - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Enabling FICON on the Switch

Tip Using Device Manager, FICON auto-save can be invoked by multiple users logged on to the same
FICON-enabled switch. Device Manager performs a periodic auto-save on any FICON-enabled switch causing
increments in the FICON key counter. These increments highlight a change that has actually not occurred.
To avoid this we recommend that only one instance of Device Manager monitor a FICON-enabled switch.
Enabling FICON on the Switch
By default FICON is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. You can enable FICON on the
switch either explicitly or implicitly by enabling FICON on a VSAN. However, disabling FICON on all
VSANs does not disable FICON on the switch. You must explicitly disable FICON.
To explicitly enable or disable FICON globally on the switch, follow these steps:
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2 switch(config)# feature ficon
Enables FICON globally on the switch.
Step 3
switch(config)# no feature ficon
Disables FICON globally on the switch and removes all FICON configuration.

Setting Up a Basic FICON Configuration

This section steps you through the procedure to set up FICON on a specified VSAN in a Cisco MDS 9000
Family switch.
Note
Press Ctrl-C at any prompt to skip the remaining configuration options and proceed with what is configured
until that point.
Tip If you do not want to answer a previously configured question, or if you want to skip answers to any questions,
press Enter. If a default answer is not available (for example, switch name), the switch uses what was previously
configured and skips to the next question.
To enable and set up FICON, follow these steps:
Step 1 Enter the setup ficon command at the EXEC command mode.
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