Copying Ficon Configuration Files; Port Swapping - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Copying FICON Configuration Files

Use the show ficon vsan vsan-id file name filename portaddress command to display the FICON configuration
file information for a specific FICON port.
switch# show ficon vsan 2 file name IPLfilea portaddress 3
FICON configuration file IPLFILEA in vsan 2
Description:
Copying FICON Configuration Files
Use the ficon vsan vsan-id copy file existing-file-name save-as-file-name command in EXEC mode to copy
an existing FICON configuration file.
switch# ficon vsan 20 copy file IPL IPL3
You can see the list of existing configuration files by issuing the show ficon vsan vsan-id command.
switch# show
ficon vsan 20
Ficon information for VSAN 20
Ficon is online
VSAN is active
Host port control is Enabled
Host offline control is Enabled
User alert mode is Disabled
SNMP port control is Enabled
Host set director timestamp is Enabled
Active=Saved is Enabled
Number of implemented ports are 250
Key Counter is 5
FCID last byte is 0
Date/Time is same as system time (Wed Dec 3 20:10:45.924591 2003)
Device Allegiance not locked
Codepage is us-canada
Saved configuration files

Port Swapping

The FICON port-swapping feature is only provided for maintenance purposes.
The FICON port-swapping feature causes all configurations associated with old-port-number and new
port-number to be swapped, including VSAN configurations.
Cisco MDS switches allow port swapping for nonexistent ports as follows:
• Only FICON-specific configurations (prohibit, block, and port address mapping) are swapped.
• No other system configuration is swapped.
• All other system configurations are only maintained for existing ports.
• If you swap a port in a module that has unlimited oversubscription ratios enabled with a port in a module
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Port address 3(0x3)
Port name is P3
Port is blocked
Prohibited port addresses are 5,250-253,255(0x5,0xfa-0xfd,0xff)
IPL
IPL3
that has limited oversubscription ratios, then you may experience a degradation in bandwidth.
Configuring FICON