Cup In-Band Management; Placing Cups In A Zone - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring FICON

CUP In-Band Management

The CUP protocol configures access control and provides unified storage management capabilities from a
mainframe computer. Cisco MDS 9000 FICON-enabled switches are fully IBM CUP standard compliant for
in-band management using the IBM S/A OS/390 I/O operations console.
Note
The CUP specification is proprietary to IBM.
CUP is supported by switches and directors in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. The CUP function allows the
mainframe to manage the Cisco MDS switches.
Host communication includes control functions such as blocking and unblocking ports, as well as monitoring
and error reporting functions.
This section includes the following topics:

Placing CUPs in a Zone

To place the CUP in a zone, follow these steps:
Step 1
Set the default zone to permit for the required VSAN.
switch# config terminal
switch(config)# zone default-zone permit vsan 20
Step 2 Issue the show fcns database command for the required VSAN and obtain the required FICON CUP WWN.
switch# show fcns database vsan 20
VSAN 20:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCID TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x0d0d00 N
0x0dfe00 N
(Cisco)
0x200400 N
0x200800 N
0x20fe00 N
Total number of entries = 5
Note If more than one FICON:CUP WWN exists in this fabric, be sure to add all the FICON:CUP WWN PWWNs
to the required zone. The previous sample output displays multiple FICON:CUP occurrences to indicate a
cascade configuration.
Step 3 Add the identified FICON:CUP WWN to the zone database.
switch(config)# zone name Zone1 vsan 20
switch(config-zone)# member pwwn 25:00:00:0c:ce:5c:5e:c2
PWWN
50:06:04:88:00:1d:60:83 (EMC)
25:00:00:0c:ce:5c:5e:c2
FICON:CUP
50:05:07:63:00:c2:82:d3 (IBM)
50:05:07:64:01:40:15:0f (IBM)
20:00:00:0c:30:ac:9e:82 (Cisco)
(VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE
FICON:CU
scsi-fcp FICON:CU f..
FICON:CH
FICON:CUP
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