Ficon; Fabric Binding; Rlir; Ip Storage - Cisco DS-X9530-SF1-K9 - Supervisor-1 Module - Control Processor Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Product Overview
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
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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.
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Fabric Binding

The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting
current fabric operations.
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RLIR

The Registered Link Incident Report ((RLIR) application provides a method for a switchport to send a
LIR to a registered Nx-port.
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IP Storage

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP services module, the 14/2-port Multiprotocol Service module, and the
Cisco MDS 9216i Switch integrate seamlessly into the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors
and fabric switches. Traffic can be routed between any IP storage port and any other port on a Cisco MDS
9000 Family switch. These products support the full range of services available on other Cisco MDS
9000 Family switching modules including VSANs, security, and traffic management. It uses widely
known IP to cost-effectively connect to more servers and more locations over greater distances than
previously possible. It delivers both Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and iSCSI IP storage services and is
configurable on a port-by-port basis.
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OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
DNS client support.
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The Network Time Protocol (NTP) server to synchronize the system clocks of network devices.
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You can apply IP-ACLs to VSAN interfaces, the management interface, Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
on IPS modules, and Ethernet PortChannel interfaces.
Chapter 36, "Configuring IP Services."
Chapter 24, "Configuring FICON."
"Fabric Binding Configuration" section on page
"Displaying RLIR Information" section on page
FCIP highlights
Simplifies data protection and business continuance strategies by enabling backup, remote
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replication, and disaster recovery over WAN distances using open-standard FCIP tunneling.
Improves utilization of WAN resources for backup and replication by tunneling up to three
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virtual Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) on a single Gigabit Ethernet port.
Reduces SAN complexity by eliminating the need to deploy and manage a separate remote
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connectivity platform.
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