Clearing The Ficon Management Database; Ficon Cup; Setting Up Ficon Cup; Ficon Management Server Mode - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

See the Fabric OS Command Reference for additional details about the portSwap command.

Clearing the FICON management database

Perform the following steps to clear RLIR and RNID records from the FICON management database.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. To remove all the RLIR records from the local RLIR database, issue the ficonclear rlir command.
3. To remove all the RNID records marked not current from the local RNID database, issue the
ficonclear rnid command.

FICON CUP

Host-based management programs manage switches using CUP protocol by sending commands to an
emulated control device in the Fabric OS. An HP StorageWorks switch that supports CUP can be controlled
by one or more host-based management programs or the Fabric OS tools provided by HP.
A mode register controls the behavior of the switch with respect to CUP itself, and with respect to the
behavior of other management interfaces.
FICON Management Server mode (fmsmode) must be enabled on the switch to enable CUP management
features. When this mode is enabled, Fabric OS prevents local switch commands from interfering with
host-based management commands by initiating serialized access to switch parameters.
If Advanced Zoning is in use, see

Setting up FICON CUP

To set up FICON CUP, use the following procedure, performing the steps in the order indicated.
1. Take the appropriate action, depending on whether you have both B-series and M-series switches in
your fabric:
• If you have both series switches, verify that the Fabric Mode is set to 2 on the supported platforms.
See "Implementing an interoperable
communicate.
• If you do not have both series switches, proceed to
2. For directors with at least 256 ports installed, use the PortDisable command to disable (block) ports
254 and 255.
Ports 254 and 255 are not supported in a CUP environment. After fmsmode has been successfully
enabled, these two ports remain disabled and cannot be used either as an F_Port or an E_Port.
Because these ports are not available after enabling fmsmode, you should first move any fiber
connected to either of them to another free port.
3. Install a CUP license on the switch. See
4. Take the appropriate action, depending on whether you have both B-series and M-series switches in
your fabric:
• Establish a secure E_Port between the supported platforms. For B-series switches, you can use SCC
policies of EFCM 9.6. For M-series switches, use EFCM.
• If you do not have both series switches, proceed to
5. Enable FICON Management Server mode (fmsmode) on the switch. See
mode" on page 431.
6. After completing the setup, configure CUP attributes (FMS parameters). See
on page 434.

FICON Management Server mode

The fmsmode setting can be changed whether the switch is offline or online. If fmsmode is changed while
the switch is online, a device reset is performed for the control device and an RSCN is generated with PID
0xDDFE00 (where 0xDD is the Domain ID of the switch).
When FICON Management Server mode is on, the Fabric OS CLI commands listed next return a "switch
busy" response if they are issued when the host-based management tool is performing a write operation.
"Zoning and PDCM considerations" on page 436.
fabric" on page 245 to allow the two device types to
step
"Enter the information in the required
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fields." on page 35.
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