Administering Ficon Cup Fabrics - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual

Administering FICON CUP Fabrics

This chapter contains the following sections:
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"Enabling Port-Based Routing on the SilkWorm 4100 and SilkWorm 48000"
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"Enabling or Disabling FMS Mode"
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"Configuring FMS Parameters"
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"Displaying Code Page Information"
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"Displaying the Control Device State"
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"Configuring CUP Port Connectivity"
Control Unit Port (CUP) is a protocol for managing FICON directors. Host-based management
programs manage the switches using CUP protocol by sending commands to the emulated control
device implemented by Fabric OS. A Brocade switch or director that supports CUP (SilkWorm 3900,
24000, or 48000) can be controlled by one or more host-based management programs or director
consoles, such as Brocade Web Tools or Brocade Fabric Manager. (Refer to the Fabric Manager
Administrator's Guide for information about Fabric Manager.) The director allows control to be shared
between host-based management programs and director consoles.
To use FICON CUP, you must:
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Install a FICON CUP license on a FICON director.
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Enable FMS mode on the FICON director.
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Configure CUP attributes (FMS parameters) for the FICON director.
You can use Web Tools for all of these tasks. You can also use Web Tools to manage FICON directors
(when FMS mode is enabled on those directors) to:
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Display the control device state
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Display a code page
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Manage port connectivity configuration
You do not need to install the FICON CUP license to perform FICON CUP management; you must
install the FICON CUP license, however, if your switch is to enforce traffic between the FICON
director and the host-based management program.
Web Tools Administrator's Guide
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