Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual page 756

About FICON
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
Refer to the Cisco MDS 9500 Series Hardware Installation Guide and the Cisco MDS 9200 Series
Hardware Installation Guide.
• High-availability FICON-enabled director—The Cisco MDS 9500 Series combines nondisruptive
software upgrades, stateful process restart and failover, and full redundancy of all major components
for a new standard in director-class availability. It supports up to 528 autosensing, 4/2/1-Gbps,
10-Gbps, FICON or FCP ports in any combination in a single chassis. See
High Availability."
Infrastructure protection—Common software releases provide infrastructure protection across all
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Cisco MDS 9000 platforms. See
VSAN technology—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides VSAN technology for
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hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric for secure sharing of
physical infrastructure and enhanced FICON mixed support. See
Managing VSANs."
Port-level configurations—There are BB_credits, beacon mode, and port security for each port. See
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the
on page
Alias name configuration—Provides user-friendly aliases instead of the WWN for switches and
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attached node devices. See
Comprehensive security framework—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports RADIUS and
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TACACS+ authentication, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3), role-based
access control, Secure Shell Protocol (SSH), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), VSANs,
hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, fabric binding, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), LUN
zoning, read-only zones, and VSAN-based access control. See
and TACACS+" Chapter 45, "Configuring FC-SP and DHCHAP,"
Fabric Binding."
Traffic encryption—IPSec is supported over FCIP. You can encrypt FICON and Fibre Channel
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traffic that is carried over FCIP. See
Local accounting log—View the local accounting log to locate FICON events. See the
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Authentication" section on page 41-24
Unified storage management—Cisco MDS 9000 FICON-enabled switches are fully IBM CUP
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standard compliant for in-band management using the IBM S/A OS/390 I/O operations console. See
the
• Port address-based configurations—Configure port name, blocked or unblocked state, and the
prohibit connectivity attributes. See the
You can display the following information:
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See the
• Configuration files—Store and apply configuration files. See the
section on page
FICON and Open Systems Management Server features if installed. —See the
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and FCP Mixing" section on page
Enhanced cascading support—See the
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
36-6
"About Buffer-to-Buffer Credits" section on page
20-19, and Chapter 24, "Configuring Trunking."
"CUP In-Band Management" section on page
Individual Fibre Channel ports, such as the port name, port number, Fibre Channel address,
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operational state, type of port, and login data.
Nodes attached to ports.
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Port performance and statistics.
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"Calculating FICON Flow Load Balance" section on page
36-28.
Chapter 15, "Software Images."
20-25,
Chapter 30, "Configuring and Managing Zones."
Chapter 44, "Configuring IPsec Network Security."
and "Local AAA Services" section on page
36-37.
"Configuring FICON Ports" section on page
36-5.
"CUP In-Band Management" section on page
Chapter 36 Configuring FICON
Chapter 17, "Configuring
Chapter 26, "Configuring and
"Identifying the Beacon LEDs" section
Chapter 41, "Configuring RADIUS
and Chapter 47, "Configuring
41-26.
36-24.
36-39.
"FICON Configuration Files"
"VSANs for FICON
36-37.
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