About Ficon - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

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Configuring 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.
The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting
current fabric operations (see
Report (RLIR) application provides a method for a switch port to send an LIR to a registered Nx port.
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About FICON

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OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
About FICON, page 29-1
FICON Port Numbering, page 29-7
Configuring FICON, page 29-14
Configuring FICON Ports, page 29-23
FICON Configuration Files, page 29-32
Port Swapping, page 29-36
FICON Tape Acceleration, page 29-38
Moving a FICON VSAN to an Offline State, page 29-40
CUP In-Band Management, page 29-40
Displaying FICON Information, page 29-42
Default Settings, page 29-49
Cisco MDS 9120 switches
Cisco MDS 9124 switches
Cisco MDS 9140 switches
The 32-port Fibre Channel switching module
Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeSystem
C H A P T E R
Chapter 40, "Configuring Fabric
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Binding"). The Registered Link Incident
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