Displaying The Ficon Port Number Assignments; About Port Numbers For Fcip And Portchannel - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

FICON Port Numbering
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When you assign, change, or release a port number, the port reloads.
Caution
To assign FICON port numbers to a slot, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# ficon slot 3 assign
port-numbers 0-15, 48-63
switch(config)# ficon slot 3 assign
port-numbers 0-15, 0-15
switch(config)# ficon slot 3 assign
port-numbers 0-63
switch(config)# ficon slot 3 assign
port-numbers 0-15, 56-63
switch(config)# no ficon slot 3 assign
port-numbers 0-15, 56-63

Displaying the FICON Port Number Assignments

Use the show ficon port-numbers assign command to display the port numbers assigned on the switch.
switch# show ficon port-numbers assign
ficon slot 1 assign port-numbers 0-31
ficon slot 2 assign port-numbers 32-63
ficon slot 3 assign port-numbers 64-95
ficon slot 4 assign port-numbers 96-127
ficon logical-port assign port-numbers 128-153
Use the show ficon port-numbers assign slot command to display the port numbers assigned to a
specific slot.
switch# show ficon port-numbers assign slot 2
ficon slot 2 assign port-numbers 32-63
Use the show ficon port-numbers assign command to display the port numbers reserved for logical
ports.
switch# show ficon port-numbers assign logical-port
ficon logical-port assign port-numbers 128-153

About Port Numbers for FCIP and PortChannel

FCIP and PortChannels cannot be used in a FICON-enabled VSAN unless they are explicitly bound to
a port number.
See the
Interfaces" section on page
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
29-12
"Configuring FICON Ports" section on page 29-23
29-24.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Reserves FICON port numbers 0 through 15 and 48
through 63 for up to 32 interfaces in slot 3.
Reserves FICON port numbers 0 through 15 for the
first 16 interfaces and 0 through 15 for the next 16
interfaces in slot 3.
Reserves FICON port numbers 0 through 63 for up
to 64 interfaces in slot 3.
Changes the reserved FICON port numbers for up to
24 interfaces in slot 3.
Releases the FICON port numbers.
and the "Binding Port Numbers to FCIP
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 29 Configuring FICON