Configuring The Code-Page Option; Allowing The Host To Move The Switch Offline - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

Chapter 29 Configuring 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
Command
Step 5
switch(config)# fabric-binding activate vsan 2 force
Step 6
switch(config)# zone default-zone permit vsan 2
Step 7
switch(config)# ficon vsan 2
switch(config-ficon)#
switch(config)# no ficon vsan 6
Step 8
switch(config-ficon)# no host port control

Configuring the code-page Option

FICON strings are coded in Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) format.
Refer to your mainframe documentation for details on the code page options.
Cisco MDS switches support international-5, france, brazil, germany, italy, japan,
spain-latinamerica, uk, and us-canada (default) EBCDIC format options.
This is an optional configuration. If you are not sure of the EBCDIC format to be used, we recommend
Tip
retaining the us-canada (default) option.
To configure the code-page option in a VSAN, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# ficon vsan 2
switch(config-ficon)#
Step 3
switch(config-ficon)# code-page italy
switch(config-ficon)# no code-page

Allowing the Host to Move the Switch Offline

By default, hosts are allowed to move the switch to an offline state. To do this, the host sends "Set offline"
command (x'FD') to control unit port (CUP).
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Purpose
Activates fabric binding on VSAN 2.
See Chapter 40, "Configuring Fabric
Binding."
Sets the default zone to permit for VSAN
2.
See the "CUP In-Band Management"
section on page
Enables FICON on VSAN 2.
Disables the FICON feature on VSAN 6.
Prohibits mainframe users from moving
the switch to an offline state.
See the "Allowing the Host to Move the
Switch Offline" section on page
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables FICON on VSAN 2.
Configures the italy EBCDIC format.
Reverts to the factory default of using the us-canada
EBCDIC format.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Configuring FICON
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