Allow / Prohibit Matrix Configuration - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration

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To access the FICON CUP tab, perform the following steps.
1. Select a FICON-enabled switch from the Fabric Tree.
2. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
3. Select the FICON CUP tab.
The FICON CUP tabbed page displays, with the FICON Management Server subtabbed page in front.
All attributes on this tab are read-only until FMS Mode is enabled.
The control device state is displayed as neutral or switched in the Control Device Allegiance field.
NOTE
If FMS mode is enabled, and the control device state is unavailable, the FICON CUP Busy Error is
displayed. Click Reset Allegiance in the error message to reset the control device state to its correct
state.

Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration

In the Allow / Prohibit Matrix subpanel, you can manage the configuration files and active
configuration. All configuration files and the active configuration are listed in a table. The active
configuration is listed as "Active Configuration*" and the description in the table is "Current active
configuration on switch." The other special configuration file is the IPL. Any other files displayed are
user-defined configurations and are stored on the switch.
You can create, activate, copy, or delete saved Allow / Prohibit Matrix configurations; however, you
can only edit or copy a configuration while it is active. You can also activate, edit, or copy the IPL
configuration. You must have FMS mode enabled before you can make any changes to the
configurations. Click Refresh to get the latest configuration file list from the switch.
When creating a new configuration or editing an existing configuration, the Web Tools port name is
restricted to printable ASCII characters. Characters beyond printable ASCII characters are displayed
as dots.
When initially installed, a switch allows any port to dynamically communicate with any other port.
Two connectivity attributes are defined to restrict this any-to-any capability for external ports: Block
and Prohibit.
Block is a port connectivity attribute that prevents all communication through a port. Prohibit is the
port connectivity attribute that prohibits or allows dynamic communication between ports when a
port is not blocked. Each port has a vector specifying its Prohibit attribute with respect to each of
the other ports in the switch. This attribute is always set symmetrically in that a pair of ports is
either prohibited or allowed to communicate dynamically.
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Mode Register
Port Names (also called Port Address Name)
Allow/Prohibit Matrix and Port Connectivity Attributes
Switch enable/disable
Switch name change
window" on page 31.
"Opening the Switch Administration
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