Configuring Cascaded Ficon - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

Configuring cascaded FICON

In addition to performing the steps listed in
page 20, you also need to perform the following steps to configure cascaded FICON.
CAUTION
Configuring the switch for FICON is a disruptive process. The switch must be disabled to configure
switch parameters. This procedure must be followed prior to channels joining the fabric.
1. Perform the following actions for each switch:
2. Use the secPolicyCreate command to configure the SCC policies on all switches to limit
3. Save or activate the new policy by entering either the secPolicySave or the secPolicyActivate
4. Enter the fddCfg command to enable the ACL fabric wide consistency policy and enforce a
5. Connect and enable channel and control unit (CU) devices. The Query for Security Attributes
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a. Enable the IDID mode using the Fabric OS configure command. For details on enabling the
IDID mode, refer to "Enabling insistent domain ID"
b. Set the domain ID. It is highly recommended that the switch ID used in HCD and IOCP be
the same as the switch address in hexadecimal. All switches ship from the factory with a
default domain ID of 1. The best practice is to use something other than 1 so that a new
switch can be added to the fabric without changing the domain ID.
connectivity to only the switches in the selected fabric.
switch:admin> secPolicyCreate SCC_POLICY, member;...;member
In the command syntax, member indicates a switch that is permitted to join the fabric. Specify
switches by WWN, domain ID, or switch name. Enter an asterisk (*) to indicate all the switches
in the fabric. To create a policy that includes all the switches in the fabric, enter the following
command:
switch:admin> secPolicyCreate SCC_POLICY "*"
command. If neither of these commands is entered, the changes are lost when the session is
logged out. To activate the SCC policy, enter the following command:
switch:admin> secPolicyActivate
strict SCC policy.
switch:admin> fddcfg --fabwideset "SCC:S"
(QSA) response to the channel indicates that the fabric binding and IDID are enabled.

Configuring cascaded FICON

"Configuring switched point-to-point FICON"
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