Configuring Ficon Emulation - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

Configuring FICON emulation

FICON emulation and acceleration features and operating parameters are configured from the
FICON Emulation tab
features you want to implement, and you must look closely at the operational parameters to
determine if values other than the default values are better for your installation.
1. Select the check boxes for the FICON emulation features you want to implement.
2. Select the operational parameters for FICON emulation.
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(Figure 140). Before you configure these features you must decide which
FIGURE 140
FICON Emulation configuration tab
NOTE
The primary FICON emulation features are XRC emulation, tape write pipelining, and tape read
pipelining. TIN/TUR emulation and device level ACK emulation provide support for the three
primary features. If you select any of the primary features, you must also select TIN/TUR
emulation and device level ACK emulation.
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FICON Tape Write Max Pipe defines a maximum number of channel commands that may
be outstanding at a given time during write pipelining. Too small of a value will result in
poor performance. The value should be chosen carefully based upon the typical tape
channel program that requires optimum performance. The range is 1-100.
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FICON Tape Read Max Pipe defines a maximum number of channel commands that may
be outstanding at a given time during read pipelining. Too small of a value will result in
poor performance. The value should be chosen carefully based upon the typical tape
channel program that requires optimum performance. The range is 1-100.
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FICON Tape Write Max Ops defines a maximum number of concurrent emulated tape write
operations. The range is 1-32.
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