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Brocade Communications Systems FICON Administrator's Manual

Brocade Communications Systems FICON Administrator's Manual (122 pages)

Brocade FICON Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 (53-1002753-01, March 2013)

Brand: Brocade Communications Systems | Category: Storage | Size: 1.36 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
About this Document
7
How this Document Is Organized
7
Supported Hardware and Software
8
What's New in this Document
8
Document Conventions
9
- Text Formatting
  9
- Command Syntax Conventions
  10
- Command Examples
  10
- Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
  10
- Key Terms
  11
Additional Information
11
- Brocade Resources
  11
- Other Industry Resources
  12
Notice to the Reader
11
Getting Technical Help
12
Document Feedback
13
Chapter 1 Introducing FICON

15
- FICON Overview
  15
  - Fabric os Support for FICON
    15
  - Latency Guideline
    17
- FICON Concepts
  17
- FICON Configurations
  19
  - Switched Point-To-Point
    19
  - Cascaded FICON
    20
- Access Control in FICON
  22
  - Cascaded Zoning
    22
  - Error Reporting
    24
  - Secure Access Control
    24
- FICON Commands
  26
- Link and FC Addressing
  28
  - Domain ID
    28
  - Port Area
    28
  - Alpa
    28
Chapter 2 Administering FICON Fabrics

31
Chapter 3 Configuring FICON CUP

47
Chapter 4 Administering FICON Extension Services

61
Chapter 5 Maintaining and Troubleshooting FICON

73
- Firmware Management in a FICON Environment
  73
- Configuration Restoration in a FICON Environment
  75
- Traffic Isolation Zoning
  75
  - Determining Ports for the TI Zone
    76
  - Enhanced TI Zoning
    76
- Port Fencing
  83
  - Defining Port Fencing
    83
  - Settings for FICON Environments
    83
- FICON Information
  83
  - Link Incidents
    83
  - Registered Listeners
    84
  - Node Identification Data
    84
  - FRU Error Reporting
    85
- Swapping Port Area Ids
  86
  - Important Notes
    87
- Blade Swapping
  87
- Common FICON Issues
  88
- Troubleshooting FICON
  90
- Troubleshooting FICON CUP
  93
- Troubleshooting NPIV
  93
Appendix A Platforms Supporting FICON

95
Appendix B Basic Switch Configuration

99
Appendix C Address Binding Examples

103
- Sequential Address Binding
  103
  - Example Scripts for Binding Ports
    104
- Zero-Based to Port-Based Address Binding
  109
  - Example Scripts for Binding Ports
    109
- Unbinding Multiple Ports
  114
Appendix D Configuration Information Record

115

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