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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 22 FICON Configuration
About FICON
or Fibre Channel FCP ports in any combination in a single chassis and up to 768 Fibre Channel ports
in a single rack. The 1.44 Tbps of internal system bandwidth ensures smooth integration of future
10-Gbps modules.
• Infrastructure protection—Common software releases infrastructure protection is available across
all Cisco MDS 9000 platforms.
• VSAN technology—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family introduces VSAN technology for
hardware-enforced, isolated environments within a single physical fabric for secure sharing of
physical infrastructure and enhanced FICON intermix support.
• Port-level configurations—BB_credits, beacon mode, and port security for each port.
• Alias name configuration—instead of the WWN, for switches and attached node devices.
• Comprehensive security framework—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports RADIUS
authentication, Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3), role-based access
control, Secure Shell Protocol (SSH), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), VSANs,
hardware-enforced zoning, ACLs, fabric binding, Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP), LUN
zoning, read-only zones, and VSAN-based access control. See and
• View the local accounting log to locate FICON events.
• Unified storage management—Cisco MDS 9000 FICON-enabled switches are fully IBM CUP
standard compliant for in-band management using the IBM S/A OS/390 I/O operations console. See
the .
• Port address-based configurations—port name, blocked or unblocked state, and the prohibit
connectivity attributes. See the .
• Display the following information:
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Individual Fibre Channel ports, such as the port name, port number, Fibre Channel address,
operational state, type of port, and login data.
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Nodes attached to ports.
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Port performance and statistics.
See the section in this chapter.
• Store and apply configuration files.
• FICON and Open Systems Management Server features if installed.
• Enhanced Cascading Support.
• Set the date and time on the switch.
• Configure SNMP trap recipients and community names.
• Call Home configurations—director name, location, description, and contact person.
• Configure preferred domain ID, FC ID persistence, and principle switch priority.
• Sophisticated SPAN diagnostics—The Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides industry-first intelligent
diagnostics, protocol, decoding, and network analysis tools as well as integrated call-home
capability for added reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.
• Configure R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV.
• Perform maintenance tasks for the director including maintaining firmware levels, accessing the
director logs, and collecting data to support failure analysis.
• Display and clear port-level incident alerts. .