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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
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Configuring FICON
Fibre Connection (FICON) interface capabilities enhance the Cisco MDS 9000 Family by supporting
both open systems and mainframe storage network environments. Inclusion of Control Unit Port (CUP)
support further enhances the MDS offering by allowing in-band management of the switch from FICON
processors.
The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting
current fabric operations (see Chapter 47, “Configuring Fabric Binding”). The Registered Link Incident
Report (RLIR) application provides a method for a switch port to send an LIR to a registered Nx port.
Note Cisco Fabric Manager release 3.x does not support FICON management of Cisco MDS 9000 Family
switches running SAN-OS release 2.(x).
This chapter includes the following sections:
• About FICON, page 36-1
• FICON Port Numbering, page 36-8
• Configuring FICON, page 36-15
• Configuring FICON Ports, page 36-24
• FICON Configuration Files, page 36-28
• Port Swapping, page 36-31
• FICON Tape Acceleration, page 36-33
• CUP In-Band Management, page 36-37
• Calculating FICON Flow Load Balance, page 36-39
• Displaying FICON Information, page 36-40
• Default Settings, page 36-42
About FICON
The FICON feature is not supported on:
• Cisco MDS 9120 switches
• Cisco MDS 9124 switches
• Cisco MDS 9140 switches
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