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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 36 Configuring FICON
Configuring FICON
Configuring FICON
By default FICON is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. You can enable FICON on
a per VSAN basis by using the Device Manager.
This section includes the following topics:
• About Enabling FICON on a VSAN, page 36-15
• Setting Up a Basic FICON Configuration, page 36-16
• Manually Enabling FICON on a VSAN, page 36-18
• Deleting FICON VSANs, page 36-18
• Suspending a FICON VSAN, page 36-19
• Configuring the code-page Option, page 36-19
• Assigning FC ID Last Byte, page 36-20
• Allowing the Host to Move the Switch Offline, page 36-21
• Allowing the Host to Change FICON Port Parameters, page 36-22
• Allowing the Host to Control the Timestamp, page 36-22
• Configuring SNMP Control of FICON Parameters, page 36-22
• FICON Information Refresh, page 36-23
• About FICON Device Allegiance, page 36-23
• Automatically Saving the Running Configuration, page 36-23
About Enabling FICON on a VSAN
By default FICON is disabled in all VSANs on the switch.
You can enable FICON on a per VSAN basis in one of the following ways:
• Manually addressing each prerequisite.
See the “About FICON” section on page 36-1.
• Use Device Manager.
When you enable the FICON feature in Cisco MDS switches, the following restrictions apply:
• You cannot disable in-order delivery for the FICON-enabled VSAN.
• You cannot disable fabric binding or static domain ID configurations for the FICON-enabled VSAN.
• The load balancing scheme is changed to Source ID (SID)—Destination ID (DID). You cannot
change it back to SID—DID—OXID.
• The IPL configuration file is automatically created.
See the “About FICON Configuration Files” section on page 36-29.
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