Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Guide

Allowing the Host to Change FICON Port Parameters 265
Allowing the Host to Control the Timestamp 266
Clearing the Time Stamp 267
Configuring SNMP Control of FICON Parameters 267
About FICON Device Allegiance 267
Clearing FICON Device Allegiance 267
Automatically Saving the Running Configuration 268
Configuring FICON Ports 269
Binding Port Numbers to PortChannels 269
Binding Port Numbers to FCIP Interfaces 270
Configuring Port Blocking 270
Port Prohibiting 271
Configuring the Default State for Port Prohibiting 272
Configuring Port Prohibiting 272
Assigning a Port Address Name 273
About RLIR 273
Specifying an RLIR Preferred Host 274
Displaying RLIR Information 275
Clearing RLIR Information 278
FICON Configuration Files 279
About FICON Configuration Files 279
Applying the Saved Configuration Files to the Running Configuration 280
Editing FICON Configuration Files 280
Displaying FICON Configuration Files 281
Copying FICON Configuration Files 282
Port Swapping 282
About Port Swapping 283
Swapping Ports 284
Swapping Ports on the Switch with Duplicate Port Numbers 284
FICON Tape Acceleration 284
Configuring FICON Tape Acceleration 286
Configuring FICON Tape Read Acceleration 287
Configuring XRC Acceleration 288
Moving a FICON VSAN to an Offline State 288
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Fabric Configuration Guide, Release 8.x
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Contents

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available