.
• 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 CUP
In-Band Management, on page 289.
• Port address-based configurations—Configure port name, blocked or unblocked state, and the prohibit
connectivity attributes can be configured on the ports. See the Configuring FICON Ports, on page 269.
• You can display the following information:
• Individual Fibre Channel ports, such as the port name, port number, Fibre Channel address,
operational state, type of port, and login data.
• Nodes attached to ports.
• Port performance and statistics.
• Configuration files—Store and apply configuration files. See the FICON Configuration Files, on page
279.
• FICON and Open Systems Management Server features if installed. —See the VSANs for FICON and
FCP Mixing, on page 248.
• Enhanced cascading support—See the CUP In-Band Management, on page 289.
• Date and time—Set the date and time on the switch. See the Allowing the Host to Control the Timestamp
, on page 266.
• Configure SNMP trap recipients and community names—See the Configuring SNMP Control of FICON
Parameters, on page 267.
• Call Home configurations—Configure the director name, location, description, and contact person. Refer
to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide.
• Configure preferred domain ID, FC ID persistence, and principal switch priority—For information about
configuring domain parameters, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management
Configuration Guide .
• 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. For information about monitoring
network traffic using SPAN, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System Management
Configuration Guide
• Configure R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV— See the Cisco MDS-Supported FICON Features.
• Director-level maintenance tasks—Perform maintenance tasks for the director including maintaining
firmware levels, accessing the director logs, and collecting data to support failure analysis. For information
about monitoring system processes and logs refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS System
Management Configuration Guide
• Port-level incident alerts—Display and clear port-level incident alerts. See the Clearing RLIR Information,
on page 278.
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