Beruflich Dokumente
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14 December 2012
53-1002753-01
FICON
Administrators Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0
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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
FICON Administrators Guide 53-1001348-01 New document July 2009
FICON Administrators Guide 53-1001771-01 Updated document to
include new features used
with FICON.
March 2010
FICON Administrators Guide 53-1002154-01 Updated document for
Fabric OS version 7.0.0.
April 2011
FICON Administrators Guide 53-1002473-01 Corrections made to
document
December 2011
FICON Administrators Guide 53-1002473-02 Corrections made to
document
November 2012
FICON Administrators Guide 53-1002753-01 Corrections made to and
updated document for
Fabric OS version 7.1.0.
December 2012
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Contents
About This Document
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Whats new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Command examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1 Introducing FICON
FICON overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Fabric OS support for FICON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Latency guideline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FICON concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FICON configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Switched point-to-point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Access control in FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cascaded zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Error reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Secure access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
FICON commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Link and FC addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Domain ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Port area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ALPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Chapter 2 Administering FICON Fabrics
User security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Meeting Query Security Attribute requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Preparing a switch for FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cascaded FICON and 2-byte addressing considerations . . . . . 19
Configuring switched point-to-point FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FICON and FICON CUP in Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Addressing modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mode 0 (10-bit addressing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mode 1 (zero-based addressing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mode 2 (port-based addressing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
FICON and blade support for addressing modes . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Moving ports to a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Port swap limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Clearing the FICON management database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Automating CS_CTL Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
FICON best practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 3 Configuring FICON CUP
Control Unit Port overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
FICON CUP restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CUP configuration recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
FICON CUP zoning and PDCM considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Port and switch naming standards for FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
FICON CUP Fabric OS commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring FICON CUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Disabling ports 0xFE and 0xFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring FICON CUP in Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Determining physical port assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
FMS mode and FICON CUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Fabric OS command limitations and considerations. . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Enabling FMS mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disabling FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
FMS mode and FICON OxFE or OxFF ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Port swap limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mode register bit settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
FICON file access facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the mode register bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the MIHPTO value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Persistently enabling and disabling ports for CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Chapter 4 Administering FICON Extension Services
Platforms supporting FICON extension over IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
FICON emulation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
IBM z/OS Global Mirror emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tape emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Printer emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Teradata emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
FCIP configuration requirements for FICON extension. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configuration requirements for switches and Backbones . . . . . . . . 52
High integrity fabric requirements for cascaded
configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
FICON emulation requirement for a determinate path . . . . . . . 53
Configuring FICON emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring emulation on the 7800 switch and FX8-24
blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Displaying FICON emulation configuration values. . . . . . . . . . . 55
Modifying FICON emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Displaying FICON emulation performance statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FICON emulation monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Options for displaying statistics on 7800 switches and
FX8-24 blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 5 Maintaining and Troubleshooting FICON
Firmware management in a FICON environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Upgrade and downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Firmware upgrade disruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Non-disruptive firmware upload and download. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuration restoration in a FICON environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Determining ports for the TI Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Enhanced TI Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Port fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Defining port fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Settings for FICON environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
FICON information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Link incidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Registered listeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Node identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
FRU error reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Swapping port area IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Blade swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Common FICON issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Troubleshooting FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
General information to gather for all cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switched point-to-point topology checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cascaded topology checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Gathering additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Troubleshooting FICON CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Troubleshooting NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Appendix A Platforms supporting FICON
Supported platforms with end of support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Currently supported platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Supported Brocade blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Unsupported blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Appendix B Basic Switch Configuration
Appendix C Address Binding Examples
Sequential address binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Example scripts for binding ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Zero-Based to Port-Based Address Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Example scripts for binding ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Unbinding Multiple Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Appendix D Configuration Information Record
Appendix E EBCDIC Code Page
Index
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About This Document
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Whats new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
Chapter 1, Introducing FICON provides basic FICON concepts.
Chapter 2, Administering FICON Fabrics allows you to set up and get started using FICON
quickly, if you are already familiar with FICON concepts and basic procedures.
Chapter 3, Configuring FICON CUP provides basic conceptual information on FICON CUP and
instructions on how to set CUP up in your FICON environment.
Chapter 4, Administering FICON Extension Services provides basic conceptual information on
emulation products and how to set them up in a FICON environment.
Chapter 5, Maintaining and Troubleshooting FICON discusses maintaining your switch in a
FICON environment, provides symptoms, troubleshooting tips, and possible solutions to known
issues.
Appendix A, Platforms supporting FICON lists Brocade switches and Backbones supported
for FICON for various IBM systems. Also listed are Brocade switch blades supported for FICON
on Backbone platforms
Appendix B, Basic Switch Configuration provides basic steps and commands to quickly
configure a switch for fabric and possible FICON and cascaded FICON operation.
Appendix C, Address Binding Examples provides examples and scripts with appropriate
commands for the following:
- Sequential address binding
- Zero-Based to Port-Based Address Binding
- Unbinding Multiple Ports
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Appendix D, Configuration Information Record provides a form to record your FICON
configuration information.
Appendix E, EBCDIC Code Page provides a table of the EBCDIC Code Page 37.
Supported hardware and software
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.1,0 documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
For a complete list of platforms supported by FICON and Fabric OS v7.1.0, refer to Appendix A,
Platforms supporting FICON.
In cases where procedures or parts of procedures do not apply to all Brocade hardware platforms,
this guide identifies which platforms are supported.
Whats new in this document
The following information was added or changed in this document:
Throughout manual
- Removed mention and details of FR4-18i blade since this is not supported for FCIP this
release.
Preface.
- Updated Whats new in this document section to include all changes incorporated in this
manual.
Chapter 1, Introducing FICON.
- Added new commands to Table 1, Fabric OS commands related to FICON.
- Removed Platforms supporting FICON and added Platforms Supporting FICON
appendix.
- Added information on Fabric OS routing policies supported by FICON in the Fabric OS
support for FICON section.
- Fabric OS support for FICON
Removed Device connection control (DCC) policy
Chapter 2, Administering FICON Fabrics
- Added step under Configuring switched point-to-point FICON to configure the fill word for
8 Gbps ports.
- Added Automating CS_CTL Mapping section.
- In FICON and FICON CUP in virtual fabrics section, added the following:
Details from Configuring FICON CUP in Virtual Fabrics in Chapter 3 to this section
since having same subject matter in two different chapters is confusing.
FMS mode cannot be enabled when a logical switch is using 10-bit addressing mode.
Port swap limitations section.
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Removed restriction that XISLs cannot be configured.
Added instructions and restrictions on enabling XISL use and referenced Fabric OS
Command Reference for details.
- Added section on FICON Best Practices.
- Added section on FICON link address and FC address.
Chapter 3, Configuring FICON CUP.
- Under FMS Mode and FICON CUP section, added the following:
New section called Fabric OS command limitations and considerations to collect
differences in using Fabric OS commands when FMS mode is enabled.
Noted that FMS mode cannot be enabled when a logical switch is using 10-bit
addressing mode.
Section on port swapping limitations.
- Moved information that was in Configuring FICON CUP in Virtual Fabrics section to
FICON and FICON CUP in Virtual Fabrics section of Chapter 2 because having sections in
two different chapters dealing with same subject is confusing. Left heading in the chapter
but referenced section in chapter 2.
- Under Port and switch naming standards for FMS mode, added restrictions for using
unique CUP port name.
Chapter 5, Maintaining and Troubleshooting FICON
- Under Configuration restoration in a FICON environment section, fixed ASM bit on row
in Backup and restore in a FICON CUP environment table, to say that The IPL file is not
replaced because Active=Saved mode is on. This did say Active=Saved mode is off.
Added Appendix on Brocade and IBM platform support for FICON, Appendix on basic switch
configuration, and Appendix containing switch binding examples and scripts.
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
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For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
Command examples
This guide describes how to perform configuration tasks using the Fabric OS command line
interface, but does not describe the commands in detail. For complete descriptions of all Fabric OS
commands, including syntax, operand descriptions, and sample output, refer to the Brocade Fabric
OS Command Reference Manual.
Notes, cautions, and warnings
The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
NOTE
A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
command Commands are printed in boldface.
- - option, option Command options are printed in bold.
- argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.
... Repeat the previous element, for example member[;member...]
value Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--show WWN
| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress
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CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.
Key terms
For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade.
See Brocade resources, for instructions on accessing MyBrocade.
For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at:
http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary
Notice to the reader
This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.
These references are made for informational purposes only.
Additional information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
Brocade resources
To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com and register at no cost for a user
ID and password.
Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products
International Business Machines Corp. IBM, FICON, S/390, z/OS, zSeries, Series z, Redbooks, z/OS
Global Mirror, System z, zEnterprise
Teradata Corporation Teradata
Optica Technologies, Inc. Prizm FICON to ESCON converter and ESBT Bus/Tag Interface
Module for Prizm
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For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource
Library location:
http://www.brocade.com
Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS
firmware.
Other industry resources
White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade
website at http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page
Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through
the Brocade Partner website.
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. This website
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association
website:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
Switch model
Switch operating system version
Error numbers and messages received
supportSave command output
Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately
following the problem, and specific questions
Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results
Serial console and Telnet session logs
syslog message logs
2. Switch Serial Number
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as illustrated below:
*FT00X0054E9*
FT00X0054E9
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The serial number label on FICON-qualified devices is located as follows:
Brocade 5100, 5300, 7800, and 6510 On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the
chassis on the port side on the left.
Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX - On the port side of the chassis, on the lower right side and
directly above the cable management comb.
Brocade DCX 8510-4 and DCX-4S - On the nonport side of the chassis, on the lower left
side.
3. World Wide Name (WWN)
Use the licenseIDShow command to display the switch WWN.
If you cannot use the licenseIDShow command because the switch is inoperable, you can get
the WWN from the same place as the serial number, except for the Brocade DCX. For the
Brocade DCX, access the numbers on the WWN cards by removing the Brocade logo plate at
the top of the nonport side of the chassis.
Document feedback
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completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a
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Chapter
1 Introducing FICON
FICON overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FICON concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FICON configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Access control in FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
FICON commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Link and FC addressing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FICON overview
IBM Fibre Connection (FICON