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Chapter 5 Configuration requirements for switches and directors 40 Configuration of sufficient buffer credits 41 High integrity fabric requirements for cascaded configurations41 FICON emulation requirement for a determinate path 41 Cross-coupled configurations 42 Configuring FICON emulation 43 Displaying FICON emulation configuration values 44 Modifying FICON emulation 45 Displaying FICON emulation performance statistics 46 FICON emulation monitoring 46 Maintaining and Troubleshooting FICON In this chapter 49 Firmware management in a FICON environment 49 Upgrade/Downgrade Considerations 49 Firmware upgrade disruption 50 Non-Disruptive firmware upload and download 50 Configuration restoration in a FICON environment 50 Traffic Isolation Zoning 51 Determining Ports for the TI Zone 51 Enhanced TI Zoning 51 Port Fencing 57 Defining port fencing 57 Settings for FICON Environments 57 FICON information 58 Link incidents 58 Registered listeners 59 Node identification data 59 FRU failures 59 .Port swapping 59 Blade swapping 60 IU Pacing 61 Frame pacing delay 61 Common FICON issues 61 Troubleshooting FICON 64 General information to gather for all cases 64 Switched point-to-point topology checklist 65 Cascaded topology checklist 66 Gathering additional information 66 Troubleshooting FICON CUP 67 Troubleshooting FICON NPIV 67 FICON Administrator's Guide v 53-1001771-01

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FICON Administrator’s Guide
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53-1001771-01
Configuration requirements for switches and directors . . . . . . . . . .40
Configuration of sufficient buffer credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
High integrity fabric requirements for cascaded configurations41
FICON emulation requirement for a determinate path . . . . . . . 41
Cross-coupled configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configuring FICON emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Displaying FICON emulation configuration values. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Modifying FICON emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Displaying FICON emulation performance statistics . . . . . . . . . . . .46
FICON emulation monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Chapter 5
Maintaining and Troubleshooting FICON
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Firmware management in a FICON environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Upgrade/Downgrade Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Firmware upgrade disruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Non-Disruptive firmware upload and download. . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Configuration restoration in a FICON environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Determining Ports for the TI Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Enhanced TI Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Port Fencing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Defining port fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Settings for FICON Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
FICON information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Registered listeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Node identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
FRU failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
.Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Blade swapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
IU Pacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Frame pacing delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Common FICON issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Troubleshooting FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
General information to gather for all cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Switched point-to-point topology checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cascaded topology checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Gathering additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Troubleshooting FICON CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Troubleshooting FICON NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67