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5 Troubleshooting FICON • Have you verified that no additional license is required to enable your FICON configuration? • Have you verified that your switch does not have a special mode setting turned on for FICON? NOTE There is no requirement to have a secure fabric in a switched point-to-point topology. Brocade Advanced features software package (Trunking, Fabric Watch, Extended Fabric) license activation is required. Cascaded topology checklist This checklist lists items you should perform in your FICON environment to ensure proper functionality of the feature: • Verify that your Brocade switch or directory have Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later release installed? • Verify that you are using an appropriate management tool such as Brocade Fabric Manager (FM) v5.4.0 or later, EFCM v9.6.x, or DCFM? • Verify that no additional license is required to enable your FICON configuration? • Verify that your switch does not have a special mode setting turned on for FICON? However, it is recommended that the dynamic load-sharing feature be disabled with in-order frame delivery (IOD) enabled (default). • Verify that if you have a fabric for intermix mode of operations, separate zones for FICON and FCP devices are set? • Verify the mainframe channel device connectivity rule of maximum one hop is applied to both FCP and FICON devices? • Verify the Insistent domain ID flag is set to keep the domain ID of a fabric switch persistent? • Verify the CHPID link path is defined using the 2-byte address format? • Verify FICON channel connectivity to storage CU port has not exceed one hop? • Verify that the security policies are enabled? If not, refer to "Configuring Cascaded FICON" on page 20. ATTENTION The Switch Connection Control (SCC) security policy must be active. Brocade Advanced features software package (Trunking, Fabric Watch, Extended fabric) license activation is required. Gathering additional information In addition to the information you would collect for your support provider mentioned in the Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide, also gather the following information which is specific to FICON: • Is this case logged during an initial install or has this environment been working prior to the initial problem? • What was changed immediately prior to the issue occurring? • Is the switch properly configured for a FICON environment? 66 FICON Administrator's Guide 53-1001771-01

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FICON Administrator’s Guide
53-1001771-01
Troubleshooting FICON
5
•
Have you verified that no additional license is required to enable your FICON configuration?
•
Have you verified that your switch does not have a special mode setting turned on for FICON?
NOTE
There is no requirement to have a secure fabric in a switched point-to-point topology.
Brocade Advanced features software package (Trunking, Fabric Watch, Extended Fabric) license
activation is required.
Cascaded topology checklist
This checklist lists items you should perform in your FICON environment to ensure proper
functionality of the feature:
•
Verify that your Brocade switch or directory have Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later release installed?
•
Verify that you are using an appropriate management tool such as Brocade Fabric Manager
(FM) v5.4.0 or later, EFCM v9.6.x, or DCFM?
•
Verify that no additional license is required to enable your FICON configuration?
•
Verify that your switch does not have a special mode setting turned on for FICON?
However, it is recommended that the dynamic load-sharing feature be disabled with in-order
frame delivery (IOD) enabled (default).
•
Verify that if you have a fabric for intermix mode of operations, separate zones for FICON and
FCP devices are set?
•
Verify the mainframe channel device connectivity rule of maximum one hop is applied to both
FCP and FICON devices?
•
Verify the Insistent domain ID flag is set to keep the domain ID of a fabric switch persistent?
•
Verify the CHPID link path is defined using the 2-byte address format?
•
Verify FICON channel connectivity to storage CU port has not exceed one hop?
•
Verify that the security policies are enabled? If not, refer to
“Configuring Cascaded FICON”
on
page 20.
ATTENTION
The Switch Connection Control (SCC) security policy must be active.
Brocade Advanced features software package (Trunking, Fabric Watch, Extended fabric) license
activation is required.
Gathering additional information
In addition to the information you would collect for your support provider mentioned in the
Fabric
OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
, also gather the following information which is specific
to FICON:
•
Is this case logged during an initial install or has this environment been working prior to the
initial problem?
•
What was changed immediately prior to the issue occurring?
•
Is the switch properly configured for a FICON environment?