HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide - Release 4. - Page 714

Configuring FICON Chapter 29 Configuring FICON Send documentation comments to [email protected] Note You cannot configure persistent FC IDs in FICON-enabled VSANs. Cisco MDS switches have a dynamic FC ID allocation scheme. When FICON is enabled or disabled on a VSAN, all the ports are shut down and restarted to switch from the dynamic to static FC IDs and vice versa (see Figure 29-4). Figure 29-4 Static FC ID Allocation for FICON Static Domain Port Address Last Byte 5 0x44 0 Static FC ID allocation for interface fc3/5 includes the static domain ID (5), the port address (0x44), and the last byte value (0). 113134 Configuring FICON By default FICON is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. You can enable FICON on a per VSAN basis by using the Device Manager. This section includes the following topics: • About Enabling FICON on a VSAN, page 29-14 • Enabling and Disabling FICON on the Switch, page 29-15 • Manually Enabling FICON on a VSAN, page 29-18 • Configuring the code-page Option, page 29-19 • Allowing the Host to Move the Switch Offline, page 29-19 • Allowing the Host to Change FICON Port Parameters, page 29-20 • Allowing the Host to Control the Timestamp, page 29-20 • Clearing the Time Stamp, page 29-21 • Configuring SNMP Control of FICON Parameters, page 29-21 • About FICON Device Allegiance, page 29-22 • Clearing FICON Device Allegiance, page 29-22 • Automatically Saving the Running Configuration, page 29-22 About Enabling FICON on a VSAN By default FICON is disabled in all VSANs on the switch. You can enable FICON on a per VSAN basis in one of the following ways: • Use the automated setup ficon command. 29-14 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x