HP StorageWorks 2/24 FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Env - Page 135
Upgrade fabric elements to a common feature set, Logically assign ports, Con FICON cascading
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Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 - When using inband director or switch management, either (or both) of the FMS or OSMS features can be enabled. When either (or both) features are enabled, the director or switch can be set to open systems or FICON management style. 3. Upgrade fabric elements to a common feature set - Ensure a common set of PFE-keyed optional features (refer to Optional Feature Keys) is installed on each fabric element. This reduces errors due to director or switch incompatibility. In addition, the SANtegrity Binding feature (with Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled) is required to support FICON cascading. 4. Logically assign ports - To organize devices into manageable groups for zoning, director or switch ports should be logically assigned to FCP port groups and FICON port groups. Although FICON devices can be zoned by device WWN, they must also be assigned logical port addresses that correspond to the port addresses configured by the attached host HCD. FICON devices must be attached to these assigned ports. In addition, PDCM arrays affect port connections at the hardware level, so a range of port addresses must be established for FCP device use, and a separate range of port addresses must be established for FICON device use. FCP ports should always be configured to allow communication with each other but disallow communication with FICON ports, and vice versa. 5. Configure FICON cascading - Configure and enable FICON cascading for all fabric elements. Refer to FICON Cascading Best Practices for instructions. As part of this step, ensure the SANtegrity Binding feature key is installed and Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled for all directors and switches. - In conjunction with the SANtegrity Binding feature (fabric and switch binding), consider enabling port binding from a director or switch's Element Manager application. Port binding explicitly defines (by WWN or nickname) the device allowed to attach to a Fibre Channel port and provides additional security when logically allocating ports to FCP and FICON groups. Although this process creates additional configuration overhead, port binding is useful for implementations that require protection from accidental misconfigurations. Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3-49
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