HP AE370A HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.x administrator guide (5697-0244, Nove - Page 253
Administering FICON fabrics, Overview of Fabric OS support for FICON
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12 Administering FICON fabrics Overview of Fabric OS support for FICON IBM Fibre Connections (FICON®) is an industry-standard, high-speed input/output (I/O) interface for mainframe connections to storage devices. Fabric OS supports intermix mode operations, in which FICON and Fibre Channel technology work together. For specific information about intermix mode and other aspects of FICON, refer to the IBM Redbook, FICON® Implementation Guide (SG24-6497-01). Fabric OS provides standard support for FICON single-switch operation. Multiple-switch cascaded FICON operation requires a Secure Fabric OS license. Control Unit Port (CUP) operation requires a FICON CUP license. The following Fabric OS standard features support FICON fabrics: • Web Tools Can be used to manage a Director (switch) that supports FICON and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) devices and traffic. • Port swapping Redirects resources from a failed port to a healthy port without changing the FICON host configuration. Port swapping is available for both FICON and open system environments. Port swapping resolves situations in which the hardware has failed and the channel configurations cannot be changed quickly. Port swapping has minimal or no impact on other switch features. • Insistent domain ID (IDID) Allows the switch to insist on a specific domain ID before joining a fabric. This feature guarantees that a switch operates only with its preassigned domain ID. • The FICON MIB module Addresses link incident data for FICON hosts and devices connected to a switch. It supplements other MIBs used to manage switches and should be used in conjunction with those other MIBs. For more information, refer to the Fabric OS MIB Reference Manual. • Link incident detection, registration, and reporting Provide administrative and diagnostic information. • Switch Connection Control (SCC) policy Includes switch binding security methods that prevent unauthorized devices from joining a fabric. These optional features provide further support: • The Secure Fabric OS optional license Includes fabric binding, switch binding, and port binding security methods that prevent unauthorized devices from joining a fabric. • A Fabric Manager optional license Can be used to manage a fabric that supports FICON and FCP devices and traffic. This is the recommended GUI management tool for FICON environments. To incorporate and manage FICON on a switch or fabric, your system must have Fabric OS v4.1.2 or later installed. If you are implementing FICON in a single-switch noncascaded environment, there are no additional software requirements. The Secure Fabric OS and Advanced Zoning optionally licensed features are required on all switches participating in a FICON multiple-switch cascaded environment. NOTE: Some licenses are installed and activated on the switch at the factory. Verify that the required licenses are installed and activated on the switch by issuing the licenseshow command via the CLI. The optional Secure Fabric OS license provides the following fabric, switch, and port binding features: • Fabric binding is a security method for restricting switches within a multiple-switch fabric. The Switch Connection Control (SCC) policy prevents unauthorized switches from joining a fabric. Switches are Fabric OS 5.3.0 administrator guide 265