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Introducing FICON, In this FICON overview, Fabric OS support for FICON

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Introducing FICON Chapter 1 In this chapter •FICON overview 1 •FICON concepts 4 •FICON configurations 6 •Access Control in FICON 8 •FICON commands 13 FICON overview IBM Fibre Connection (FICON®) is an industry-standard, high-speed input/output (I/O) interface for mainframe connections to storage devices. This book discusses support offered by Fabric OS in 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), and Implementing an IBM/Brocade SAN with 8 Gbps Directors and Switches (SG24-6116-08). NOTE In this guide, the term switch is used to refer to a Brocade switch, director, or backbone platform unless otherwise noted. Fabric OS support for FICON The following Fabric OS standard features support FICON fabrics: • Blade swapping Blade swapping allows you to swap an entire blade of the same type allowing you to perform a FRU replacement with minimal traffic disruption. This feature is available for both FICON and open system environments. Blade swapping resolves situations in which the hardware has failed and the channel configurations cannot be changed quickly. Blade swapping has minimal or no impact on other switch features. • Device connection control (DCC) policy Used to restrict which Fibre Channel device ports can connect to which Fibre Channel switch ports. • 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, see the Fabric OS MIB Reference. FICON Administrator's Guide 1 53-1001771-01

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FICON Administrator’s Guide
1
53-1001771-01
Chapter
1
Introducing FICON
In this chapter
•
FICON overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
•
FICON concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
•
FICON configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
•
Access Control in FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
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FICON commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FICON overview
IBM Fibre Connection (FICON
®
) is an industry-standard, high-speed input/output (I/O) interface for
mainframe connections to storage devices. This book discusses support offered by Fabric OS in
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), and
Implementing an IBM/Brocade
SAN with 8 Gbps Directors and Switches
(SG24-6116-08).
NOTE
In this guide, the term
switch
is used to refer to a Brocade switch, director, or backbone platform
unless otherwise noted.
Fabric OS support for FICON
The following Fabric OS standard features support FICON fabrics:
•
Blade swapping
Blade swapping allows you to swap an entire blade of the same type allowing you to perform a
FRU replacement with minimal traffic disruption. This feature is available for both FICON
and
open system environments. Blade swapping resolves situations in which the hardware has
failed and the channel configurations cannot be changed quickly. Blade swapping has minimal
or no impact on other switch features.
•
Device connection control (DCC) policy
Used to restrict which Fibre Channel device ports can connect to which Fibre Channel switch
ports.
•
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, see the
Fabric OS MIB Reference
.