HP StorageWorks 8/8 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide (5697-00 - Page 500

• Port binding is a security method for restricting host or storage devices that connect to particular switch ports. The DCC policy also binds device ports to switch ports. Policies range from completely restrictive to reasonably flexible, based on customer needs. SCC ACL with strict fabric-wide consistency is necessary for FICON switch binding. Platforms supporting FICON FICON protocol is supported on the following HP StorageWorks models: • HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director and HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch (HP StorageWorks SAN Director 16 Port 8Gb FC blade, HP StorageWorks SAN Director 32 Port 8Gb FC blade, and HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC blades, B-Series Multi-Protocol Router Blade and HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade for ISL connections). • HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director (HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 16 Port 4Gb Blade, HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director 16 Port 4Gb Blade, B-Series Multi-Protocol Router Blade and HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade for ISL connections). • HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32, HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32B, HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch, and HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch. • The HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router and B-Series Multi-Protocol Router Blade (for HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director) provide FICON over IP extension. • The HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router and B-Series Multi-Protocol Router Blade (for HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director) also support direct FICON device switching in a single hop FICON configuration. The HP StorageWorks SAN Director 6 Port 10Gb FC blade is supported for 10 Gb/s ISL links. • HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director and HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch, HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch and HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch can perform CUP operations to and from the M6140 and the Mi10K EOS-based chassis and vice-versa. The following port blades can exist in a FICON environment; however, FICON device connection to ports on these blades is not supported: • HP StorageWorks B-Series iSCSI Director Blade • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb FC blade • HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC blade • The HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb FC blade and HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC blades are not supported for connecting to System Z environments through FICON channels or through FCP zLinux on System z. In an Admin Domain-enabled fabric, you should put all of the ports on the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb FC blade, HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 8Gb FC blade, and HP StorageWorks B-Series iSCSI Director Blade blades in an Admin Domain other than the one used for FICON ports. The ports on these blades should not belong to the zone in which FICON devices are present. In all switches and directors that have FICON devices attached, or where FICON traffic will be carried, the port-based routing policy is required (set aptPolicy option 1). Switches in an intermix fabric that will not carry FICON traffic can be set to exchange-based routing (aptPolicy option 3). Other switches in the fabric can use the default exchange-based routing policy (option 3 of the aptPolicy command) only when Open Systems devices (no FICON devices) are attached to those switches. Types of FICON configurations There are two types of FICON configurations: • A single-switch configuration is called switched point-to-point and requires that the channel be configured to use single-byte addressing. If the channel is set up for two-byte addressing, the cascaded configuration setup applies. This type of configuration is described in "Single switch configuration" on page 500. • A cascaded configuration requires a list of authorized switches. This authorization feature, called fabric binding is available through the Secure Access Control List feature. The fabric binding policy allows a 496 FICON fabrics