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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 28 Configuring FICON
FICON Port Numbering
FICON Cascading
The Cisco MDS SAN-OS software allows multiple switches in a FICON network. To configure multiple
switches, you must enable and configure fabric binding in that switch (see
Chapter 38, “Configuring
Fabric Binding”
).
FICON VSAN Prerequisites
To ensure that a FICON VSAN is operationally up, be sure to verify the following requirements:
•
Set the default zone to permit, if you are not using the zoning feature. See the
“About the Default
Zone” section on page 23-9
.
•
Enable in-order delivery on the VSAN. See
Chapter 25, “Configuring Fibre Channel Routing
Services and Protocols.”
•
Enable (and if required, configure) fabric binding on the VSAN. See
Chapter 38, “Configuring
Fabric Binding.”
•
Verify that conflicting persistent FC IDs do not exist in the switch. See
Chapter 17, “Configuring
Domain Parameters.”
•
Verify that the configured domain ID and requested domain ID match. See
Chapter 17, “Configuring
Domain Parameters.”
•
Add the CUP (area FE) to the zone, if you are using zoning. See the
“CUP In-Band Management”
section on page 28-40
.
If any of these requirements are not met, the FICON feature cannot be enabled.
FICON Port Numbering
With reference to the FICON feature, ports in Cisco MDS switches are identified by a statically defined
8-bit value known as the
port number
. A maximum of 255 port numbers are available. You can use the
following port numbering schemes:
•
Default port numbers based on the chassis type
•
Reserved port numbers
This section includes the following topics:
•
Default FICON Port Numbering Scheme, page 28-8
•
Port Addresses, page 28-10
•
Implemented and Unimplemented Port Addresses, page 28-10
•
About the Reserved FICON Port Numbering Scheme, page 28-10
•
Installed and Uninstalled Ports, page 28-11
•
FICON Port Numbering Guidelines, page 28-11
•
Assigning FICON Port Numbers to Slots, page 28-11
•
Displaying the FICON Port Number Assignments, page 28-12
•
About Port Numbers for FCIP and PortChannel, page 28-12
•
About the Reserved FICON Port Numbering Scheme, page 28-10