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Chapter 23 Configuring FICON
Clearing FICON Device Allegiance
Step 1
Choose two Fibre Channel ports by holding down the
CTRL
key and clicking on them.
Step 2
Choose
FICON > Swap Selected Ports
.
Clearing FICON Device Allegiance
FICON requires serialization of access between multiple mainframes, CLI, and SNMP sessions be
maintained on Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches by controlling device allegiance for the
currently-executing session. Any other session is denied permission to perform configuration changes
unless the required allegiance is available.
CUP Inband Management
The Control Unit Port (CUP) protocol configures access control and provides unified storage
management capabilities from a mainframe computer. Cisco MDS 9000 FICON-enabled switches are
fully IBM CUP standard compliant for inband management using the IBM S/A OS/390 I/O operations
console.
The CUP specification is proprietary to IBM.
CUP is supported by switches and directors in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. The CUP function allows
the mainframe to manage the MDS switches.
Host communication includes control functions like blocking/unblocking ports, as well as monitoring
and error reporting functions.
Configuring Fabric Binding
The SAN-OS 1.3(x) fabric binding feature ensures ISLs are only enabled between specified switches in
the fabric binding configuration. Fabric binding is configured on a per-VSAN basis and can only be
implemented in FICON VSANs. You can still perform fabric binding configuration in a non-FICON
VSAN--these configurations will only come into effect after FICON is enabled.
This feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting current fabric
operations. It uses the Exchange Fabric Membership Data (EFMD) protocol in FICON networks to
ensure that the list of authorized switches is identical in all switches in the fabric.
This section contains the following topics:
•
Port Security versus Fabric Binding, page 23-22
•
Enforcing Fabric Binding, page 23-22
•
Enabling Fabric Binding, page 23-23
•
Configuring a List of sWWNs, page 23-23
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Activating Fabric Binding, page 23-23
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