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director product manager user guide
Optional Features
Configuring the FICON Management Server
Use this procedure to configure whether the host is the controlling manager.
NOTE: The optional FICON Management Server feature must be installed in order to perform
this procedure.
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Switch Clock Alert Mode—Click this check box to display a check mark and
enable clock alert mode. If this is enabled, the following occurs when users set the
date and time through the Configure Date and Time dialog box (Configure
menu):
— If you enable Periodic Date/Time Synchronization, an error message
displays indicating that Clock Alert Mode must be cleared to enable
automatic synchronization of the date and time.
— If you manually sets the date and time (Periodic Date/Time Synchronization
is not enabled), a confirmation dialog box will display. You must click OK on
that dialog box to continue manual configuration.
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Host Control Prohibited—Click this check box to display a check mark and
prohibit a host management program from changing configuration and
connectivity parameters on the director. In this case, the host program will have
read authorization only and cannot make changes. When the check mark is not
displayed, a host program can change configuration and connectivity parameters
on the director.
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Programmed offline state control—Click this check box to display a check
mark and enable a host management program to control the director’s offline and
online state. When a check mark is not displayed, a host program cannot set the
director online or offline.
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Active=Saved—Click this check box to display a check mark and enable the
active=saved function for the IPL address configuration.
— If Active=Saved is enabled (check mark), the IPL and the active address
configuration are maintained as identical configurations. If a new
configuration is activated through the Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog
box, that configuration becomes the IPL address configuration.
— If Active=Saved is not enabled (no check mark), the IPL address
configuration and the active configuration are not maintained as identical and
may, in fact, be different configurations. If the feature is not enabled, you can
modify the IPL configuration through the Configure Addresses - “Active”
dialog box. If the feature is enabled, the IPL file is locked to modification
through the Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box.