Brocade FICON Administrator’s Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 4)

Mode 0 (10-bit addressing)............................................................... 44
Mode 1 (zero-based addressing)...................................................... 45
Mode 2 (port-based addressing).......................................................45
Changing the addressing mode........................................................ 45
FICON and blade support for addressing modes............................. 46
Port swap limitations......................................................................... 46
Disabling and enabling ports - persistent states........................................... 46
Clearing the FICON management database.................................................47
Automating CS_CTL mapping...................................................................... 47
FICON best practices....................................................................................49
Latency guideline.......................................................................................... 50
Configuring FICON CUP.........................................................................................................51
Control Unit Port overview............................................................................ 51
FICON CUP restrictions....................................................................52
CUP configuration recommendations............................................... 53
FICON CUP zoning and PDCM considerations................................54
Port and switch naming standards for FMS mode........................................ 54
FICON CUP Fabric OS commands...................................................54
Configuring FICON CUP...............................................................................55
Disabling ports 0xFE and 0xFF.........................................................55
Configuring FICON CUP in Virtual Fabrics....................................... 56
Determining physical port assignment ......................................................... 56
FMS mode and FICON CUP.........................................................................56
Fabric OS command limitations and considerations.........................57
Displaying FMS mode.......................................................................58
Enabling FMS mode..........................................................................58
Disabling FMS mode.........................................................................58
Resetting FMS mode........................................................................ 58
FMS mode and FICON OxFE or OxFF ports....................................58
Upgrade considerations.................................................................... 59
Port swap limitations......................................................................... 60
Mode register bit settings..............................................................................60
FICON file access facility.................................................................. 61
Considerations for setting mode register bits....................................63
Setting the mode register bits........................................................... 63
Setting the MIHPTO value............................................................................ 63
Persistently enabling and disabling ports for CUP........................................64
Administering FICON Extension Services................................................................................65
Platforms supporting FICON extension over IP............................................ 65
FICON emulation overview........................................................................... 65
IBM z/OS Global Mirror emulation.................................................... 66
Tape emulation................................................................................. 67
Printer emulation...............................................................................69
Teradata emulation........................................................................... 70
FCIP configuration requirements for FICON extension................................ 70
Configuration requirements for switches and backbones............................. 70
High-integrity fabric requirements for cascaded configurations........ 71
FICON emulation requirement for a determinate path......................71
Configuring FICON emulation.......................................................................72
Configuration examples.................................................................... 72
Displaying FICON emulation configuration values............................73
Modifying FICON emulation..........................................................................73
Displaying FICON emulation performance statistics.....................................73
FICON emulation monitoring.............................................................74
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