Port commissioning, Refreshing port optics, Z/os requirements – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual
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4. Sort the results by clicking on the column header.
5. Rearrange the columns by dragging and dropping the column header.
6. Click Close to close the Port Optics (SFP) dialog box.
Refreshing port optics
To refresh port optics, click Refresh.
The Management application retrieves updated port optic information.
Port commissioning
NOTE
Port commissioning is only supported on FICON devices running Fabric OS 7.1 or later.
Port commissioning provides an automated mechanism to remove an E_Port or F_Port from use
(decommission) and to put it back in use (recommission). This feature identifies the target port and
communicates the intention to decommission or recommission the port to those systems within
the fabric affected by the action. Each affected system can agree or disagree with the action, and
these responses are automatically collected before a port is decommissioned or recommissioned.
Note the following restrictions of port commissioning:
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The local switch and the remote switch on the other end of the E_Port or F_Port must both be
running Fabric OS 7.1.0 or later.
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Port commissioning is not supported on links configured for encryption or compression.
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Port commissioning is not supported on ports with Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM),
Course Wave Division Multiplexing, or Time Division Multiplexing (TDM).
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E_Port commissioning requires that the lossless feature is enabled on both the local switch
and the remote switch.
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Fabric tracking must be enabled (refer to
on page 226) to maintain
the decommissioned port details (such as port type, device port WWN, and so on). Do not
accept changes in the Management application client.
z/OS requirements
You must meet the following requirements to configure port decommissioning and
recommissioning through the Management application.
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Make sure the z/OS is running 1.12 or later to support z/OS CIM and port decommissioning.
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Make sure there is a working CIMOM server on each logical partition (LPAR) that participates in
port decommissioning.
For more information, refer to the sections: Quick guide: CIM server setup and verification, CIM
server security setup, and Setting up the CIM server for storage management in the Common
Information Model User’s Guide, version 1 release 13 (part number: SC33-7998-08).
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Make sure you have System Modification Program/Extended (SMP/E), Resource Access
Control Facility (RACF), and UNIX systems services skills.