HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

206 FICON and CUP
Identifying ports that have completed the RNID exchange
1. Select a fabric from the SAN Elements tab.
2. Click Device Ports.
The Device Ports view is displayed.
3. Check the value in the Capability column in the Device Ports view.
The Capability column identifies ports that have completed the RNID exchange with a value of FICON.
Monitoring link incidents
Problems that occur on links between a host and the switch, or between the storage CUP and the switch
are known as link incidents. Any FRU failures are called implicit link incidents. Table 22 lists the types of
link and implicit link incidents.
Table 22 Type of link and implicit link incidents
To monitor link and implicit link incidents:
1. Select a switch from the SAN Elements tab.
2. Click Events.
The Events view opens.
3. Check the value in the EventSrc column in the Events view:
The EventSrc column identifies the source of link incidents as FICON or MSFICON. The source of implicit
link incidents is identified as EM or FW.
Link incidents Implicit link incidents (FRU failures)
• Bit-error-rate threshold exceeded
• Loss of signal or synchronization
• Non-operational primitive sequence
(NOS) recognized
• Primitive sequence time-out
• Invalid primitive sequence for port state
• WWN card
• Power supply
• System hardware slot
• Fan