FICON Administrator's Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001771-01, June 2010)

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Configuring switched point-to-point FICON

9. Enter the switchEnable command to set the switch online.

10. Enter the trackChanges command to track all changes. If not set, only changes deemed errors

are logged.

11. Enter the fabricPrincipal command on the switch you want to be the principal switch.

In cascaded fabrics, only one switch should be principal. In core-edge designs, the director

class switch should be principle.

Per-frame route priority 0 Do not change.

Long-distance fabric 0 Do not change. The recommended best practice is to

configure individual ports for long distance when

cascading at extended distances.

BB credit 16 Do not change. This parameter has been deprecated.

BB credit settings should be set on a per port basis.

Insistent Domain ID mode Yes Recommended best practice is to set the domain ID to

be insistent. Setting the insistent domain ID is required

for 2-byte addressing.

Virtual Channel parameters No Do not change.

F-Port login parameters No With FOS 6.1.0 and later it is not necessary to make

any changes to F_Port login parameters. The only other

reason to answer yes (y) to this prompt is if NPIV is

being used and there is a need to change the default

number of NPIV logins.

Maximum logins per switch Change this only if NPIV is being used and the number

of fabric logins will exceed the default or there is a

need to limit the number of logins.

Maximum logins per port Change this only if NPIV is being used and the number

of port logins will exceed the default or there is a need

to limit the number of logins.

Maximum logins per second FOS 6.1.0b and later – Do not change. Leave at

default.

NOTE: The default value is incorrectly shown as 0.

Zoning operation parameters No

RSCN transmission mode No

Arbitrated Loop parameters No

System services No

Portlog events enable No

SSL attributes No

RPCD attributes No

cfgload attributes No

Web Tools attributes No

System No

TABLE 2 FICON switch parameters (Continued)

Parameter Response Comment