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

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Displaying FICON emulation performance statistics
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3. Use the command appropriate for your switch or blade model:
• For the Brocade 7500 switch or FR4-18i, use the portCfg ficon modify command.
• For the Brocade 7800 switch or FX8-24, use the portCfg fciptunnel modify command.
4. Make matching FICON emulation changes to both ends of the tunnel.
5. Enable the FCIP tunnel.
Displaying FICON emulation performance statistics
You can use the portShow ficon command to view the performance statistics and monitor the
behavior of FICON emulation. You do not need to disable any feature to display statistics.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portShow ficon command to display the statistics.
Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference for more information on the variables you can use
to display the various FICON statistics.
FICON emulation monitoring
The -emul argument for the portShow ficon command can be used to monitor FICON emulation.
The following is an example.
switch:admin> portshow ficon ge1 0 -emul
XRC and Tape statistics are presented differently in output formats. The following elements are
common to both Tape Emulation and XRC Emulation outputs:
FDCB ptr A pointer to the FICON Device Control Block. Support personnel may use this
pointer.
Path The device path, in the format VE-HD-HP-DD-DP-LP-CU-DV. where:
• VE is the internal VE_Port number.
• HD is the hex value for the Host Domain (the entry domain for this host
port into the fabric).
• HP is the hex value for the Host Port (the entry port of this host
connection into the fabric).
• DD is the hex value for the Device Domain (the entry domain for this
device into the fabric).
• DP is the hex value for the Device Port (the entry port for this device
connection into the fabric).
• LP is the Logical Partition (LPAR) value for the host accessing the specific
device.
• CU is the Control Unit number (CUADDR) for the specific FICON
connection.
• DV is the Device Number of this FICON connected device.