Brocade FICON Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 (53-1002753-01, March 2013)

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FICON overview

• Insistent (IDID)

Disables the dynamic domain ID feature and only allows the switch to use a pre-set domain ID.

All switches in a fabric must have a unique domain ID. An insistent domain ID is required with

2-byte addressing. IDID is required for cascaded FICON configurations.

• Link incident detection, registration, and reporting

Provides administrative and diagnostic information.

• Swap port area IDs (PIDs) of physical ports

Redirects resources from a failed port to a healthy port without changing the mainframe

hardware configuration definition (HCD) settings. This feature, also called “port swapping,” is

available for both FICON

and open system environments. Swapping PIDs on ports resolves

situations in which the hardware has failed and the channel configurations cannot be changed

quickly. This feature has minimal or no impact on other switch features.

• Switch connection control (SCC) policy

Includes switch binding security methods that prevent unauthorized switches from joining a

fabric. SCC policy is required for cascaded FICON configurations and whenever 2-byte

addressing is used.

• Traffic Isolation (TI) Zones and Enhanced TI Zones

TI Zones are used to direct traffic across links through a specified path. Enhanced TI Zones

allow you to have ports in more than one TI Zone and to program domain controller routes to

destination domains for F-class traffic, ensuring fabric stability.

NOTE

For more detail on these features and configuration procedures, refer to the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide.

Brocade management tools provide further support:

• Brocade Network Advisor

Brocade Network Advisor is an optional software program that can be used to manage a fabric

that supports FICON and FCP devices and traffic. This is the recommended GUI management

tool for FICON environments on B-series enterprise-class switches. For more information on

Brocade Network Advisor refer to the manual appropriate for your version requirements:

- Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual

- Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual

• Fabric OS MIB Reference

The MIB reference provides information and procedures on setting up the SNMP agent and

FICON Management Information Base (MIB) on your switch.

• Web Tools

Web Tools is an embedded GUI management tool that can be used to manage a Brocade

switch or Backbone that supports FICON and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) devices and traffic.

For more information on Web Tools, refer to the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.

NOTE

Some licenses are installed and activated on the switch at the factory. Use a Brocade management

interface to verify that the required licenses are installed and activated on the switch.