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

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Configuring switched point-to-point FICON

12. Enter the portCfgLongDistance command for ports with fiber connections exceeding 10 km.

For ports with fiber connections exceeding 10 km, configuring the port for long distance mode

increases the number of buffer-to-buffer (BB) credits available on that port. If you have any

Extended Fabrics links, enable VC translation link initialization to stabilize them. Refer to the

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for details on this option of the portCfgLongDistance

command.

13. Configure the fill word for all 8 Gbps ports using the portcfgfillword command. The following

example shows the command with recommended mode 3 and passive operands set:

portcfgfillword slot/port, 3 passive

NOTE

This command is only supported on 8 Gbps FC ports. For more information, refer to the

portcfgfillword command in the Fabric OS Command Reference.

14. Enter the defZone

--noaccess command to disable the default zone.

15. Configure zoning for your fabric.

Follow standard FICON zoning practices published by IBM. For more information on zoning,

refer to the administrator’s guide for your management tool.

16. Enter the statsClear command to clear port statistics.

17. Enter the switchShow command to verify that the switch and devices are online.

18. Enter the ficonShow rnid command to verify that the FICON

devices are registered with the

switch. Enter this command only if fabric binding is enabled; otherwise, channels will be

attached as invalid. The ficonShow rnid <port> command displays rnid information for a port. T

19. Enter the ficonShow lirr command to verify that the FICON

host channels are registered to

listen for link incidents. Enter this command only if fabric binding is enabled; otherwise,

channels will be attached as invalid.

20. Enter the configUpload command to save your FICON configuration.

21. Enter the command appropriate for your environment:

• If you do not have access to an FTP server, use a Telnet session that can log console

output and enter the supportShow command to save a FICON baseline.

• If you have access to an FTP server, enter the supportSave command to save the FICON

baseline of your switch.

22. Take the appropriate action based on your configuration:

• If you have a cascaded configuration, continue configuring your switches using the

instructions in “Configuring cascaded FICON” on page 25.

• If you have and plan to use a CUP license, continue configuring your switches using the

instructions in “Configuring FICON CUP” on page 37.

• If you have a switched point-to-point configuration, you have completed the switch

configuration.