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

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Clearing the FICON management database

5. Enable FMS mode using the ficonCupSet fmsmode enable command.

For more information on these Fabric OS commands, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

FICON and blade support for addressing modes

Note the following considerations about FICON and blade support on logical switches in DCX

systems:

• On default logical switches (and non-Virtual-Fabrics switches), FICON is not supported if

address mode 1 (dynamic address mode) is enabled.

• Address mode 1 is not supported if FICON CUP is enabled on the default logical switch.

• On default logical switches with an address mode other than mode 1, any 48-port and 64-port

blades are disabled.

Moving ports to a logical switch

Ports moved into a logical switch will have the following states based on the Active=Saved (ASM) bit

setting:

NOTE

You cannot issue the portCfgPersistentDisable command if FMS mode is enabled. When FMS mode

is enabled, use the portDisable command.

• If the ASM bit is on and the port is blocked in the initial program load (IPL) file, the port

becomes persistently disabled. The port displays as persistently disabled through the

portCfgPersistentDisable command and remains blocked in the IPL file.

• If the ASM bit is on and the port is unblocked in the IPL file, the port becomes persistently

disabled. The port displays as persistently disabled through the portCfgPersistentDisable

command, but is blocked in the IPL file.

• If the ASM bit is off and the port is blocked in the IPL file, the port will become persistently

disabled. The port displays as persistently disabled through the portCfgPersistentDisable

command and remains blocked in the IPL file.

• If the ASM bit is off and the port is unblocked in the IPL file, the port will become persistently

disabled. The port does not display as persistently disabled through the

portCfgPersistentDisable command and remains unblocked in the IPL file.

Port swap limitations

For limitations for port swapping on logical switches and when FMS mode is enabled, refer to “Port

swap limitations” on page 42.

Clearing the FICON management database

Perform the following steps to clear RLIR and RNID records from the FICON management database.

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.

2. Enter ficonClear rlir to remove all the RLIR records from the local RLIR database.