Specifications

Preface

This IBM Redbook discusses how to install, tailor, and configure the McDATA Intrepid FICON

Director, in conjunction with the FICON topologies supported by zSeries and 9672

Generation 5 and Generation 6 servers. It focuses on the hardware installation as well as the

software definitions needed to provide connectivity for supported FICON environments.

This redbook provides planning information and FICON Director setup information. Also

included are helpful utilities for monitoring and managing the McDATA Intrepid FICON

Director environment.

This document is intended for system engineers, SAN administrators, and system

programmers who will plan and install McDATA Intrepid FICON Directors. A good background

in systems planning, hardware and cabling infrastructure planning, and zSeries I/O definitions

(HCD or IOCP), as well as Fibre Channel or FICON Directors is assumed.

The team that wrote this redbook

This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the

International Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center.

Bill White is a Project Leader and Senior Networking Specialist at the International

Technical Support Organization, Poughkeepsie Center.

Wolfgang Fries is a Senior Consultant in the zSeries Support Center in Germany. He has 25

years of experience in supporting large zSeries and S/390 customers. His area of expertise

include zSeries servers and connectivity.

Manfred Lindenau is a S/390 and zSeries specialist in Germany. He has 23 years of

experience in IBM Large Systems Technical Support and currently works in the German

Support Center in Mainz. His areas of expertise include S/390 and zSeries channel

subsystems and Parallel, ESCON, and FICON interfaces.

Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Robert Haimowitz

International Technical Support Organization, Raleigh Center

Dan Elmendorf

IBM zSeries Planning

Charles Hubert

Brian Jacobs

IBM FICON Development

Ron Peck

IBM FICON Director Program Manager

Dean Armand, Neal Fausett, Guy McConnell, Jesus Perez, Barbara Sewell, Larry Shane

McDATA Corporation