Enabling FICON on a VSAN
To create a FICON-enabled VSAN using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
You see the Create VSAN dialog box.
- Select the switches you want to be in the VSAN.
- Enter a VSAN ID.
- Enter the name of the VSAN, if desired.
- Select the type of load balancing, the interop value, and the administrative state for this VSAN.
- Check the FICON check box.
Note You cannot enable interop modes on FICON-enabled VSANs.
- Check the option, if appropriate, to enable fabric binding for the selected switches.
- Check the All Ports Prohibited option if all ports in this VSAN are prohibited.
- Click Create to create the VSAN.
- Choose Tools > Device Manager to open Device Manager for each switch in the FICON VSAN.
- Choose FC > VSANs.
- Enter the VSAN membership information.
- Click the VSAN you want to become a FICON VSAN and select Add from the FICON drop-down menu.
- Click Apply to save these changes.
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