Table Of Contents

Symbols - A - B - C - D - E - F - H - I - L - M - N - P - R - S - T - V - W - X - Z

Index

Symbols

* (asterisk)

host time stamps 11-30

A

active zone sets

considerations 5-4

enabling distribution 5-14

B

BB_credits

FICON port swapping 11-37

broadcast

routing 7-12

Brocade

native interop mode 12-16

C

CIM

description 12-1, 12-2

displaying information 12-3

CIM servers

displaying information 12-3, 12-5

code pages

FICON text string formatting 11-20

company IDs

FC ID allocations 12-13

configuration

saving automatically for FICON 11-22

configuration files

FICON 11-33

Control Unit Port. See CUP in-band management

CUP in-band management

blocking restriction 11-25

description 11-42

displaying information 11-43

placing CUPs in zones 11-43

D

dead time intervals

configuring for FSPF 7-8

description 7-7

default VSANs

description 2-8

default zones

configuring access permissions 5-9

configuring QoS priorities 5-19

description 5-9

interoperability 12-16

policies 5-9

destination IDs

in-order delivery 7-13

path selection 2-10

device alias database

committing changes 6-6

disabling distribution 6-7

discarding changes 6-6

distribution to fabric 6-5

enabling distribution 6-7

merging 6-9

overriding fabric lock 6-7

device aliases

clearing statistics 6-9

comparison with zones (table) 6-4

creating 6-5

default settings 6-12

description 6-1

displaying information6-9to 6-11

features 6-3

modifying the database 6-4

requirements 6-3

device allegiance

FICON 11-22

domain IDs

configuring fcalias members 5-10

interoperability 12-16

DPVM

default settings 4-14

description 4-1

displaying configurations 4-10

enabling 4-2

requirements 4-2

sample configuration4-11to 4-14

DPVM databases

autolearned entries 4-4

clearing 4-5

comparing differences 4-9

configuring CFS distribution4-5to 4-8

copying 4-9

description 4-3

displaying 4-11

enabling autolearning 4-5

merging guidelines 4-8

drop latency time

configuring for FSPF in-order delivery 7-16

displaying information 7-17

Dynamic Port VSAN Membership. See DPVM

E

EBCDIC

FICON string format 11-20

enhanced zones

advantages over basic zones 5-30

broadcast frames 5-36

changing from basic zones 5-31

configuring default full database distribution 5-37

configuring default switch-wide zone policies 5-37

creating attribute groups 5-33

default settings 5-42

description 5-30

displaying information5-38to 5-40

enabling 5-32

merging databases 5-34

modifying database 5-33

E ports

FSPF topologies 7-2

recovering from link isolations 5-14

exchange IDs

in-order delivery 7-13

path selection 2-10

Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. See EBCDIC 11-20

F

Fabric-Device Management Interface. See FDMI

fabric login. See FLOGI

fabric pWWNs

zone membership 5-2

Fabric Shortest Path First. See FSPF

fabric WWNs. See fWWNs

fault tolerant fabrics

example (figure) 7-2

fcaliases

cloning 5-17

configuring for zones 5-10

creating 5-10

renaming 5-17

FC ID allocation

FICON implementation 11-14

FC IDs

allocating 12-13

allocating default company ID lists 12-14

allocating for FICON 11-14

allocation for HBAs 12-13

configuring fcalias members 5-10

FCIP

FICON support 11-4

reserving ports for FICON 11-13

FCIP interfaces

binding to FICON port numbers 11-24

FCP

intermixing protocols 11-5

fctimers

displaying configured values 12-10

distribution 12-8

FDMI

description 9-5

displaying database information 9-6

Fibre Channel

time out values12-5to 12-11

TOVs 12-6

Fibre Channel interfaces

displaying VSAN membership 2-8

Fibre Channel Protocol. See FCP

Fibre Connection. See FICON

FICON

advantages on MDS switches11-3to 11-7

automatic configuration save 11-23

basic configuration 11-16

cascading 11-7

clearing device allegiance 11-22

configuring11-15to 11-24

configuring ports11-24to 11-32

CUP in-band management 11-42

default settings 11-51

description11-1to 11-7

displaying information11-44to 11-51

FC4 protocols 11-2

FC ID allocations 11-14

FCIP support 11-4

host timestamp control 11-21

implemented ports 11-11

installed ports 11-11

manually enabling 11-19

MDS-supported features 11-5

PortChannel support 11-4

port numbering11-7to 11-14

port swapping11-36to 11-38

prohibited ports 11-48

saving configuration changes 11-22

tape acceleration11-38to ??

text string formatting codes 11-20

unimplemented port 11-11

VSAN offline state 11-42

FICON configuration files

applying to running configuration 11-33

copying 11-35

description 11-33

displaying 11-34

displaying information 11-46

editing 11-33

FICON port numbers

assigning to slots 11-12

default numbering scheme 11-8

displaying assignments 11-12

FCIP interfaces 11-13

implemented addresses 11-11

installed ports 11-11

logical interfaces 11-13

numbering guidelines 11-12

PortChannel interfaces 11-13

port swapping 11-10

reserved numbering scheme 11-11

unimplemented addresses 11-11

uninstalled ports 11-11

FICON ports

assigning address names 11-27

binding to FCIP interfaces 11-24

binding to PortChannels 11-24

blocking 11-25

configuring prohibiting default state 11-26

displaying address information 11-45

displaying administrative states 11-48

prohibiting 11-25

swapping configurations 11-37

FICON port swapping

guidelines 11-37

FICON tape acceleration

configuration considerations 11-40, 11-41

configuring 11-40

description 11-38

FICON tape read acceleration

configuring 11-41

FLOGI

description 9-1

displaying details 9-1

flow statistics

clearing 7-18

counting 7-18

description 7-17

displaying 7-18

FL ports

DPVM support 4-4

F ports

DPVM support 4-4

FSCN

displaying databases 10-3

FSPF

clearing counters 7-9

clearing VSAN counters 7-6

computing link cost 7-7

configuring globally7-4to 7-6

configuring Hello time intervals 7-7

configuring link cost 7-6

configuring on a VSAN 7-5

configuring on interfaces7-6to 7-9

dead time intervals 7-7

default settings 7-21

description 7-2

disabling 7-6

disabling on interfaces 7-9

disabling routing protocols 7-6

displaying database information 7-20

displaying global information 7-19

enabling 7-6

fail-over with PortChannels 7-3

fault tolerant fabrics 7-2

flow statistics7-17to 7-19

in-order delivery7-13to 7-17

interoperability 12-17

link state record defaults 7-4

multicast root switches 7-12

reconvergence times 7-2

redundant links 7-3

resetting configuration 7-5

resetting to defaults 7-5

retransmitting intervals 7-8

routing services 7-1

topology examples7-2to 7-4

FSPF multicast roots

configuring switches 7-12

FSPF routes

configuring 7-10

description 7-10

FSPF routing

multicast 7-12

full zone sets

considerations 5-4

enabling distribution 5-14

fWWNs

configuring fcalias members 5-10

Fx ports

VSAN membership 2-4

H

hard zoning

description 5-13

HBAs

device aliases 6-1

FC ID allocations 12-13

Hello time intervals

configuring for FSPF 7-7

description 7-7

host control

FICON 11-20

I

IBM PPRC

FICON support 11-4

in-band management

CUP 11-42

in-order delivery

configuring drop latency time 7-16

displaying status 7-15

enabling for VSANs 7-15

enabling globally 7-15

guidelines 7-14

reordering network frames 7-13

reordering PortChannel frames 7-14

interfaces

assigning to VSANs 2-7

configuring fcalias members 5-10

VSAN membership 2-7

interoperability

configuring interop mode 1 12-18

description 12-15

verifying status 12-20

VSANs 2-11

interop modes

configuring mode 1 12-18

default settings 12-24

description 12-16

IOD. See in-order delivery

IPv4 addresses

configuring fcalias members 5-10

IPv6 addresses

configuring fcalias members 5-2, 5-10

isolated VSANs

description 2-8

displaying membership 2-9

IVR

SDV limitations 3-12

L

link costs

configuring for FSPF 7-7

description 7-6

Link Incident Records. See LIRs

LIRs

description 11-27

load balancing

attributes 2-10

attributes for VSANs 2-5

configuring 2-11

description 2-10

guarantees 2-11

logical unit numbers. See LUNs

LUNs

displaying automatically discovered SCSI targets 10-4

displaying customized discovered SCSI targets 10-4

displaying discovered SCSI targets 10-3

LUN zoning

configuring 5-22

description 5-21

M

MAC addresses

configuring secondary 12-12

mainframes

FICON parameters 11-21

VSAN clock 11-21

McData

native interop mode 12-16

multicast root switches

configuring 7-12

description 7-12

N

name servers

displaying database entries 9-4

interoperability 12-17

LUN information 10-1

proxy feature 9-3

registering proxies 9-3

rejecting duplicate pWWNs 9-3

NL ports

hard zoning 5-13

zone enforcement 5-13

node world wide names. See nWWNs

N ports

hard zoning 5-13

zone enforcement 5-13

zone membership 5-2

See also Nx ports

nWWNs

DPVM 4-1

P

PLOGI

name server 9-4

port addresses

FICON 11-10

PortChannels

binding to FICON port numbers 11-24

configuring Fibre Channel routes 7-11

FICON support 11-4

in-order guarantee 7-14

interoperability 12-17

link changes 7-14

link failures 7-3

reserving ports for FICON 11-13

port numbers. See FICON port numbers

ports

VSAN membership 2-7

port swapping. See FICON port swapping

port world wide names. See pWWNs

prohibited ports

FICON 11-48

proxies

registering for name servers 9-3

pWWNs

configuring fcalias members 5-10

DPVM 4-1

rejecting duplicates 9-3

zone membership 5-2

R

read-only zones

configuration guidelines 5-23

configuring 5-23

default settings 5-42

description 5-23

redundancy

VSANs 2-4

redundant physical links

example (figure) 7-3

Registered Link Incident Reports. See RLIRs

Registered State Change Notifications. See RSCNs

retransmitting intervals

configuring for FSPF 7-8

description 7-8

RLIRs

clearing information 11-32

conditional receive 11-30

description 11-27

displaying information11-28to 11-32

specifying preferred host 11-27

route costs

computing 7-6

routing

multicast 7-12

See also broadcast routing

See also IP routing

routing protocols

disabling 7-6

RSCNs

clearing statistics 9-10

default settings 9-14

description 9-7

displaying information 9-8

multiple port IDs 9-9

suppressing domain format SW-RSCNs 9-9

RSCN timers

configuration distribution using CFS9-11to 9-14

configuring 9-10

displaying configuration 9-11

runtime checks

static routes 7-10

S

scalability

VSANs 2-4

SCSI LUNs

customized discovery 10-2

discovering targets 10-1

displaying information 10-2

starting discoveries 10-2

SDV

IVR limitations 3-12

secondary MAC addresses

configuring 12-12

small computer system interface. See SCSI

SNMP

FICON control 11-22

soft zoning

description 5-13

See also zoning

source IDs

in-order delivery 7-13

path selection 2-10

SPF

computational hold times 7-4

static routes

runtime checks 7-10

storage devices

access control 5-1

T

tape acceleration

FICON11-38to ??

TE ports

FSPF topologies 7-2

interoperability 12-17

recovering from link isolations 5-14

time out values. See TOVs

timestamps

FICON host control 11-21

TOVs

configuring across all VSANs 12-6

configuring for a VSAN 12-7

default settings 12-24

interoperability 12-16

ranges 12-5

traffic isolation

VSANs 2-4

trunking

interoperability 12-16

trunking ports

associated with VSANs 2-7

V

VSAN IDs

description 2-5

range 2-4

VSAN membership 2-4

VSANs

advantages 2-3

broadcast addresses 7-12

clocks 11-21

comparison with zones (table) 2-4

configuring2-6to ??

configuring FSPF 7-4

default settings 2-12

default VSANs 2-8

deleting 2-9

description2-1to 2-4

displaying configuration 2-11

displaying membership 2-7, 2-8

displaying usage 2-12

fabric optimization for FICON 11-3

FC IDs 2-1

features 2-1

FICON-enabled 2-11, 11-42

flow statistics 7-17

FSPF 7-5

FSPF connectivity 7-2

interop mode 12-17

isolated 2-8

load balancing 2-10

load balancing attributes 2-5

multiple zones 5-4

names 2-5

name server 9-3

operational states 2-9

port membership 2-7

states 2-5

timer configuration 12-7

TOVs 12-6

traffic isolation 2-3

trunking ports 2-7

W

world wide names. See WWNs

WWNs

configuring 12-11

displaying information 12-11

link initialization 12-12

secondary MAC addresses 12-12

X

XRC

FICON support 11-4

Z

zone attribute groups

cloning 5-17

zone databases

release locks 5-33

zones

access control 5-7

adding to zone sets 5-11

analyzing 5-41

assigning LUNs to storage subsystems 5-22

changing from enhanced zones 5-32

cloning 5-17

compacting for downgrading 5-40

comparison with device aliases (table) 6-4

comparison with VSANs (table) 2-4

configuring5-6to 5-11

configuring aliases 5-10

configuring broadcasting 5-20

configuring fcaliases 5-10

CUPs 11-43

default policies 5-2

default settings 5-42

displaying information5-24to 5-30

enforcing restrictions 5-13

exporting databases 5-15

features 5-1, 5-3

importing databases 5-15

LUN-based 5-21

membership using pWWNs 2-4

renaming 5-17

See also default zones

See also enhanced zones

See also hard zoning; soft zoning

See also LUN zoning

See also read-only zones

See also zoning; zone sets

zone server databases

clearing 5-17

zone sets

activating 5-9

adding member zones 5-11

analyzing 5-41

cloning 5-17

configuring5-7to 5-10

considerations 5-4

copying 5-16

creating 5-8, 5-11

default settings 5-42

displaying information5-24to 5-30

distributing configuration 5-13

enabling distribution 5-14

exporting 5-15

exporting databases 5-15

features 5-1

importing 5-15

importing databases 5-15

one-time distribution 5-14

recovering from link isolations 5-14

renaming 5-17

See also active zone sets

See also active zone sets; full zone sets

See also zones; zoning

zone traffic priorities

configuring 5-18

description 5-18

zoning

configuring broadcasting 5-20

description 5-1

example 5-2

implementation 5-3

See also LUN zoning

See also zones; zone sets