- Index
- New and Changed Information
- Preface
- Fabric Overview
- Configuring and Managing VSANs
- SAN Device Virtualization
- Creating Dynamic VSANs
- Configuring and Managing Zones
- Distributing Device Alias Services
- Configuring FCoE
- Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols
- Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- Managing FLOGI, Name Server, FDMI, and RSCN Databases
- Discovering SCSI Targets
- Configuring FICON
- Advanced Features and Concepts
Index
A
active zone sets
considerations 5-4
enabling distribution 5-28
aliases
switching between global device aliases and FC aliases 6-8
B
BB_credits
FICON port swapping 12-32
broadcast
routing 8-14
Brocade
native interop mode 13-9
C
CIM
configuring 13-1
description 13-1
Cisco SAN-OS features
changed (table) i-xiv
new (table) i-xiv
code pages
FICON text string formatting 12-19
Common Information Model. See CIM
company IDs
FC ID allocations 13-7
configuration
saving automatically for FICON 12-23
configuration files
FICON 12-29
Control Unit Port. See CUP in-band management
CUP in-band management
blocking restriction 12-25
description 12-38
D
dead time intervals
configuring for FSPF 8-8
description 8-8
default VSANs
description 2-8
default zones
configuring 5-22
configuring policies 5-40
configuring QoS priorities 5-39
description 5-21
interoperability 13-9
policies 5-21
destination IDs
in-order delivery 8-15
path selection 2-11
device alias database
committing changes 6-6
discarding changes 6-7
distribution to fabric 6-5
merging 6-8
device aliases
clearing statistics 6-8
comparison with zones (table) 6-4
default settings 6-9
description 6-1
features 6-3
modifying the database 6-4
requirements 6-3
documentation
additional publications i-xvii
related documents i-xvii
domain IDs
configuring fcalias members 5-22
interoperability 13-9
DPVM
default settings 4-15
description 4-1
enabling 4-2
requirements 4-2
using DPVM Setup Wizard (procedure) 4-2
DPVM databases
autolearned entries 4-8
clearing 4-9
comparing differences 4-14
configuring CFS distribution4-10to 4-13
copying 4-14
description 4-5
enabling autolearning 4-9
merging guidelines 4-13
drop latency time
configuring 8-18
Dynamic Port VSAN Membership. See DPVM
E
EBCDIC
FICON string format 12-19
enhanced zones
advantages over basic zones 5-45
changing from basic zones 5-46
creating attribute groups 5-47
default settings 5-50
description 5-45
enabling 5-47
merging databases 5-47
E ports
FSPF topologies 8-2
recovering from link isolations 5-29
exchange IDs
in-order delivery 8-15
path selection 2-11
Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. See EBCDIC 12-19
F
Fabric-Device Management Interface. See FDMI
Fabric Manager features
changed (table) i-xiv
new (table) i-xiv
fabric pWWNs
zone membership 5-2
Fabric Shortest Path First. See FSPF
fault tolerant fabrics
example (figure) 8-2
fcaliases
adding members 5-23
cloning 5-36
configuring for zones 5-22
creating 5-23
renaming 5-35
FC ID allocation
FICON implementation 12-14
FC IDs
allocating 13-7
allocating default company ID lists 13-8
allocating for FICON 12-14
allocation for HBAs 13-7
configuring fcalias members 5-22
FCIP
FICON support 12-5
reserving ports for FICON 12-13
configuring 7-1
Device Manager 7-4
Fabric Manager 7-3
enabling 7-2
FCoE Initialization Protocol 7-1
FCP
intermixing protocols 12-5
fctimers
distribution 13-4
FDMI
description 10-4
displaying database information 10-4
Fibre Channel
TOVs 13-3
Fibre Channel over Ethernet 1-3, 7-1
Fibre Channel Protocol. See FCP
FICON
advantages on MDS switches12-3to 12-7
automatic configuration save 12-23
basic configuration 12-16
calculating flow load balance (procedure) 12-40
cascading 12-7
configuration files12-28to 12-31
configuring ports12-24to 12-28
CUP in-band management 12-38
default settings 12-43
displaying information12-41to 12-43
FC4 protocols 12-2
FC ID allocations 12-14
FCIP support 12-5
host timestamp control 12-22
implemented ports 12-11
installed ports 12-12
manually enabling 12-18
MDS-supported features 12-5
PortChannel support 12-5
saving configuration changes 12-23
suspending a VSAN 12-19
tape acceleration12-33to 12-37
text string formatting codes 12-19
unimplemented port 12-11
VSAN offline state 12-19
FICON configuration files
applying to running configuration 12-29
copying 12-31
description 12-29
displaying 12-30
editing 12-30
view latest information 12-30
FICON port numbers
assigning to slots 12-13
default numbering scheme 12-8
FCIP interfaces 12-13
implemented addresses 12-11
installed ports 12-12
logical interfaces 12-13
numbering guidelines 12-12
PortChannel interfaces 12-13
port swapping 12-11
reserved numbering scheme 12-11
unimplemented addresses 12-11
uninstalled ports 12-12
FICON ports
assigning address names using Device Manager 12-27
blocking 12-25
displaying address information 12-42
prohibiting 12-26
swapping configurations 12-33
FICON port swapping
configuring (procedure) 12-33
guidelines 12-32
FICON tape acceleration
configuration considerations 12-35
configuring 12-35
description 12-33
FIP 7-1
FLOGI
description 10-1
displaying details 10-1
FL ports
DPVM support 4-8
F ports
DPVM support 4-8
FSPF
computing link cost 8-7
configuring Hello time intervals 8-7
configuring link cost 8-6
configuring on interfaces8-6to 8-10
dead time intervals 8-8
default settings 8-19
description 8-2
disabling on interfaces 8-9
disabling routing protocols 8-6
displaying databases 8-10
fail-over with PortChannels 8-3
fault tolerant fabrics 8-2
flow statistics??to 8-19
interoperability 13-10
link state record defaults 8-4
multicast root switches 8-14
reconvergence times 8-2
redundant links 8-3
retransmitting intervals 8-8
routing services 8-1
FSPF multicast roots
configuring switches 8-14
FSPF routes
configuring 8-12
description 8-12
FSPF routing
multicast 8-14
full zone sets
considerations 5-4
enabling distribution 5-28
fWWNs
configuring fcalias members 5-22
Fx ports
VSAN membership 2-4
H
hard zoning
description 5-27
HBAs
device aliases 6-1
FC ID allocations 13-7
Hello time intervals
configuring for FSPF 8-8
description 8-7
host control
FICON 12-21
I
IBM PPRC
FICON support 12-5
in-band management
CUP 12-38
in-order delivery
configuring drop latency time 8-18
enabling for VSANs 8-18
enabling globally 8-18
guidelines 8-17
reordering network frames 8-15
reordering PortChannel frames 8-16
interfaces
assigning to VSANs 2-8
configuring fcalias members 5-22
VSAN membership 2-7
interoperability
configuring interop mode 1 13-11
description 13-8
verifying status 13-12
VSANs 2-12
interop modes
configuring mode 1 13-11
default settings 13-13
description 13-9
IPv4 addresses
configuring fcalias members 5-22
IPv6 addresses
configuring fcalias members 5-2, 5-22
isolated VSANs
description 2-8
displaying membership 2-9
IVR
SDV limitations 3-9
L
link costs
configuring for FSPF 8-7
description 8-6
Link Incident Records. See LIRs
LIRs
description 12-27
load balancing
attributes 2-11
attributes for VSANs 2-5
configuring 2-11
description 2-11
logical unit numbers. See LUNs
LUN zoning
configuring 5-42
description 5-41
M
MAC addresses
configuring secondary 13-6
mainframes
FICON parameters 12-22
VSAN clock 12-22
McData
native interop mode 13-9
multicast root switches
configuring 8-14
description 8-14
N
name servers
displaying database entries 10-3
interoperability 13-10
LUN information 11-1
proxy feature 10-2
registering proxies 10-2
rejecting duplicate pWWNs 10-3
NL ports
hard zoning 5-27
zone enforcement 5-27
node world wide names. See nWWNs
N ports
hard zoning 5-27
zone enforcement 5-27
zone membership 5-2
nWWNs
DPVM 4-1
P
PLOGI
name server 10-3
port addresses
FICON 12-11
PortChannels
FICON support 12-5
in-order guarantee 8-16
interoperability 13-10
link changes 8-16
link failures 8-3
reserving ports for FICON 12-13
ports
VSAN membership 2-7
port swapping. See FICON port swapping
port world wide names. See pWWNs
proxies
registering for name servers 10-2
pWWNs
configuring fcalias members 5-22
DPVM 4-1
rejecting duplicates 10-3
zone membership 5-2
R
read-only zones
configuration guidelines 5-43
configuring 5-44
default settings 5-50
description 5-43
redundancy
VSANs 2-4
redundant physical links
example (figure) 8-3
Registered Link Incident Reports. See RLIRs
Registered State Change Notifications. See RSCNs
retransmitting intervals
configuring for FSPF 8-9
description 8-8
RLIRs
description 12-27
displaying information (procedure) 12-27
route costs
computing 8-6
routing
multicast 8-14
RSCNs
clearing statistics 10-7
default settings 10-8
description 10-5
displaying information 10-5
multiple port IDs 10-6
runtime checks
static routes 8-12
S
scalability
VSANs 2-4
SCSI
displaying LUN discovery results 11-3
SCSI LUNs
customized discovery 11-2
discovering targets 11-1
displaying information 11-3
starting discoveries 11-2
SDV
IVR limitations 3-9
secondary MAC addresses
configuring 13-6
small computer system interface. See SCSI
SNMP
FICON control 12-22
soft zoning
description 5-27
source IDs
in-order delivery 8-15
path selection 2-11
SPF
computational hold times 8-4
static routes
runtime checks 8-12
storage devices
access control 5-1
T
tape acceleration
TE ports
FSPF topologies 8-2
interoperability 13-10
recovering from link isolations 5-29
timestamps
FICON host control 12-22
TOVs
configuring across all VSANs 13-2
configuring for a VSAN 13-3
default settings 13-13
interoperability 13-9
ranges 13-2
traffic isolation
VSANs 2-4
trunking
interoperability 13-9
trunking ports
associated with VSANs 2-8
V
virtual interface
limitations 7-1
VSAN IDs
description 2-5
range 2-4
VSAN membership 2-4
VSANs
advantages 2-3
broadcast addresses 8-14
clocks 12-22
comparison with zones (table) 2-4
configuring2-6to ??
configuring FSPF 8-4
default settings 2-18
default VSANs 2-8
deleting 2-9
fabric optimization for FICON 12-3
FC IDs 2-1
features 2-1
FICON-enabled 2-12
FSPF connectivity 8-2
interop mode 13-10
isolated 2-8
load balancing 2-11
load balancing attributes 2-5
multiple zones 5-4
names 2-5
name server 10-2
operational states 2-9
port membership 2-7
states 2-5
suspending for FICON 12-19
timer configuration 13-3
traffic isolation 2-3
trunking ports 2-8
W
wizards
Quick Config Wizard 5-7
WWNs
configuring 13-5
displaying information 13-6
link initialization 13-6
secondary MAC addresses 13-6
X
XRC
FICON support 12-5
Z
zone attribute groups
cloning 5-36
zone databases
migrating a non-MDS database 5-37
zone members
adding to zones 5-14
converting to pWWN members 5-25
displaying information 5-21
zones
access control 5-16
adding zone members 5-14
assigning LUNs to storage subsystems 5-43
backing up (procedure) 5-32
changing from enhanced zones 5-46
cloning 5-36
compacting for downgrading 5-49
comparison with device aliases (table) 6-4
comparison with VSANs (table) 2-4
configuring aliases 5-22
configuring broadcasting 5-40
configuring fcaliases 5-22
default policies 5-2
default settings 5-50
editing full zone databases 5-11
enforcing restrictions 5-27
exporting databases 5-30
importing databases 5-29
LUN-based 5-41
membership using pWWNs 2-4
renaming 5-35
restoring (procedure) 5-32
viewing information 5-44
See also hard zoning; soft zoning
zone server databases
clearing 5-37
zone sets
activating 5-18
cloning 5-36
considerations 5-4
copying 5-31
creating 5-16
default settings 5-50
distributing configuration 5-28
enabling distribution 5-28
exporting 5-30
exporting databases 5-30
features 5-1
importing 5-30
importing databases 5-29
one-time distribution 5-29
recovering from link isolations 5-29
renaming 5-35
viewing information 5-44
See also active zone sets; full zone sets
zone traffic priorities
description 5-38
zoning
configuring broadcasting 5-40
description 5-1
example 5-2
implementation 5-3