Getting started with the INRANGE FC/9000 FICON Director / Bill White, Wolfgang Fries, Manfred Lindenau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Bill.

Contributor:

Fries, Wolfgang.

Lindenau, Manfred.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fibre Channel (Standard).

Computer input-output equipment.

Storage area networks (Computer networks).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This IBM Redbooks publication discusses how to install, tailor, and configure the INRANGE FC/9000 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 book provides planning information and FICON Director setup information. Also included are helpful utilities for monitoring and managing the INRANGE FC/9000 FICON Director environment. This document is intended for system engineers, SAN administrators, and system programmers who will plan and install INRANGE FC/9000 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.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Basic Fibre Channel terminology

1.2 FICON overview

1.2.1 FICON channel architecture

1.2.2 FICON channel support

1.3 FICON channel topology

1.3.1 Switched point-to-point configuration

1.3.2 Cascaded FICON Director configuration

Chapter 2. Technical description

2.1 Introduction to the FICON Director

2.1.1 FICON Director overview

2.1.2 Management capabilities

2.1.3 Hardware components

2.1.4 FICON Director configurations

2.2 IN-VSN Enterprise Manager (EM)

2.2.1 PC hardware for IN-VSN EM server

2.3 FICON cascading activation feature

2.4 Control Unit Port (CUP)

Chapter 3. Pre-installation planning

3.1 Planning considerations

3.2 Physical port layout

3.3 IP addressing and connectivity

3.4 Switch numbering

3.5 Binding and Insistent Domain IDs

3.6 Zoning

3.7 Cables and connectors

3.8 FICON channel support for zSeries and 9672 G5/G6 servers

3.8.1 FICON channel distances

3.8.2 FICON channel to control unit characteristics

Chapter 4. Setting up the IN-VSN Enterprise Manager environment

4.1 Installation and setup

4.2 Usage options

4.2.1 Fabrics

4.2.2 Node and port information

4.2.3 Users

4.2.4 AuditTrail

4.2.5 EventLog

Chapter 5. Configuring the FICON Director

5.1 Setting up a FICON Director

5.2 Activating the High Integrity feature

5.3 Enabling the Control Unit Port (CUP)

5.4 Building a fabric

5.5 Port configuration

5.5.1 Defining port names and blocking ports

5.6 Port WWN Device Names Configuration

5.7 Zoning

5.7.1 Creating a zone set

5.7.2 Creating a zone and adding zone members

5.7.3 Adding zones to a zone set

5.7.4 Activating a zone set.

5.8 Verifying and backing up the configuration

Appendix A. Useful procedures

Setting up a HyperTerminal session

Altering IP address in FCM module

Installing EM Server/Client application

Upgrading Director firmware

Installing Turbo TFTP software

5.8.1 Defining Turbo TFTP program properties

5.8.2 Starting Turbo TFTP service

Appendix B. Chassis and port location

Chassis location

Physical port location

Appendix C. FICON Director configuration worksheet

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other resources

Referenced Web sites

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"March 2003."

"SG24-6858-00."

OCLC:

137342232