Getting started with the McData Intrepid FICON director

Getting started with the McData Intrepid FICON director

This IBM Redbooks publication 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: White, Bill (-)
Autor Corporativo: International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization (-)
Otros Autores: Fries, Wolfgang, Lindenau, Manfred
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Poughkeepsie, NY : IBM, International Technical Support Organization 2003.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:IBM redbooks.
Materias:
Fibre Channel (Standard)
Computer input-output equipment.
Storage area networks (Computer networks)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Notices
  • Trademarks
  • Preface
  • The team that wrote this redbook
  • Become a published author
  • Comments welcome
  • 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 EFC Server hardware requirements
  • 2.1.4 Hardware components
  • 2.1.5 FICON Director configurations
  • 2.1.6 FICON SANtegrity feature
  • 2.1.7 Control Unit Port (CUP)
  • Chapter 3. Pre-installation planning
  • 3.1 Planning recommendations
  • 3.2 Physical port layout
  • 3.3 IP addressing and connectivity
  • 3.4 Switch numbering
  • 3.5 Binding and Insistent Domain ID
  • 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 EFC Server environment
  • 4.1 Installation and setup
  • 4.2 Usage options
  • 4.2.1 Products
  • 4.2.2 Fabrics
  • 4.2.3 Users
  • 4.2.4 Logs
  • 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
  • 5.4.1 Switch Binding
  • 5.5 Port configuration
  • 5.5.1 Defining Nicknames
  • 5.5.2 Defining port names and blocking ports
  • 5.5.3 Configuring a port
  • 5.6 Zoning
  • 5.6.1 Creating a zone
  • 5.6.2 Creating a zone set
  • 5.6.3 Activating a zone set
  • 5.7 Verifying and backing up the configuration
  • Appendix A. Useful procedures
  • Setting up a HyperTerminal session.
  • Altering an IP address in a CTP card
  • Installing EFC Manager server software
  • Installing EFC Management client software
  • Upgrading Director firmware
  • Appendix B. Port location and mapping
  • Intrepid port numbering
  • Intrepid 6064 port address mapping
  • Intrepid 6140 port address mapping
  • 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.

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