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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 7-3
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
FICON Overview
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Table 7-1 summarizes the Fabric OS CLI commands that can be used for managing FICON fabrics. For
detailed information on these commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
Table 7-1 Fabric OS Commands Related to FICON and FICON CUP
Command Description
Standard Fabric OS commands:
configure Sets the domain ID and the insistent domain ID mode.
portSwap Swaps ports.
portSwapDisable Disables the portSwap command.
portSwapEnable Enables the portSwap command.
portSwapShow Displays information about swapped ports.
Commands specific to FICON:
ficonclear rlir Removes all RLIR records from the local RLIR database.
ficonclear rnid Removes all outdated RNID records from the local RNID database.
ficonshow ilir [fabric] Displays FRU failure information on the local switch or on the fabric.
ficonshow lirr [fabric] Displays registered listeners for link incidents for the local switch or for
the fabric.
ficonshow rlir [fabric] Displays link incidents for the local switch or for the fabric.
ficonshow rnid [fabric] Displays node identification data for all devices registered with the local
switch or all devices registered with all switches defined in the fabric.
ficonshow switchrnid
[fabric]
Displays node identification data for the local switch or for the fabric.
Commands specific to FICON CUP:
ficoncupset fmsmode Sets FICON Management Server mode on or off for the switch.
ficoncupset modereg Sets the mode register bits for the switch.
ficoncupshow fmsmode Displays the FICON Management Server mode setting for the switch.
ficoncupshow modereg Displays the mode register bit settings for the switch.
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The Fabric OS CLI supports only a subset of the Brocade management features for FICON fabrics. The
full set of FICON CUP administrative procedures is available using the Brocade Fabric Manager and
Web Tools software features. You can also use an SNMP agent and the FICON
Management Information
Base (MIB). For information on these tools, refer to:
• Web Tools—Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
• Fabric Manager—Fabric Manager User’s Guide
• SNMP Agent and FICON Management Information Base (MIB)—Fabric OS MIB Reference
Manual