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Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual 1315

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Cascaded FICON fabric

NOTE

To enable DLS, all switches in the fabric must be 8 Gbps or faster and running Fabric OS 6.4 or

later.

NOTE

You must enable FMS mode for logical fabrics running Fabric OS 7.3.0 or later.

• (Optional) Turns on FICON Management Server (FMS) mode on all switches.

Consider the following information when enabling FMS mode:

- If switches are running Fabric OS 7.0 and later, FMS mode will not be enabled unless the

switches have an active CUP license.

- If switches are running Fabric OS earlier than version 7.0 and do not have a CUP license,

after successful configuration, you can access the Port Connectivity (Allow/Prohibit)

matrix, but the host system cannot communicate with the FICON Management Server

unless you install a CUP license. If a CUP license is later installed on these switches, then

FMS mode must be re-enabled on these switches.

- For logical fabrics running Fabric OS 7.1 or later, you can enable FMS mode when logical

switches are configured to allow XISL use.

Configuring a cascaded FICON fabric

The FICON wizard automatically creates HIFC settings that support a cascaded FICON fabric.

1. Select Configure > FICON > Configure Fabric or right-click a fabric in the product tree and

select FICON > Configure Fabric.

The Configure Cascaded FICON Fabric screen of the FICON Configuration dialog box displays,

as shown in Figure 582.