Reference Guide

640 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference
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--ficon-tape-read [disable | enable]
Enables or disables FICON Tape Read Pipelining. This feature improves performance
for certain applications when reading from FICON tape over extended distances.
--ficon-tin-tir [disable | enable]
Enables or disables FICON TIN/TIR emulation. This feature enhances recovery when a
TIN/TIR exchange occurs as part of a channel recovery operation during tape
emulation. This feature is enabled by default (recommended setting).
--ficon-dvcack [disable | enable]
Enables or disables FICON Device Level Acknowledgement emulation. This feature is
applicable to both FICON Disk and Tape configurations. The feature removes one
network round trip for exchanges that end with a Device Level Acknowledgement
frame from the device. This feature is enabled by default (recommended setting).
--ficon-read-blk [disable | enable]
Enables or disables FICON read Tape Read Block ID emulation. This feature permits
FICON write channel programs containing embedded read block ID commands
(CCWs) with a byte count of exactly four bytes to be processed as emulated
commands during write emulation processes.
--ficon-print [disable | enable]
Enables or disables FICON printer emulation on the specified FCIP tunnel. This
command is valid only with the modify option.
--max-read-pipe value
Defines the maximum number of tape read channel commands (CCWs) that can enter
the read pipeline for a single device whether all the CCWs are bundled in a single
channel program or in multiple channel programs. The setting has significance only for
host (channel) initiated operations at this side and will not affect tape write operations
initiated by hosts (channels) attached at the opposite side. Too small of a value will
result in poor performance. The value should be chosen based upon the typical tape
channel program that requires optimum performance. The default value is 32
(recommended setting). The range is 1 to 100.
--max-write-pipe value
Defines the maximum number of tape write channel commands (CCWs) that can enter
the write pipeline for a single device whether all the CCWs are bundled in a single
channel program or in multiple channel programs. The setting has significance only for
host (channel) initiated operations at this side and will not affect tape write operations
initiated by hosts (channels) attached at the opposite side. Too small of a value will
result in poor performance. The value should be chosen based upon the typical tape
channel program that requires optimum performance. The default value is 32
(recommended setting). The range is 1 to 100.
--max-read-devs value
Defines the maximum number of concurrent emulated tape read operations. As
concurrency increases, the value of emulation decreases. Excessive concurrency has
the potential to oversubscribe packet data memory. The setting has significance only
for host (channel) initiated operations at this side and will not affect tape read operations
initiated by hosts (channels) attached at the opposite side. The default value is 16. The
range is 1 to 32.