HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

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Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide 271
Setup summary
To set up FICON CUP, use the following procedure and be sure to perform the steps in the order indicated.
1. For directors with at least 256 ports installed, use the PortDisable command to disable (block) ports
254 and 255.
Ports 254 and 255 are not supported in a CUP environment. After fmsmode has been successfully
enabled, these two ports remain disabled and cannot be used either as an F_Port or an E_Port.
Because these ports are not available after enabling fmsmode, you should first move any fiber
connected to either of them to another free port.
2. Install a CUP license on the switch. See ”Acquiring licensed features” on page 33.
3. Enable FICON Management Server mode (fmsmode) on the switch. See ”Enabling and disabling
FICON Management Server mode” on page 271.
After completing the setup, you can configure CUP attributes (FMS parameters). See ”Setting mode register
bits” on page 274.
Enabling and disabling FICON Management Server mode
To enable fmsmode:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter ficoncupset fmsmode enable.
To disable fmsmode:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter ficoncupset fmsmode disable.
The fmsmode setting can be changed whether the switch is offline or online. If fmsmode is changed while
the switch is online, a device reset is performed for the control device and an RSCN is generated with PID
0xDDFE00 (where 0xDD is the Domain ID of the switch).
When FICON Management Server mode is on, the Fabric OS CLI commands listed next return a “switch
busy” response if they are issued when the host-based management tool is performing a write operation.
This serialization prevents interference from local switch commands when a host-based management
program is being used to administer the switch.
NOTE: You cannot use the portCfgPersistentEnable and portCfgPersistentDisable
commands to persistently enable and disable ports when FICON Management Server mode is on. See the
procedure ”Persistently enabling/disabling ports” on page 274 for instructions.
Changing fmsmode from disabled to enabled triggers the following events:
• Access to switch parameters is serialized.
• The active CUP configuration data is established as follows:
• Port and switch names are not read from the IPL; they remain as previously set.
• Port “Block” and “Unblock” values are not read from the IPL; they remain as previously set with the
portEnable and portDisable commands.
• PDCM values are read from the IPL; the default is “Allow All.”
bladeDisable bladeDisable
bladeEnable bladeEnable
portDisable switchCfgPersiste
ntDisable
portEnable switchDisable
portName switchEnable
portShow switchName
portSwap switchShow