IBM Storage Networking c-type FICON Implementation Guide

IBM Storage Networking c-type FICON Implementation Guide

by William White, Aubrey Applewhaite, Mike Blair, Gary Fisher, Gavin O'Reilly, Lyle Ramsey, Fausto Vaninetti
Released January 2022
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738460215

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Book description

The next-generation IBM® c-type Directors and switches for IBM Storage Networking provides high-speed Fibre Channel (FC) and IBM Fibre Connection (IBM FICON®) connectivity from the IBM Z® platform to the storage area network (SAN) core. It enables enterprises to rapidly deploy high-density virtualized servers with the dual benefit of higher bandwidth and consolidation.

This IBM Redpaper Redbooks publication helps administrators understand how to implement or migrate to an IBM c-type SAN environment. It provides an overview of the key hardware and software products, and it explains how to install, configure, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot your SAN environment.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  3. Preface
    1. Authors
    2. Now you can become a published author, too!
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  4. Chapter 1. IBM Storage Networking c-type family for mainframe IBM Fibre Connection environments
    1. 1.1 IBM c-type hardware overview
    2. 1.2 Enterprise SAN Directors
      1. 1.2.1 IBM Storage Networking SAN192C-6
      2. 1.2.2 IBM Storage Networking SAN384C-6
      3. 1.2.3 IBM Storage Networking SAN192C-6 and IBM Storage Networking SAN384C-6 supervisor modules
      4. 1.2.4 IBM Storage Networking SAN192C-6 and IBM Storage Networking SAN384C-6 crossbar fabric modules
      5. 1.2.5 IBM Storage Networking SAN192C-6 and IBM Storage Networking SAN384C-6 power supplies
      6. 1.2.6 IBM 48-Port 32-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
      7. 1.2.7 IBM 24/10-Port SAN Extension Module
    3. 1.3 IBM Storage Networking SAN192C-6 and IBM Storage Networking SAN384C-6 software licensing for NX-OS
      1. 1.3.1 Licensing model
      2. 1.3.2 Mainframe Package (#AJJB)
      3. 1.3.3 Enterprise Package (#AJJ9)
      4. 1.3.4 DCNM SAN Advanced Edition Package (#AJJA)
    4. 1.4 Extension switch model
      1. 1.4.1 IBM Storage Networking SAN50C-R
    5. 1.5 IBM c-type software
      1. 1.5.1 NX-OS
      2. 1.5.2 Data Center Network Manager
  5. Chapter 2. IBM Storage Networking c-type features
    1. 2.1 IBM c-type features
    2. 2.2 IBM c-type Mainframe Package features
    3. 2.3 VSAN
    4. 2.4 Port channels
    5. 2.5 FICON and CUP
    6. 2.6 Fibre Channel Protocol
    7. 2.7 Fibre Channel over IP
    8. 2.8 Trunking
    9. 2.9 Fabric Shortest Path First
    10. 2.10 Zoning
      1. 2.10.1 Basic and enhanced zoning
      2. 2.10.2 Smart zoning
      3. 2.10.3 Autozone
    11. 2.11 Quality of service
    12. 2.12 N_Port ID Virtualization and N_Port Virtualization
    13. 2.13 Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fibre Channel
    14. 2.14 Forward Error Correction
    15. 2.15 In-service software upgrades
    16. 2.16 Cisco SAN Analytics
  6. Chapter 3. IBM Storage Networking c-type security
    1. 3.1 Security at 360°
    2. 3.2 Secure boot and anti-counterfeit technology
    3. 3.3 Secure protocols
    4. 3.4 Password policies
    5. 3.5 Message of the day
    6. 3.6 Authentication, authorization, and accounting, RADIUS, TACACS+, and LDAP
    7. 3.7 Role-based access control and virtual storage area network-based authorization
    8. 3.8 VSANs and zoning
    9. 3.9 Fibre Channel Security Protocol
    10. 3.10 Port security
    11. 3.11 Fabric binding
    12. 3.12 Hardcoding port definitions
    13. 3.13 TrustSec
    14. 3.14 IP Security
  7. Chapter 4. Lab environment and topology
    1. 4.1 Products that were used during testing
    2. 4.2 Local DASD configuration
    3. 4.3 Cascaded DASD configuration
    4. 4.4 Cascaded VTS configuration
    5. 4.5 Storage replication
  8. Chapter 5. IBM Storage Networking c-type design considerations
    1. 5.1 IBM Z connectivity options
      1. 5.1.1 The origin of the IBM mainframe
      2. 5.1.2 Mainframe connectivity options
    2. 5.2 FICON basics
      1. 5.2.1 Directors and switches
      2. 5.2.2 The mainframe architecture: Channel subsystem and control units
      3. 5.2.3 Mainframe I/O and source-based routing
      4. 5.2.4 Extended Count Key Data
      5. 5.2.5 Channel programs
      6. 5.2.6 Fixed-Block architecture
      7. 5.2.7 Multipath I/O
      8. 5.2.8 Physical Channel ID and Channel Path ID
      9. 5.2.9 IOCP
      10. 5.2.10 Hardware Configuration Definition
      11. 5.2.11 CHPID Mapping Tool
      12. 5.2.12 Modernizing mainframe I/O
      13. 5.2.13 ESCON
      14. 5.2.14 FCP
      15. 5.2.15 FICON
      16. 5.2.16 FICON requirements
      17. 5.2.17 IBM Control Unit Port for FICON
      18. 5.2.18 Resource Management Facility and FICON Director Activity Report
      19. 5.2.19 Microcode selection
      20. 5.2.20 Replication concepts and methods
    3. 5.3 General FICON planning considerations
    4. 5.4 IBM c-type considerations for FICON
      1. 5.4.1 IBM c-type architecture and FICON optimizations
      2. 5.4.2 FICON port numbering and addressing on IBM c-type switches
      3. 5.4.3 Domain IDs, FCID allocation, and fabric binding
      4. 5.4.4 How to implement more than one FICON VSAN
      5. 5.4.5 FICON configuration files
      6. 5.4.6 Code version selection in FC and FICON intermix environments
    5. 5.5 Topologies
      1. 5.5.1 Protocols and network topologies
      2. 5.5.2 Resiliency and redundancy in Fibre Channel networks
      3. 5.5.3 FICON topologies
    6. 5.6 Inter-Switch Links and FICON routing options
      1. 5.6.1 Fabric Shortest Path First
      2. 5.6.2 Static routing
      3. 5.6.3 Dynamic routing and the FIDR feature
      4. 5.6.4 Speed definition: Static versus auto values
    7. 5.7 In order delivery of frames
      1. 5.7.1 In Order Delivery
      2. 5.7.2 Lossless IOD
      3. 5.7.3 ECMP, port channels, and LIOD
    8. 5.8 FCIP
    9. 5.9 Power, cooling, racking, and cabling
    10. 5.10 Migration strategy
      1. 5.10.1 FICON cabling
      2. 5.10.2 FICON Directors
      3. 5.10.3 More considerations
  9. Chapter 6. Initial connectivity and setup
    1. 6.1 Cable requirements and workstation configuration
    2. 6.2 Initial SAN switch setup
      1. 6.2.1 Power On Auto Provisioning
    3. 6.3 Role-based access control
      1. 6.3.1 Users, user roles, and rules
      2. 6.3.2 Creating a user
      3. 6.3.3 Creating a user role and adding rules
      4. 6.3.4 Assigning a user role to a user
      5. 6.3.5 Managing a user by using DCNM
      6. 6.3.6 Adding users and user roles by using DCNM
    4. 6.4 Date and time configuration
      1. 6.4.1 Configuring the date and time by using the CLI
    5. 6.5 Network Time Protocol
      1. 6.5.1 Configuring NTP by using the GUI
      2. 6.5.2 Configuring NTP by using the CLI
    6. 6.6 Installing Data Center Network Manager
      1. 6.6.1 License requirements
      2. 6.6.2 Downloading DCNM
      3. 6.6.3 DCNM server requirements
      4. 6.6.4 DCNM installation
      5. 6.6.5 Upgrading to DCNM 11.3x
    7. 6.7 Logging in to DCNM
    8. 6.8 Device Manager
    9. 6.9 Installing switch licenses
      1. 6.9.1 Using the PAK letter to create license keys
      2. 6.9.2 Transferring license files to the switch
      3. 6.9.3 Installing license files from the DCNM
      4. 6.9.4 Installing bulk licenses by using the DCNM
      5. 6.9.5 Installing license files by using the CLI
  10. Chapter 7. IBM Storage Networking c-type configuration
    1. 7.1 Hardware Configuration Definition
    2. 7.2 IBM Z Hardware Configuration Definition
      1. 7.2.1 Defining the FICON switches to IBM Z
      2. 7.2.2 Defining Channel Path IDs that are connected to the FICON switches
      3. 7.2.3 Defining a local switched control unit that is connected to FICON switches
      4. 7.2.4 Defining a cascaded control unit that is connected to the FICON switches
      5. 7.2.5 Complete CUP control unit and device definitions
      6. 7.2.6 Conclusion and Input\Output Configuration Program data set
      7. 7.2.7 Features
      8. 7.2.8 Configuring FICON Port Addresses
      9. 7.2.9 Creating virtual storage area networks
      10. 7.2.10 Configuring FICON fabric security (Fabric Binding)
      11. 7.2.11 Configuring Inter-Switch Links by using the DCNM
      12. 7.2.12 Configuring Fibre Channel port channels by using the DCNM
      13. 7.2.13 Configuring the FICON mainframe disk and tape interfaces
      14. 7.2.14 Fibre Channel over IP tunneling
      15. 7.2.15 Using the FCIP wizard in DCNM
      16. 7.2.16 Configuring FCIP links per IPS port by using the DCNM
      17. 7.2.17 Configuring an FCIP Port Channel by using the DCNM
      18. 7.2.18 Configuring FCIP with VLAN sub-interfaces
      19. 7.2.19 Configuring FCIP for open systems VSANs
  11. Chapter 8. IBM Storage Networking c-type operations
    1. 8.1 Performance monitoring tools
      1. 8.1.1 Data Center Network Manager
      2. 8.1.2 Port Monitor
    2. 8.2 Backing up a switch configuration
    3. 8.3 Call Home
    4. 8.4 Read Diagnostic Parameters
    5. 8.5 Port beacon and location LED
    6. 8.6 On-board Failure Logging
    7. 8.7 FICON Director Activity Report
  12. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM Storage Networking c-type FICON Implementation Guide
  • Author(s): William White, Aubrey Applewhaite, Mike Blair, Gary Fisher, Gavin O'Reilly, Lyle Ramsey, Fausto Vaninetti
  • Release date: January 2022
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738460215