FICON (Fibre Connection) is the IBM proprietary name for the ANSI FC-SB-3 Single-Byte Command Code Sets-3 Mapping Protocol for Fibre Channel (FC) protocol.

2012年3月20日 · This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers the planning, implementation, and management of IBM System z® FICON® environments. It discusses the FICON and Fibre Channel architectures, terminology, and supported topologies.

World of the Mainframe. Introduction. The Mainframe IS FASTER. Characteristics. FICON Protocol. System and Link Architecture Overview. Q&A. Did you know? The mainframe was the first to exploit widespread use of fiber op6c interfaces, Storage Area Networks (SAN), and virtualized (i.e. shared) adapters. Host commercial databases.

Extend and accelerate SAN connectivity across data centers. The Cisco MDS 9000 platform offers a mainframe IBM fiber connection (FICON) intermix. Get details.

This section provides detailed steps and commands to configure a switch for FICON operation. The following steps assume that you used your hardware reference manual to perform the initial setup of the switch and that you performed all the steps from Preparing a Switch for FICON.

IBM originally announced FICON channels for the S/390 9672 G5 processor in May of 1998. Over the ensuing 18 years, FICON has rapidly evolved from 1 Gbit FICON Bridge Mode (FCV) to the 16 Gbit FICON Express16S channels that were announced in January 2015 as part of the IBM z Systems z13 announcement.

Fibre Connection (FICON) interface capabilities enhance the Cisco MDS 9000 Family by supporting both open systems and mainframe storage network environments. The control unit port (CUP) also is supported, which allows in-band management …

This publication describes the Fibre Connection (FICON) Channel-to-Channel adapter. FICON allows a Fibre Channel path to function as both a channel and a Channel-to-Channel (CTC) simultaneously. channel-to-channel function. FICON channel-to-channel configuration. configurations, including IOCP statements.

2002年10月29日 · This IBM Redbooks publication covers the planning and implementation of FICON channels, operating in FICON native (FC) mode for the IBM zSeries and 9672 Generation 5 (G5) and Generation 6 (G6) processors. It discusses the FICON and Fibre Channel architectures, terminology, and supported topologies.

In Virtual Fabrics, the FICON commands apply to the current logical or specified switch only. This section describes the IBM Fibre Connection (FICON) protocol that is used between IBM (and compatible) mainframes and storage.