Tips and Pitfalls: FICON

Common Commands


show ficon vsan vsan portnumber
show ficon port-numbers assign

Key Points / Pitfalls

• 1, 2, 6, 9 slot chassis have 32 ficon ports per slot
• 13 slot chassis has 16 ficon ports per slot
• swapping interfaces swaps port numbers as well
• Changing the ficon port numbers wipes out your portaddress changes
• ficon slot x assign port-numbers range has hidden force keyword