FICON Multihop: Requirements and Configurations

Created by Pj Catalano on Mon, 10/26/2020 - 21:37
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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6355623
6355623

White Papers


Abstract

Through this whitepaper and supporting z Systems Storage Area Network (SAN) qualification letters, IBM announced support for a new set of cascaded FICON configurations for FICON interswitch links (ISLs) called FICON Multihop. FICON Multihop allows support for cascading up to four switches, three hops, expanding the previous restriction of two cascaded switches, one hop. Multihop is only supported using traditional static routing methods, and is not supported in conjunction with FICON Dynamic Routing (FIDR).

Original Publication Date

01 March 2018

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Modified date:
01 March 2018

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WP102704