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<a name="wp1056837"> </a><h1 class="pTitle">
Information About FICON

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The Cisco MDS 9000 Family supports the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), FICON, iSCSI, and FCIP 
capabilities within a single, high-availability platform. 

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The FICON feature is not supported on:

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<a name="wp1072563"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Cisco MDS 9120 switches
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<a name="wp1072564"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Cisco MDS 9124 switches
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<a name="wp1072565"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Cisco MDS 9140 switches
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<a name="wp1072566"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">The 32-port Fibre Channel switching module
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<a name="wp1072567"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
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<a name="wp1072568"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeSystem
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FCP and FICON are different FC4 protocols and their traffic is independent of each other. Devices using 
these protocols should be isolated using VSANs.

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The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting 
current fabric operations (refer to the <em class="cEmphasis">Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Security Configuration Guide</em>). 
The Registered Link Incident Report (RLIR) application provides a method for a switch port to send an 
LIR to a registered Nx port.

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This section includes the following topics:

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<a name="wp1072582"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon03.html">FICON Requirements</a>
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<a name="wp1072586"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon04.html">Cisco MDS-Specific FICON Advantages</a>
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<a name="wp1072590"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon10.html">FICON Cascading</a>
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<a name="wp1072594"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon11.html">FICON VSAN Prerequisites</a>
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<a name="wp1082127"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon12.html">FICON Port Numbering</a>
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<a name="wp1082140"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon13.html">Default FICON Port Numbering Scheme</a>
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<a name="wp1082152"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon14.html">Port Addresses</a>
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<a name="wp1082164"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon15.html">Implemented and Unimplemented Port Addresses</a>
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<a name="wp1082176"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon16.html">About the Reserved FICON Port Numbering Scheme</a>
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<a name="wp1082180"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon17.html">Installed and Uninstalled Ports</a>
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<a name="wp1082192"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon18.html">About Port Numbers for FCIP and PortChannel</a>
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<a name="wp1082205"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon19.html">FC ID Allocation</a>
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<a name="wp1082239"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon20.html">About Enabling FICON on a VSAN</a>
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<a name="wp1082267"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon21.html">FICON Information Refresh</a>
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<a name="wp1082295"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon22.html">About FICON Device Allegiance</a>
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<a name="wp1082323"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon23.html">Automatically Saving the Running Configuration</a>
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<a name="wp1082347"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon24.html">Port Prohibiting</a>
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<a name="wp1082367"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon25.html">About RLIR</a>
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<a name="wp1082387"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon27.html">Port Swapping</a>
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<a name="wp1082408"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon28.html">FICON Tape Acceleration</a>
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<a name="wp1082480"> </a><li class="pSmartList1"><a href="ficon29.html">CUP In-Band Management</a>
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