FICON Implementation Guide

This IBM Redbook covers the planning and implementation of FICON channels, operating in FICON native (FC) mode for the IBM zSeries Servers (z800, z900, z890, and z990). It discusses the FICON and Fibre Channel architectures, terminology, and supported topologies.

This book provides information about FICON native system setup, availability and recovery considerations, and migration recommendations. You will find examples of the z/OS definitions required to support FICON native control units, FICON Channel-to-Channel (FCTC), and FICON Directors (including cascading), as well as migration scenarios for control units using ESCON (CNC) channels or FICON Bridge (FCV) mode channels to FICON native (FC) mode channels.