HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide (5697-0016, May 2009)

518 Configuring and monitoring FICON Extension Services
• -r 1|0 enables or disables tape read pipelining. 1 is enable, O is disable.
• -t 1|0 enables or disables TIN/TUR emulation. 1 is enable, O is disable.This option should be
enabled when one or all of the following features are enabled:
•XRC emulation.
• tape write pipelining.
• tape read pipelining.
• -l 1|0 enables or disables device level ACK emulation. 1 is enable, O is disable. This option should
be enabled when one or all of the following features are enabled:
•XRC emulation.
• tape write pipelining.
• tape read pipelining.
• -b 1|0 Enables or disables FICON read block ID. 1 is enable, O is disable.
The following parameters may be modified on active tunnels.
• wrtMaxPipe value defines a maximum number of channel commands that may be outstanding at a
given time during write pipelining. Too small of a value will result in poor performance. The value
should be chosen carefully based upon the typical tape channel program that requires optimum
performance. The default value is 32. the range is 1-100.
• rdMaxPipe value defines a maximum number of channel commands that may be outstanding at a
given time during read pipelining. Too small of a value will result in poor performance. The value
should be chosen carefully based upon the typical tape channel program that requires optimum
performance. The default value is 32. The range is 1-100.
• wrtMaxDevs value defines a maximum number of concurrent emulated tape write operations. The
default value is 16.The range is 1-32.
• rdMaxDevs value defines a maximum number of concurrent emulated tape read operations. The
default value is 16. The range is 1-32.
• wrtTimer value defines a time limit for pipelined write chains. This value is be specified in
milliseconds (ms). If a pipelined write chain takes longer than this value to complete, the ending status
for the next write chain will be withheld from the channel. This limits processing to what the network
and device can support. Too small a value limits pipelining performance. Too large a value results in
too much data being accepted for one device on a path. The default value is 300 milliseconds (ms).
The range is 100-1500.
• wrtMaxChains value defines the maximum amount of data that can be contained in a single CCW
chain. If this value is exceeded, emulation is suspended.
• oxidBase value defines the base value of an entry pool of 256 OXIDs supplied to emulation
generated exchanges. It should fall outside the range used by FICON channels and devices to avoid
conflicts. The default value is 0x1000. The range is 0x0000 to 0xF000.
The following options are for debugging, and are primarily for technical support personnel:
• dbgFlags value defines optional debug flags. This is primarily for use by technical support
personnel. The default is 0xF7C80000.
• LrcCheck 1|0 enables or disables Transport Lrc Hdr Check. 1 is enable, 0 is disable.
FICON performance statistics
You can use the portshow ficon command to view the performance statistics and monitor the behavior
of FICON emulation. The syntax is as follows:
portShow ficon [Slot/]ge0|ge1 all|tunnel_id [arguments]
where:
• slot is the slot number of a blade in a multi-slot chassis. Does not apply to the MP 400 Router.
• ge0|ge1 is the Ethernet port (ge0 or ge1).
• tunnel_id is the tunnel number (0-7).
The arguments are as follows: