FICON - Devices That Use FICON

Devices That Use FICON

Disk storage facilities that can be attached via FICON include:

  • EMC V-MAX
  • EMC DMX
  • EMC Symmetrix
  • Hewlett Packard XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array
  • Hitachi Data Systems Lightning
  • Hitachi Data Systems Universal Storage Platform
  • Hitachi Data Systems Virtual Storage Platform
  • IBM System Storage ESS (Shark)
  • IBM System Storage DS6000
  • IBM System Storage DS8000
  • Sun StorageTek V2X4f

Tape storage facilities include:

  • IBM TS7680G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway for System z
  • IBM Virtual Tape Server (VTS)
  • IBM UltraScalable Tape Library
  • Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM)
  • Bus-Tech MAS and MDL Virtual Tape Library
  • Luminex Channel Gateway Mainframe Virtual Tape Solutions

Switches/directors that support FICON include:

  • Brocade DCX and DCX-4S
  • Brocade 48000
  • Brocade MI10k (formerly McDATA 10000)
  • Brocade M6140 (formerly McDATA 6140)
  • Brocade 5300
  • Cisco MDS 9000 Series

Other older FICON switching platforms are still in use. These include the McDATA 6064, CNT UMD, and CNT (Inrange) FC/9000. Inrange was acquired by CNT in 2003, CNT was acquired by McDATA in 2005, and in 2007 McDATA was in turn acquired by Brocade Communications Systems. Approximately 80% of FICON directors and switches installed globally in mainframe environments are Brocade products. McDATA (now a part of Brocade) was particularly well established in the mainframe directors space, manufacturing the 9032-3 and 9032-5 ESCON directors for IBM, as well as the FICON Bridge Card. Brocade has many co-patents with IBM for FICON and ESCON technology. Cisco was a relative newcomer to this space, with their first FICON director coming out in 2003.

Other manufacturers producing FICON-compatible equipment include Optica Technologies, and InfoPrint Solutions Company, which offers high-volume printers that can attach via FICON.

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