Switch Framework Cockpit 
This function manages business functions and business function sets for your managed systems, centrally.
You activate business functions in the Switch Framework cockpit, for example, to implement new functions in an implementation project, or to install an upgrade.
You use the Switch Framework cockpit in Project Administration or System Landscape Management.
The managed systems in which you want to activate business functions, have at least SAP Enhancement Package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0.
The managed systems have a TRUSTED RFC connection to the Solution Manager system
With a READ RFC connection, you can display, but not change, the Switch Framework data.
Your user is authorized to activate business functions and business function sets.
For further information about authorization and RFC connections, see the SAP Solution Manager security guide in the SAP Service Marketplace, under .
Availability of the central Switch Framework functions for the managed systems
Read Switch Framework data:
Available business function sets and business functions in a system
Current and planned Business Function statuses
Interdependencies of business functions
Plan and check business function activation
Check dependencies between business functions
Central activation of business functions
To call the function:
via a hyperlink in the System Landscape Management work center
via a hyperlink in the Automatic Technical Configuration application
in the Projects view in the Implementation/Upgrade work center, after selecting a project