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Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1

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Chapter

FCIP Overview

In this chapter

•FCIP platforms and supported features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•FCIP concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

•IP WAN network considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FCIP platforms and supported features

There are three Brocade platforms that support FCIP:

• The Brocade 7800 switch

• The Brocade FX8-24 blade (DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, and DCX 8510-4 chassis)

• The Brocade FR4-18i blade (DCX, DCX-4S chassis)

NOTE

FCIP connections are not supported between 7800 switch or FX8-24 blades and previous

generation Brocade 7500 switches or FR4-18i blades.

Note the following about hardware support:

• The FR4-18i blade is not supported on the 16 Gbps DCX 8510-8, and DCX 8510-4 chassis.

• The FX8-24 and FR4-18i blades are not supported concurrently in the same chassis.

• There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the FR4-18i blade cannot support

FCIP trunking.

Table 1 summarizes FCIP capabilities per platform.

TABLE 1 FCIP capabilities by platform

Capabilities 7800 switch FX8-24 blade FR4-18i blade

FCIP trunking Yes Yes No

Adaptive Rate Limiting Yes Yes No

10GbE ports No Yes No

FC ports up to 8 Gbps Yes (1, 2, 4, 8

Gbps)

Yes (1, 2, 4, 8

Gbps)

No (1, 2, 4 Gbps)

Compression Yes

LZ and Deflate

Yes

LZ and Deflate

Yes

LZ only