Computer Hardware User Manual

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• Virtual E_ports.
• FCIP QoS.
• Support for 200 ms RTT (on a limited number of GbE ports).
• Adaptive Rate Limiting (licensable).
• TCP performance graphing in Web Tools.
• FCIP Tunnels.
- A maximum of 10 FCIP Tunnels for all GbE ports.
- Four tunnels maximum per GbE port.
- Two 10 GbE ports can support up to ten FCIP tunnels each.
- Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual Fibre Channel E_Port.
- Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link.
- The Link Cost is equal to the sum of all established/low metric (or currently active) circuits’
MAX rates in the tunnel.
- Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are configured as VE_Ports, and do not
merge if they are configured as VEX_Ports. If VE_Ports are used in a Fibre Channel Routing
Services backbone fabric configuration, then the backbone fabric merges, but the
EX_Port-attached edge fabrics do not merge. For more information refer to the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.
• Up to three FC trunking groups. The three groups are defined as:
- Trunk group 0: FC ports 0,1
- Trunk group 1: FC ports 6,7
- Trunk group 2: FC ports 2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11