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Chapter 12 Command Line Interface Reference

fcip destination tcpclient

To add a peer destination to the named FCIP instance, with a connection type of TCP/IP, use the

fcip destination tcpclient command. The named FCIP instance will initiate the TCP connection.

fcip name destination name tcpclient A.B.C.D

Syntax Description

Defaults None.

Command Modes Administrator.

Command History

Usage Guidelines Each FCIP instance requires three active elements:

• The networkif element assigns an interface and IP address for use by the FCIP peer.

• The destination element assigns the peer’s protocol and IP address.

• The device interface element associates the FCIP instance with an internal Fibre Channel interface

and is automatically assigned and enabled.

An FCIP instance runs with a point-to-point connection to an FCIP instance on a peer SN 5428-2 Storage

Router. Each FCIP instance requires one and only one peer.

Use this command to configure a peer destination name and IP address, using TCP/IP as the protocol

type. When configured as a TCP client, the FCIP instance initiates the connection to the peer destination.

The peer destination must be configured as a TCP server. The TCP server listens for the initial

connection.

Note The only functional difference between an FCIP instance configured as a TCP client and an FCIP

instance configured as a TCP server is during the initial connection, which is initiated by the TCP client.

The destination IP address is the Gigabit Ethernet IP address of the FCIP instance running in the peer

SN 5428-2 Storage Router.

TCP/IP connection protocol uses the FCIP standard and TCP flow control and error recovery algorithms.

FCIP, using TCP connections, allows you to configure TCP receive and transmit window sizes.

name The name of the FCIP instance. Valid names are fcip1 and fcip2.

destination name The name of the peer destination. Enter a maximum of 31 characters.

A.B.C.D The IP address of the peer destination. A.B.C.D is the dotted quad notation

of the IP address. The peer destination is the FCIP instance running in the

partner SN 5428-2 Storage Router.

Release Modification

3.3.1 This command was introduced.