Fabric OS FCIP Administrators Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001766-01, November 2010)

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1
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Chapter
1FCIP 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 five Brocade platforms that support FCIP:
• The Brocade 7800 switch.
• The FX8-24 blade (DCX, DCX4S chassis).
• The 7500E switch.
• The 7500 switch.
• The FR4-18i blade (DCX, DCX4S, 48000 chassis).
There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the 7500/7500E switch and 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 7500/7500E
switch
FR4-18i blade
FCIP trunking Yes Yes, but not
across 10GbE
ports.
No No
Adaptive Rate Limiting Yes Yes, but not on
10 GbE ports.
No No
10GbE ports No Yes No No
FC ports up to 8 Gbps Yes (1, 2, 4, 8
Gbps)
Yes (1, 2, 4, 8
Gbps)
No (1, 2, 4 Gbps) No (1, 2, 4 Gbps)
Compression Yes
LZ and Deflate
Yes
LZ and Deflate
Yes
LZ only
Yes
LZ only
Protocol acceleration
• FCIP Fastwrite
• Open Systems Tape
Pipelining
• OSTP read
• OSTP write
Yes Yes Yes Yes