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

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7800 switch license options
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VE_Ports and FCIP tunnels on the 7800 switch
A 7800 switch can support eight VE_Ports. VE_Ports are numbered from 16 to 23. Each FCIP
tunnel is identified with a VE_port number. Up to eight FCIP tunnels may be created. The 7800
switch supports VEX_ports to avoid the need to merge fabrics.
FCIP trunking capacity on the 7800 switch
FCIP trunks are built by creating a set of FCIP circuits. FCIP circuits create multiple source and
destination addresses for routing traffic over a WAN, providing load leveling and failover
capabilities over FCIP tunnels. When the 7800 upgrade license and advanced extension license
are activated, The FCIP trunking capacity is as follows:
• The maximum trunk capacity is 4 Gbps.
• Up to eight IP interfaces may be defined per GbE port. This places a hard limit of eight FCIP
circuits per GbE port, because each circuit requires a unique ip address.
• You can only define up to four FCIP circuits per tunnel. These circuits can be on any of the GbE
ports.
• A single FCIP circuit cannot exceed 1 Gbps capacity.