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

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
How this document is organized
. The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “FCIP overview” describes FCIP concepts and features.
• Chapter 2, “FCIP on the 7800 Switch and FX8-24 Blade” describes FCIP tunnel and trunking
configuration options for the 7800 switch and FX8-24 blade.
• Chapter 3, “FCIP on the 7500 Switch and FR4-18i Blade” describes FCIP tunnel configuration
options for the 7500 switch and FR4-18i blade.
• Chapter 4, “FCIP Management and Troubleshooting” describes FCIP management and
troubleshooting operations.
Supported hardware and software
. The following hardware platforms support FCIP as described in this manual.
• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with one or more FX8-24 blades.
• Brocade 7800 Switch.
• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S or 48000 with one or more FR4-18i blades
• Brocade 7500 Switch.
• Brocade 7500E Switch.