Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.0.0 (53-1002696-01, April 2013)

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FCIP platforms and supported features
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FCIP platforms and supported features
The following Fabric OS platforms that support FCIP:
• The 8 Gbps extension switch.
• The 8 Gbps Extension blade (8-slot Backbone Chassis, 4-slot Backbone Chassis).
• The 4 Gbps Extension blade (8-slot Backbone Chassis, 4-slot Backbone Chassis, Director
Chassis).
There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the 4 Gbps Extension Blade cannot
support FCIP trunking or Adaptive Rate Limiting. As another example, the 8 Gbps platforms cannot
support third party WAN optimization hardware.
NOTE
The 8 Gbps Extrension blade is supported in 16 Gbps Backbone and Director Chassis, but the 4
Gbps Extension blade is not.
IPv6 addressing is not supported in conjunction with IPsec on all platforms in Fabric OS version
v7.0, but will be supported in a later version.Table 70 summarizes FCIP capabilities per platform.
TABLE 70 FCIP capabilities
Capabilities 8 Gbps Extension
Switch
8 Gbps Extension
blade
4 Gbps Extension
blade
FCIP trunking Yes Yes No
Adaptive Rate Limiting Yes Yes No
10 GbE ports No Yes No
FC ports up to 8 Gbps Yes Yes No
Compression Yes Yes Yes
Open Systems Tape
Pipelining (OSTP)
• FCIP Fastwrite
• Tape Acceleration
Yes Yes Yes
FICON extension Yes Yes Yes
IPSec for tunnel traffic Yes Yes Yes
Diffserv priorities Yes Yes Yes
VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes
VEX_Ports Yes Yes Yes
Support for third party WAN
optimization hardware
No
1
1. Support is planned for a later release.
No
1
No
IPv6 addresses for FCIP
tunnels
2
2. IPv6 addressing is not supported in conjunction with IPsec in Fabric OS version v7.0, but
will be supported in a later version.
Yes Yes Yes
Support for jumbo frames No
1
MTU of 1500 is
maximum
No
1
MTU of 1500 is
maximum
Yes