Installation guide

ISR651101-00 C 5-1
5 Fibre Channel Over IP
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) is a protocol used to transport Fibre Channel frames
over TCP/IP, thus providing SAN over WAN capabilities. FCIP is commonly used
to interconnect (merge) SANs that are separated by such a distance that a direct
connection is cost prohibitive or technically unfeasible.
This chapter provides the following information:
 FCIP Attributes lists the attributes of FCIP implementation in the iSR6200.
 “Configuring FCIP” on page 5-2 explains the parameters used in setting up
FCIP, E_Port and F_Port extensions, WAN characteristics, data
compression, bandwidth, and TCP window settings.
FCIP Attributes
The iSR6200 system FCIP implementation has the following attributes:
 Compatible with all Fibre Channel vendor fabrics (all Fibre Channel
switches)
 E_Port extension—Bridges same Fibre Channel vendor SANs (such as
Fibre Channel switches)
 F_Port extension—Does not merge fabrics
 Supported configurations:
 Two same vendor Fibre Channel SAN islands
 Direct connect to one N_Port to remote SAN island
 Supports 1GbE / 10GbE connection
 100 MB/Sec on each 1Gb Ethernet/ 8Gb Fibre Channel route
 400 MB/Sec on each 10Gb Ethernet/8Gb Fibre Channel route
 Compression at 1.5Gb/Sec
 Encryption using IPSec support (future)
 Support bandwidth throttling
 Distances up to 250 ms
 TCP window size up to 16M