Specifications

Certified FCIP Vendor Products
90 Continuous Access and Data Replication Manager SAN Extensions Reference Guide
Nishan-specific setup information
The Nishan IPS3300 has been certified as an FCIP gateway, not as a Fibre
Channel switch.
Note: This device has only been tested as a gateway. It is not supported as a router,
switch, or iSCSI device. It’s use is supported only with M-Series Fibre Channel switches.
Configuration used in certification
The Nishan Systems Model IPS3300 was certified only in a TCP configuration.
This unit was not tested in a UDP configuration.
Nishan DRM setup
The following planning and procedures must be followed to zone the Nishan
IPS3300 for the DRM FCIP solution:
Zone planning
Decide which logical fabric subsets (or zones) should be created. This is done by
recognizing that any two or more devices that require access to each other must be
included in a common zone.
DRM requires two kinds of zones: peer-to-peer remote connection zones and host
bus adapter zones.
Vendor statement of competitive advantages
■ Supports Layer 2 switching, Layer 3 routing, zoning, QoS, traffic shaping, OSPF, and flow control.
Future release will include compression and enhanced bandwidth management.
■ Flexibility/Investment Protection: Multiprotocol support allows switching between any combination
of FC and IP devices. Any port is configurable as FC or GE.
■ High-Availability: Nishan's implementation of IP protocols gives customer higher availability and
scalability over distributed WAN links vs. tunneling solutions. Redundant GE links for HA via
OSFP or STP. End-to-end CRC data integrity. TCP provides guaranteed data delivery.
■ TCO: Lower than existing WAN technologies. Combines data center switch and WAN router in
one box.
■ Management: Consolidated for zoning of heterogeneous storage resources
■ E_Port: Supported, including linking of disparate vendor or firmware fabric versions
■ Security: Tested with multiple products to deliver secure end-to-end storage