Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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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 (384-port Backbone Chassis, 192-port Backbone Chassis).
• The 4 Gbps Extension blade (384-port Backbone Chassis, 192-port 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.
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 38 summarizes FCIP capabilities per platform.
TABLE 38 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