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Chapter 12 Command Line Interface Reference
fcip
fcip
To create an FCIP instance, use the fcip command.
fcip name
Syntax Description
Defaults None.
Command Modes Administrator.
Command History
Usage Guidelines FCIP provides connectivity between SANs. Technically, it employs Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP)
to provide block oriented FC devices connectivity over an IP network. FCIP allows the interconnection
of islands of FC storage area networks (SANs) over IP-based networks to form a unified SAN in a single
FC fabric. The FCIP instance becomes a binding point for the association of other configuration
parameters.
An FCIP instance runs with a point-to-point connection to an FCIP instance on a peer SN 5428-2 Storage
Router. Each FCIP instance requires one and only one peer.
There can be a maximum of 2 FCIP instances defined per storage router. Each FCIP instance is
associated with:
• An internal FC interface fci1 or fci2 (fci1 is initiator WWPN1 and fci2 is initiator WWPN2). The
FCIP instance named fcip1 is associated with fci1; the instance named fcip2 is associated with fci2.
This association is made automatically.
• A network interface, which provides IP connectivity to the peer destination. The FCIP instance
named fcip1 uses the Gigabit Ethernet interface, ge1; the instance named fcip2 uses ge2. If both
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are cabled to the same network, you can configure the FCIP instance to
failover to the secondary interface in case of a failure on the primary interface.
• A destination, which is the IP address of the FCIP instance on the peer SN 5428-2 Storage Router.
The destination configuration includes the connection protocol (TCP/IP or raw IP) used between the
FCIP instances.
This command updates the running configuration of the storage router. You must save the FCIP instance
configuration to the bootable configuration for it to be retained in the storage router when it is restarted.
Issue the save fcip command with the bootconfig keyword to save the FCIP instance to the storage router
bootable configuration.
name The name of the FCIP instance. Valid named are fcip1 and fcip2.
Release Modification
3.3.1 This command was introduced.