Reference Guide

Ingress Rate Limiting............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................387
Virtual Fabrics considerations...............................................................................................................................................................................................................388
Limiting traffic from a particular device...........................................................................................................................................................................................388
Disabling Ingress Rate Limiting...........................................................................................................................................................................................................388
QoS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................388
License requirements for QoS.............................................................................................................................................................................................................389
QoS on E_Ports............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................389
QoS over FC routers..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................390
vTap and QoS High Priority Zoning Compatibility mode....................................................................................................................................................... 391
Virtual Fabrics considerations for QoS zone-based traffic prioritization......................................................................................................................392
Traffic prioritization based on QoS zones......................................................................................................................................................................................393
CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.............................................................................................................................................................................................................398
Supported configurations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization..................................................................................................................................398
High availability considerations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization......................................................................................................................399
Enabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports.......................................................................................................................................................... 399
Disabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports.........................................................................................................................................................399
Using CS_CTL auto mode at the chassis level...........................................................................................................................................................................399
Considerations for using CS_CTL-based frame prioritization...........................................................................................................................................400
In-flight Encryption and Compression...................................................................................................................................................................................................................401
In-flight encryption and compression overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................401
Supported ports for in-flight encryption and compression................................................................................................................................................. 402
In-flight encryption and compression restrictions.....................................................................................................................................................................403
How in-flight encryption and compression are enabled....................................................................................................................................................... 404
Authentication and key generation for encryption and compression............................................................................................................................ 405
Availability considerations for encryption and compression...............................................................................................................................................406
Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and compression.......................................................................................................................................406
In-flight compression on long-distance ports............................................................................................................................................................................. 407
Compression ratios for compression-enabled ports...............................................................................................................................................................407
Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an EX_Port............................................................................................................................................407
Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an E_Port..............................................................................................................................................408
Viewing the encryption and compression configuration................................................................................................................................................................. 409
Configuring and enabling authentication for in-flight encryption............................................................................................................................................... 409
Enabling in-flight encryption..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................412
Enabling in-flight compression........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412
Disabling in-flight encryption............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 413
Disabling in-flight compression.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................414
Diagnostic Port.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 415
Supported platforms for D_Port......................................................................................................................................................................................................................415
Licensing requirements for D_Port................................................................................................................................................................................................................416
Understanding D_Port...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................416
D_Port configuration modes and testing..........................................................................................................................................................................................417
General limitations and considerations for D_Port tests......................................................................................................................................................... 419
Topology 1: ISLs.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................421
Topology 2: ICLs.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................422
Topology 3: Access Gateways........................................................................................................................................................................................................................422
Saving port mappings on an Access Gateway............................................................................................................................................................................424
Topology 4: HBA to switch...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................424
Using D_Port in static-static mode between switches......................................................................................................................................................................425
Enabling D_Port in static mode............................................................................................................................................................................................................425
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