Reference Guide

Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference 637
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portCfg
-c | --compression compression_level
Configures compression on the specified FCIP tunnel. By default, compression is
disabled. Specify one of the following values on the FX8-24 blades:
none
Compression disabled
hardware
Enable standard compression.
moderate
Enable moderate compression.
aggressive
Enable aggressive compression.
auto
enable auto compression. Automatically adjusts compression level based on the
maximum configured tunnel bandwidth. To enable this feature upgrade both ends of
the tunnel to Fabric OS v7.0.0. Based on total effective tunnel bandwidth, the
compression level will be adjusted as follows:
Aggressive
Bandwidth less than 512 Mbps
Moderate
Bandwidth more than 512 Mbps and less than 2 Gbps.
Standard
Bandwidth more than 2Gbps.
Specify one of the following values on the Brocade 7840 switch and the Brocade SX6
extension blade:
none
Compression disabled.
fast-deflate
Enable fast-deflate compression.
deflate
Enable deflate compression.
aggr-deflate
Enable aggressive deflate compression level.
--fc-compression compression_level
Configures FC compression on the specified FCIP tunnel. By default, compression is
disabled. This operand is supported on the Brocade 7840 switch and the Brocade SX6
extension blade only. Specify one of the following values for compression_level:
aggr-deflate
Enable aggressive deflate compression level.