Reference Guide

2 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide
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FCIP platforms and supported features
1
Protocol acceleration
• FCIP Fastwrite
• Open Systems Tape
Pipelining
- OSTP read
- OSTP write
Yes Yes Yes
QoS
• Marking DSCP Yes Yes Yes
• Marking 802.1P - VLAN
tagging
Yes Yes Yes
• Enforcement 802.1P - VLAN
tagging
Yes Yes No
FICON extension
• FICON emulation
• IBM z/OS Global Mirror
(formerly eXtended Remote
Copy or XRC) acceleration
• Tape read acceleration
• Tape write acceleration
• Teradata emulation
1
• Printer emulation
1
Yes Yes Yes
IPsec
• AES encryption algorithm
Yes
Transport mode
Yes
Transport mode
Yes
Tunnel mode
VEX_Ports Yes Yes Yes
Support for third-party WAN
optimization hardware
No
2
No No
2
IPv6 addresses for FCIP
tunnels
3
Yes Yes Yes
Support for jumbo frames No
2
MTU of 1500 is
maximum
No
2
MTU of 1500 is
maximum
Yes
1. This emulation is not supported on the FR4-18i blade.
2. Not supported in Fabric OS version v7.0 and later.
3. IPv6 addressing is not supported in conjunction with IPsec in Fabric OS version v7.0.1.
TABLE 1 FCIP capabilities by platform (Continued)
Capabilities 7800 switch FX8-24 blade FR4-18i blade