Reference Guide

10 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide
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FX8-24 blade license options
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Removing FX8-24 blades
ATTENTION
If you are permanently removing a blade from a DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, or DCX 8510-4 chassis
to relocate to another slot in the chassis or you are removing the blade from the chassis entirely, you
must follow these procedures before removing the blade.
• Remove all FCIP configuration settings for the blade. If there are residual configuration
settings, they may cause issues with future configurations and upgrades.
• Delete the IP addresses assigned to the original slot using the portcfg ipif delete command. If
this is not done, you must return the FX8-24 blade to the original slot and delete the IP
addresses.
FX8-24 blade license options
Some of the capabilities of the FX8-24 blade require the slot-based feature licenses shown in
Table 3. Use the licenseshow command to display license keys and licenses currently installed.
Refer to the administering licensing chapter in the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for complete
information about licensing requirements.
VE_Ports and FCIP tunnels on the FX8-24 blade
An FX8-24 blade can support 20 VE_Ports, and therefore 20 FCIP tunnels.There are two VE_Port
groups, numbered 12 through 21 and 22 through 31. Each FCIP tunnel is associated with a specific
VE_Port.
VE_Ports do not have to be associated with a particular GbE port on FX8-24 blades and the 7800
switch. VE_Port versus GbE port usage depends on the blade operating mode as follows:
• 1 Gbps mode: VE_Ports 12 through 21 use GbE ports 0 through 9
• Dual mode: VE_Ports 12 through 21 use GbE ports 0 through 9; VE_Ports 22 through 31 use
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TABLE 3 FX8-24 FCIP feature licenses
Feature Purpose License (licenseShow output)
10GbE support Allows 10 Gbps operation on 10
GbE ports.
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G)
license
Advanced FICON acceleration Enables accelerated tape
read/write and IBM z/OS Global
Mirror, Teradata, and printer
emulation features in FICON
environments.
Advanced FICON Acceleration (FTR_AFA)
license
Integrated routing (IR) Required to configure VEX_Ports
to support Fibre Channel Routing
(FCR).
Integrated Routing license
Advanced Extension License Required for multiple-circuit
tunnels, FCIP trunking, Adaptive
Rate Limiting (ARL), and other
FCIP features.
Advanced Extension (FTR_AE) license