Brocade Web Tools Documentation Addendum - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0a (53-1000791-01, September 2007)

Web Tools Documentation Addendum 1

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Chapter

Using the FCIP Tunneling Service

In this document

This document describes how to set up Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) Tunneling

Service through Web Tools. It contains the following information:

•“Understanding the FCIP Tunneling Service” on page 1

•“Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link” on page 3

•“Managing the FCIP tunneling service” on page 7

For detailed information about the FCIP Tunneling Service, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s

Guide.

Understanding the FCIP Tunneling Service

The FCIP Tunneling Service is an optional feature that enables you to use the Fibre Channel

“tunnels” to connect SANs over IP-based networks. An FCIP tunnel transports data between a pair

of Fibre Channel switches, and can have more than one TCP connection between the pair of IP

nodes. However, from the Fibre Channel fabric point of view, the FCIP tunnel is just a connection

between switches, and all the IP network and protocols remain invisible.

NOTE

You must have an FCIP license installed on the switch to use the FCIP Tunneling Service.

FCIP Wizard

Web Tools provides a wizard to assist you in configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link

(ISL/IFL). In addition to configuration tasks, the wizard provides the following capabilities:

• The ability to export data, search for data, and copy and paste data in the displayed tables.

• IP field validation during user input to detect errors.

• Value range fields that ensure that user input is within the acceptable range.

• FCIP tunnel QoS statistics and TCP statistics.

This document describes how to open the wizard. However, the wizard is self-explanatory, so the

explicit steps are not described here.

FCIP-related features

Web Tools provides or supports these related features:

• A per-tunnel compression feature that allows the Fibre Channel data frames to be compressed

before they are sent over the tunnel as FCIP frames.