Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide (53-1000243-01, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000243-01
FCIP Tunneling The optional Fibre Channel over Internet protocol (FCIP) Tunneling Service
enables Fibre Channel frames to “tunnel” through IP networks by dividing
frames, encapsulating the result in IP packets on entering the tunnel, and then
reconstructing them as they leave the tunnel. Fabric OS supports eight FCIP
interswitch links between two SilkWorm switches (SilkWorm 7500 or SilkWorm
48000 with a FR4-18i blade) or routes. All 16 links can be used as FCIP links
with the remaining links going to other routers.
NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) enables you to assign a different virtual port ID
to each Fibre Channel protocol for SCSI (FCP). NPIV is designed to enable you
to allocate virtual addresses without impacting your existing hardware
implementation. The virtual port has the same properties as an N_Port, and is
therefore capable of registering with all services of the fabric.
Other Industry Resources
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel,
storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Getting Technical Help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product
repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
• Technical Support contract number, if applicable
• Switch model
• Switch operating system version
• Error numbers and messages received
• supportSave command output
• Detailed description of the problem and specific questions
• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results
• Serial console and telnet session logs
• syslog message logs