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FCIP platforms and supported features
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FCIP platforms and supported features
There are five Fabric OS platforms that support FCIP:
• The 8 Gbps 16-FC ports, 6-Gbps ports extension switch.
• The 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports blade (384-port Backbone Chassis,
192-port Backbone Chassis).
• The 4 Gbps Extension Switch.
• The 4 Gbps Router, Extension switch.
• The 4 Gbps Router, Extension blade (384-port Backbone Chassis, 192-port Backbone Chassis,
Director Chassis).
There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the 4 Gbps Router, Extension switch,
and the 4 Gbps Router, Extension blade cannot support FCIP trunking, and some features, such as
support for IPSec and IPv6 addresses, are not currently available for the 8 Gbps 16-FC ports,
6-Gbps ports extension switch and 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports blade in
Fabric OS version 6.3.0, but are planned for a later version. Table 21 summarizes FCIP capabilities
per platform.
* Support is planned for a later release.
TABLE 21 FCIP capabilities
Capabilities 8 Gbps 16-FC
ports, 6-Gbps
ports extension
switch
8 Gbps 12-FC
port, 10 GbE
ports, 2-10 GbE
ports
blade
4 Gbps Router,
Extension
Switch
4 Gbps Router,
Extension blade
FCIP trunking Yes Yes No No
Adaptive Rate Limiting Yes Yes No No
10 GbE ports No Yes No No
FC ports up to 8 Gbps Yes Yes No No
Compression Yes Yes Yes Yes
Open Systems Tape
Pipelining (OSTP)
• FCIP Fastwrite
• Tape Acceleration
Yes Yes Yes Yes
FICON extension Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPSec for tunnel traffic Yes Yes Yes Yes
Diffserv priorities Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes
VEX_Ports Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for third party WAN
optimization hardware
No* No* Yes Yes
IPv6 addresses for FCIP
tunnels
Yes Yes Yes Yes