Brocade Fabric OS FCIP Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 (53-1002748-01, March 2013)

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Configuration steps

The following command creates an IP interface for port ge0 on the Brocade 7800 switch.

switch:admin> portcfg ipif ge0 create 192.168.1.78 255.255.255.0 1500

Use the following command to display current configuration details for all interfaces.

portshow ipf all

NOTE

For full details on syntax and using this command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference

Manual.

FIGURE 10 Basic sample configuration

There are no addressing restrictions for IPv4 and IPv6 connections with both switches or blades in

the tunnel running Fabric OS v7.0 and later.

Configuring an IP route

Routing is based on the destination IP address presented by an FCIP circuit. If the destination

address is not on the same subnet as the GbE port IP address, you need to configure an IP route to

that destination with an IP gateway on the same subnet as the local GbE port IP address. To

configure the route, use the portCfg iproute create command. Figure 11 illustrates an IP route

sample configuration.

You can define up to 32 routes for each GbE port. Note that if you configure 32 routes, the

portshow iproute all command might display more than 32 routes once all routes are added.

The following command creates an IP route to destination network 192.168.11.0 for port ge0 on

the FX8-24 blade in slot 8 of the Brocade DCX-4S Backbone. The route is through local gateway

192.168.1.1.

switch:admin> portcfg iproute 8/ge0 create 192.168.11.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1

The following command creates an IP route to destination network 192.168.1.0 for port ge0 on the

Brocade 7800 switch. The route is through local gateway 192.168.11.1.

switch:admin> portcfg iproute ge0 create 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.11.1

The following command displays configured IP route information for port ge0:

switch:admin> portshow iproute ge0

Server

WAN

Port 8/ge0

(FC port 8/12)

VE_Port

Port ge0

(FC port 16)

VE_Port

Storage

Brocade DCX-4S

with FX8-24 Blade

Brocade 7800