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

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Configuration steps

FIGURE 11 Configuring an IP route

For information on configuring IP routes using crossport addresses, refer to “Configuring IP routes

with crossports” on page 14.

Validating IP connectivity

The following example tests the connectivity between the FX8-24 blade and 7800 switch in the

basic sample configuration from the 7800 switch. The -s option specifies the source address, and

the -d option specifies the destination address.

switch:admin> portcmd --ping ge0 -s 192.168.11.78 -d 192.168.1.24

When using VLANS, VLAN tagging ensures that test traffic traverses the same path as real FCIP

traffic. A VLAN tag entry for both the local and remote sides of the route must exist prior to issuing

the portCmd --ping command. Refer to “Managing the VLAN tag table” on page 28 for details.

NOTE

To ping crossport addresses, refer to “Using ping with crossports” on page 15.

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

Manual.

Creating an FCIP tunnel

FCIP tunnels are created using the portCfg fciptunnel create command.

The following command creates an FX8-24 tunnel end point. VE_Port 12 is specified on slot 8.

Circuit 0 is created automatically when the FCIP tunnel is created. An FCIP tunnel is represented by

a VE_Port. The 7800 switch destination address is specified first, followed by the FX8-24 source

address. ARL minimum and maximum committed rates are specified for circuit 0.

switch:admin> portcfg fciptunnel 8/12 create 192.168.11.78 192.168.1.24

-b 5500 -B 6200

Server

WAN

VE_Port

192.168.1.24

VE_Port

192.168.11.78

Gateway

192.168.1.1

Gateway

192.168.11.1

Storage

Brocade DCX-4S

with FX8-24 Blade

Brocade 7800