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

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Modifying an FCIP tunnel
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Modifying an FCIP tunnel
FCIP tunnel characteristics and options can be modified as needed, using the portCfg fcipTunnel
command with the modify option. The command syntax is as follows:
portCfg fciptunnel ve_port modify <options>
Where:
ve_port Each tunnel is assigned to a specific VE_Port. The VE_Port number serves as
the tunnel ID. The range is 16 through 23 for a 7800 switch and 12 through
31 for the FX8-24 blade.
options Options are as listed and described in Table 7 on page 44.
NOTE
When you use portcfg fciptunnel to modify the circuit options, the changes apply only to circuit
0.
CAUTION
Using the modify option may disrupt traffic on the specified FCIP tunnel for a brief period of time.
Modifying an FCIP circuit
FCIP circuit characteristics and options can be modified as needed, using the portCfg fcipcircuit
command with the modify option. The general command syntax is as follows:
portCfg fcipcircuit ve_port modify circuit_id <options>
Where:
ve_port Each FCIP tunnel is assigned to a specific VE_Port. The VE_Port number
serves as the tunnel ID. Specify the VE_Port of the tunnel that contains the
FCIP circuit you want to modify.
circuit_id The numeric ID assigned when the circuit was created.
options Options are as listed and described in Table 8 on page 46.
NOTE
You can modify all circuits, including circuit 0, using the portcfg fcipcircuit command.
For full details on syntax and using this command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference
Manual.