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Services Modules

S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .

Figure 37-1 FCIP Scenarios

Figure 37-2 iSCSI Scenarios

Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide

FCIP—FCIP transports Fibre Channel frames transparently over an IP network between two Cisco

MDS 9000 Family switches or other FCIP standards-compliant devices.

IPS module is used in different FCIP scenarios.

iSCSI—The IPS module provides IP hosts access to Fibre Channel storage devices. The IP host

sends SCSI commands encapsulated in iSCSI protocol data units (PDUs) to a Cisco MDS 9000

Family switch IPS port over a TCP/IP connection. At this point, the commands are routed from an

IP network into a Fibre Channel network and forwarded to the intended target.

the iSCSI scenarios in which the IPS module is used.

"Control" TCP

Configuring IP Storage

shows how the

OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x