C H A P T E R 56 Configuring Fibre Channel Write Acceleration; Enabling Fibre Channel Write Acceleration - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Fibre Channel Write Acceleration
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The initiator and target cannot connect to the same Cisco MDS switch. Fibre Channel write acceleration
Note
requires that the initiator and target must each connect to an SSM module installed on different Cisco
MDS switches.

Enabling Fibre Channel Write Acceleration

To enable Fibre Channel write acceleration, and optionally modify the number of write acceleration
buffers with Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand End Devices and then select SSM Features from the Physical Attributes pane.
You see the Intelligent Storage Services configuration, showing the FCWA tab in the Information pane
(see
Figure 56-1
Step 2 Click Create Row in the Information pane to create a SCSI flow or click a row in the FCWA table to
modify an existing SCSI flow.
You see the FC Write Acceleration dialog box shown in
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
56-2
Figure 56-1).
FCWA Tab
Chapter 56 Configuring Fibre Channel Write Acceleration
Figure 56-2.
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