HP StorageWorks MPX200 User Manual page 5

Enabling single-direction CHAP during discovery session and bidirectional CHAP during normal
session ........................................................................................................................... 111
Enabling bidirectional CHAP during discovery session and single-direction CHAP during normal
session ............................................................................................................................ 112
Enabling bidirectional CHAP during discovery session and bidirectional CHAP during normal
session ............................................................................................................................ 115
6 MPX200 FCIP ................................................................................ 117
MPX200 FCIP product description ............................................................................................. 117
Redundant FCIP network structure example ................................................................................. 118
Using FCIP to encapsulate FC packets ....................................................................................... 118
FCIP Impact on existing iSCSI configurations .............................................................................. 118
FCIP and iSCSI performance .................................................................................................... 120
MPX200 iSCSI/FCIP configurations ........................................................................................... 120
HP Continuous Access EVA 3 site configurations .................................................................. 125
3-site configuration with four MPX200 routers ................................................................ 126
3-site configuration with six MPX200 routers .................................................................. 126
3-site configuration with eight MPX200 routers .............................................................. 127
3-site configuration with six MPX200 routers and full inter-site connectivity ......................... 128
FCIP configuration rules and guidelines ............................................................................... 129
General FCIP configuration rules .................................................................................. 129
Operating system and multipath support ....................................................................... 130
Storage system rules and guidelines ............................................................................. 130
Fibre Channel switch and firmware support ................................................................... 130
IP performance tuning ............................................................................................................. 131
Distance ......................................................................................................................... 132
Bandwidth per route ......................................................................................................... 132
Latency ........................................................................................................................... 132
MTU/Jumbo frames .......................................................................................................... 132
Compression ................................................................................................................... 133
TCP window size/scaling performance tuning ...................................................................... 133
Modifying the window size and scaling factor ..................................................................... 134
TCP window size and scaling factor recommendations .......................................................... 134
Configuring an FCIP route ........................................................................................................ 137
Step 1. Verify your system requirements ............................................................................... 137
Step 2. Pre-installation checklist .......................................................................................... 138
Step 3. Rack-mount the MPX200 ........................................................................................ 138
Step 4. Install the SFPs ...................................................................................................... 138
Step 5. Set the MPX200 management port parameters ......................................................... 139
Step 6. Configure the MPX200 FCIP Route parameters .......................................................... 140
Install FCIP license ..................................................................................................... 140
Critical FCIP Performance settings ................................................................................ 141
Configure the FCIP routes using the CLI ......................................................................... 141
Step 7. Configure FC switch settings for the MPX200 ............................................................. 142
Step 8. Cable the MPX200 FC, GE, and management ports .................................................. 142
Step 9. Verify FCIP links and firmware version ...................................................................... 143
7 MPX200 FCoE feature description .................................................... 145
FCoE configurations ................................................................................................................ 145
Setting up for FCoE connectivity ................................................................................................ 146
8 Diagnostics and troubleshooting ...................................................... 153
MPX200 chassis diagnostics .................................................................................................... 153
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