Troubleshooting Ip Storage Issues; Overview - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

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Troubleshooting IP Storage Issues

This chapter describes IP storage troubleshooting procedures and includes the following sections:
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Overview

Using open-standard, IP-based technology, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP storage module enables you
to extend the reach of Fibre Channel SANs. The switch can connect separated SAN islands together via
IP networks using FCIP, and allow IP hosts to access FC storage using the iSCSI protocol.
The IP Storage (IPS) services module allows you to use FCIP and iSCSI features. It supports the full
range of features available on other switching modules, including VSANs, security, and traffic
management. The IPS module can be used in any Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch and has eight Gigabit
Ethernet ports. Each port can run the FCIP and iSCSI protocols simultaneously.
FCIP transports Fibre Channel frames transparently over an IP network between two Cisco MDS 9000
Family switches or other FCIP standards-compliant devices (see
the IPS module provides IP hosts access to Fibre Channel storage devices. IP host-initiated iSCSI
commands are encapsulated in IP, and sent to an MDS 9000 IPS port. There, the commands are routed
from the IP network into a Fibre Channel network, and forwarded to the intended target.
Figure 5-1 Connecting MDS 9000 Family Switches Over IP
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FC1/14
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Overview, page 5-1
Troubleshooting IP Connections, page 5-2
Troubleshooting FCIP Connections, page 5-5
Troubleshooting iSCSI Issues, page 5-31
Fine Tuning/Troubleshooting IPS iSCSI TCP Performance, page 5-44
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide
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Figure 5-1). Using the iSCSI protocol,
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