Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual page 16

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FCIP platforms and supported features
TABLE 1
Capabilities
QoS
•
•
•
FICON extension
•
•
•
•
IPsec
•
VEX_Ports
Support for third party WAN
optimization hardware
IPv6 addresses for FCIP
tunnels**
Support for jumbo frames
*Not supported in Fabric OS version 6.4.0, but will be supported in a later version.
** IPv6 addressing is not supported in conjunction with IPsec in Fabric OS version 6.4.0, but will
be supported in a later version.
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FCIP capabilities by platform
Marking DSCP
Marking 802.1P - VLAN
tagging
Enforcement 802.1P - VLAN
tagging
FICON emulation
XRC acceleration
Tape read acceleration
Tape write acceleration
AES encryption algorithm
7800 switch FX8-24 blade
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Transport mode Transport mode
Yes Yes
No* No*
Yes Yes
No* No*
MTU of 1500 is MTU of 1500 is
maximum maximum
7500/7500E FR4-18i blade
switch
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Tunnel mode Tunnel mode
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Fabric OS FCIP Administrator's Guide
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