Creating Additional Fcip Circuits; Verifying The Fcip Tunnel Configuration - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

Creating additional FCIP circuits

If the Advanced Extension license is enabled, additional FCIP circuits can be created and added to
an FCIP tunnel using the portCfg fcipcircuit create command. The following examples adds a circuit
to the tunnel in the basic sample configuration (refer to
The following command creates circuit 1 on the FX8-24 end of the tunnel.
switch:admin> portcfg fcipcircuit 8/12 create 1 192.168.11.79 192.168.1.25 -b
15500 -B 1000000
The following command creates circuit 1 on the 7800 end of the tunnel.
switch:admin> portcfg fcipcircuit 16 create 1 192.168.1.25 192.168.11.79 -b 15500
-B 1000000
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Verifying the FCIP tunnel configuration

After you have created local and remote FCIP configurations, verify that the FCIP tunnel and circuit
parameters are correct using the portshow fciptunnel command. Please refer to the Fabric OS
Command Reference Manual for a description of the command syntax and output.
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The VE_ports used to create the tunnel are the same as specified on the FCIP tunnel in the
basic sample configuration. The VE_ports uniquely identify the tunnel, and the circuit is
associated with this specific tunnel.
The unique destination and source IP addresses are mirrored on either end of the tunnel. The
address 192.168.11.79 is the destination address for the FX8-24 blade, and the source
address for the 7800 switch, while the address 192.168.1.25 is the destination address for
the 7800 switch, and the source address for the FX8-24 blade.
ARL minimum and maximum rates are set per circuit. They must be the same on either end of
a circuit, but individual circuits may have different rates.
You can configure standby circuits by assigning a metric. In the following example, circuit 2 is
used only when circuit 1 fails. Refer to
description of circuit failover and the use of standby circuits.
switch:admin> portcfg fcipcircuit 8/12 create 1 192.168.11.79 192.168.1.25 -b
15500 -B 1000000
switch:admin> portcfg fcipcircuit 8/12 create 2 192.168.11.8 192.168.1.26 -b
15500 -B 1000000 -x 1
Configuration steps
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