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FCIP overview

In this chapter

FCIP platforms and supported features

There are five Brocade platforms that support FCIP:
• The Brocade 7800 switch.
• The FX8-24 blade (DCX, DCX4S chassis).
• The 7500E switch.
• The 7500 switch.
• The FR4-18i blade (DCX, DCX4S, 48000 chassis).
There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the 7500/7500E switch and FR4-18i
blade cannot support FCIP trunking.
Table 1
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Capabilities
FCIP trunking
Adaptive Rate Limiting
10GbE ports
FC ports up to 8 Gbps
Compression
Protocol acceleration
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FCIP concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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summarizes FCIP capabilities per platform.
FCIP capabilities by platform
FCIP Fastwrite
Open Systems Tape
Pipelining
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OSTP read
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OSTP write
7800 switch FX8-24 blade
Yes Yes, but not
across 10GbE
ports.
Yes Yes, but not on
10 GbE ports.
No Yes
Yes (1, 2, 4, 8 Yes (1, 2, 4, 8
Gbps) Gbps)
Yes Yes
LZ and Deflate LZ and Deflate
Yes Yes
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7500/7500E FR4-18i blade
switch
No No
No No
No No
No (1, 2, 4 Gbps) No (1, 2, 4 Gbps)
Yes Yes
LZ only LZ only
Yes Yes
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