Chapter 1 Fcip Overview; About This Document; How This Document Is Organized; Supported Hardware And Software - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

About This Document

In this chapter

How this document is organized

. The document contains the following components:
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Supported hardware and software

. The following hardware platforms support FCIP as described in this manual.
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Fabric OS FCIP Administrator's Guide
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How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
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Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
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What's new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
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Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
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Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
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Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
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Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
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Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Chapter 1, "FCIP overview"
Chapter 2, "FCIP on the 7800 Switch and FX8-24 Blade"
configuration options for the 7800 switch and FX8-24 blade.
Chapter 3, "FCIP on the 7500 Switch and FR4-18i Blade"
options for the 7500 switch and FR4-18i blade.
Chapter 4, "FCIP Management and Troubleshooting"
troubleshooting operations.
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with one or more FX8-24 blades.
Brocade 7800 Switch.
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S or 48000 with one or more FR4-18i blades
Brocade 7500 Switch.
Brocade 7500E Switch.
describes FCIP concepts and features.
describes FCIP tunnel and trunking
describes FCIP tunnel configuration
describes FCIP management and
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