Checking For Interface Errors; Creating Fcip Tunnels With Fabric Manager; Advanced Fcip Profile Configuration - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Chapter 24 Configuring IP Storage

Checking for Interface Errors

To check for interface errors, follow these steps:
Be sure you are connected to a switch that contains an IPS module.
Step 1
Open Device Manager.
Step 2
Choose IP > FCIP.
Step 3
Click the Interface Errors tab (if it is not already selected) to see a list of FCIP-specific
Step 4
end-point/interface errors in the FCIP Interface Errors dialog box.

Creating FCIP Tunnels with Fabric Manager

To create and manage FCIP tunnels with Fabric Manager, you use the FCIP Wizard. First verify that the
IPS module is inserted in the required Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches, and that the switches' Gigabit
Ethernet interfaces are connected and the connectivity verified. The steps in creating FCIP tunnels using
the FCIP Wizard are:
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To create FCIP tunnels using the FCIP Wizard, follow these steps:
Open the FCIP Tunnels Wizard by clicking on its icon in the Fabric Manager toolbar.
Step 1
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Choose the endpoints.
Step 2
Step 3 Choose the ports' IP addresses.
Choose the link attributes.
Step 4

Advanced FCIP Profile Configuration

A basic FCIP configuration uses the local IP address to configure the FCIP profile. In addition to the
local IP address and the local port, you can specify other TCP parameters as part of the FCIP profile
configuration.
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Select the endpoints
Choose the interfaces' IP addresses
Specify link attributes
FCIP Tunnels Wizard
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