Troubleshooting Fcip Links - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

NOTE: If you do not specify a destination IP address, the destination address defaults to 0.0.0.0, and all
frames are tagged with the associated VLAN tag.
FCIP and ipPerf create and maintain entries in the VLAN tag table through their own configuration
procedures. Manual entries are needed on both the local and remote sides for portcmd ping and
portcmd traceroute commands when they are used to test and trace routes across a VLAN when no
FCIP tunnel is active.
The following The portCfg vlantag command is used to add or delete entries in the VLAN tag table.
The syntax for the portCfg vlantag command is as follows:
portcfg vlantag add|delete ipif_addr vlan_id L2CoS dest_IP_addr
Where:
pif_addr
vlan_id
L2CoS
dest_IP_addr
The following example adds an entry that tags all frames from IP address 192.168.10.1 destined for IP
address 192.168.20.1 with a VLAN ID of 100, and a L2 CoS value of 3.
portcfg vlantag 8/ge0 add 192.168.10.1 100 3 7 192.168.20.1

Troubleshooting FCIP links

The following list contains information for troubleshooting FCIP links:
When deleting FCIP links, you must delete them in the exact reverse order they were created. That is,
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delete first the tunnels, then the IP interfaces, and finally the port configuration. The IP route information
is removed automatically at this point.
• IP addresses are retained by slot in the system. If FR4- 1 8i blades are moved to different slots without first
deleting configurations, errors can be seen when trying to reuse these IP addresses.
The portCmd ping command only verifies physical connectivity. This command does not verify that
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you have configured the ports correctly for FCIP tunnels.
• One port can be included in multiple tunnels, but each tunnel must have at least one port that is unique
to that tunnel.
• Ports at both ends of the tunnel must be configured correctly for an FCIP tunnel to work correctly. These
ports can be either VE_Ports or VEX_Ports. A VEX_Port must be connected to a VE_Port.
• When configuring routing over an FCIP link for a fabric, the edge fabric will use VE_Ports and the
backbone fabric will use VEX_Ports for a single tunnel.
• If an FCIP tunnel fails with the "Disabled (Fabric ID Oversubscribed)" message, the solution is to
reconfigure the VEX_Port to the same Fabric ID as all of the other ports connecting to the edge fabric.
• Due to an IPSec RASLog limitation, you may not be able to determine an incorrect configuration that
causes an IPSec tunnel to not become active. This misconfiguration can occur on either end of the
tunnel. As a result, you must correctly match the encryption method, authentication algorithm, and other
configurations on each end of the tunnel.
446 Configuring and monitoring FCIP extension services
The locally defined IP address.
The VLAN tag used for this tag (range 1-4094).
Layer 2 class of service (range 0-7)
The destination IP address. All frames destined for this IP address will be
tagged with the specified vlan_id and L2 CoS. If a destination IP address is
not specified, all frames not already tagged will be tagged.