Configuring And Monitoring Fcip Extension Services; Fcip Concepts; Virtual Ports And Fcip Tunnels; Virtual Port Types - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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Configuring and monitoring FCIP extension services

FCIP concepts

Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) enables you to connect Fibre Channel SANs over IP-based networks. The HP
StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router and B-Series Multi-Protocol Router Blade uses FCIP to encapsulate
Fibre Channel frames within IP frames that can be sent over an IP network to a partner HP StorageWorks
400 Multi-Protocol Router or B-Series Multi-Protocol Router Blade. When the IP packets are received, the
Fibre Channel frames are reconstructed. The Fibre Channel fabric and all Fibre Channel targets and
initiators are unaware of the presence of the IP network.

Virtual ports and FCIP tunnels

Each HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router with an upgraded license and B-Series Multi-Protocol
Router Blade presents 16 FC ports and 16 virtual ports. Each GbE interface can support up to 8 FCIP
tunnels which are represented as 8 virtual ports on ge0 and 8 virtual ports on ge1. The mapping of tunnels
on ge0 and ge1 to virtual port numbers is represented in
Table 90

Tunnel and virtual port numbering

GbE port
ge0
ge1

Virtual Port Types

Virtual ports may be defined as VE_Ports or VEX_Ports:
VE_Ports (virtual E_Ports) are used to create interswitch links (ISLs) through an FCIP tunnel. If VE_Ports
are used on both ends of an FCIP tunnel, the fabrics connected by the tunnel are merged.
VEX_Ports enable FC-FC Routing Service functionality over an FCIP tunnel. VEX_Ports enable interfabric
links (IFLs). If a VEX_Port is on one end of an FCIP tunnel, the fabrics connected by the tunnel are not
merged. The other end of the tunnel must be defined as a VE_Port. VEX_Ports are not used in pairs.
Figure 78
illustrates a portion of a Fibre Channel network that uses FCIP ISLs, which are VE_Ports
connected over the IP WAN network, to join the office and data center SANs into a single larger SAN.
Tunnels
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Table
90.
Virtual ports
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
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