Disabling Fc Fastwrite On A Port; Fcip Services Configuration Guidelines - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Example of disabling FC Fastwrite on a switch :
switch:admin> fastwritecfg --disable 7
!!!! WARNING !!!!
Disabling FC Fastwrite will require powering off and back on the and it
may take upto 5 minutes. For non bladed system, the switch will be
rebooted. Data traffic will be disrupted.
Continue
Slot 7 is being powered off

Disabling FC Fastwrite on a port

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Issue the following command:
switch:admin> portcfg fastwrite [slot/]port --disable
where slot is the slot in which the FR4- 1 8i is installed, and port is the port number. A slot number is not
required for the 400 Multi-Protocol Router.

FCIP services configuration guidelines

There are multiple configuration requirements and options associated with FCIP services. The following
general guidelines may be helpful. The steps are presented in an order that minimizes the number of times
ports need to be disabled and enabled. In practice, the steps do not have to be taken in this order.
Determine whether you are implementing IPSec.
1.
IPSec configuration may be done at any time, but defining IPSec policies first ensures that they will be
available when FCIP tunnels are configured. See "" on page 421 for specific instructions.
2. Determine which FCIP tunnel you want to configure.
Each FCIP tunnel is associated with a specific virtual port, and a specific Ethernet port, as shown in
Table 84 on page 385. For example, if you want to configure FCIP tunnel 0, you need to configure
virtual port 16, and define an IP interface and one or more IP routes over Ge0.
3. Persistently disable the virtual ports before you configure them.
Ports on a new 400 Multi-protocol Router or FR4- 1 8i blade are persistently disabled by default. On a
400 Multi-protocol Router or FR4- 1 8i blade that has already been installed and configured, check the
EX port status using the portcfgshow command, and persistently disable the ports using the
portcfgpersistentdisable command before you configure them. See "" on page 421 for a
description.
4. The Ethernet port associated with the tunnel should also be disabled. Before disabling an Ethernet port,
be sure there are no other tunnels active on the port. If there are, disabling the port will disable the
tunnel or tunnels.
5. Determine whether any of the Virtual ports should be VEX ports, and configure them using the
portcfgvexport command. See
6. Create an IP interface using the portcfg ipif command. See
page 409 for specific instructions.
7. Create one or more IP routes using the portcfg iproute command. See
on page 409 for specific instructions.
8. If you are implementing VLAN tagging, create a static ARP entry for the IP interface using the portcfg
arp command. See
9. Create an FCIP tunnel using the portcfg fciptunnel command. See
for specific instructions.
10. If you are implementing FICON emulation, configure FICON emulation using the portcfg ficon
command. See
(Y,y,N,n): [ n]
"Managing FCIP
"Configuring and enabling FC
"FICON fabrics" on page 423 for specific instructions.
y
tunnels" on page 409 for specific instructions.
"Managing FCIP
"Managing FCIP
Fastwrite" on page 398 for specific instructions.
"FICON
Fabric OS 6.1.x administrator guide 401
tunnels" on
tunnels"
fabrics" on page 423