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Configuring SCSI Flow Services and Statistics
Intelligent Storage Services are features supported on the Storage Services Module (SSM). The Storage
Services Module (SSM) supports SCSI flow services and SCSI flow statistics. Intelligent Storage
Services supported in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(2b) or Cisco NX-OS 4.1(1b) and later include
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SCSI Flow Services

A SCSI initiator/target combination is a SCSI flow. SCSI flow services provide enhanced features for
SCSI flows, such as write acceleration and flow monitoring for statistics gathering on an SSM.
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About SCSI Flow Services

A SCSI initiator/target combination is a SCSI flow. SCSI flow services provide enhanced features for
SCSI flows, such as write acceleration and flow monitoring for statistics gathering on an SSM.
Functionally, the SCSI flow services functional architecture consists of the following components:
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Figure 48-1
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
SCSI Flow Services, page 48-1
SCSI Flow Statistics, page 48-5
Displaying SCSI Flow Services Information, page 48-7
Default Settings, page 48-10
About SCSI Flow Services, page 48-1
Configuring SCSI Flow Services, page 48-3
Enabling SCSI Flow Services, page 48-3
Enabling SCSI Flow Configuration Distribution, page 48-4
Configuring SCSI Flow Identifiers, page 48-5
SCSI flow manager (SFM) on the supervisor
SCSI flow configuration CLI on the supervisor
SCSI flow configuration client on the Control Path Processor (CPP) of an SSM
SCSI flow feature set support on the Data Path Processor (DPP) of an SSM
shows an example of the SCSI flow services functional architecture.
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