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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) and later include the following topics:
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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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OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
SCSI Flow Services, page 47-1
SCSI Flow Statistics, page 47-5
Displaying SCSI Flow Services Information, page 47-7
Default Settings, page 47-10
About SCSI Flow Services, page 47-1
Configuring SCSI Flow Services, page 47-3
Enabling SCSI Flow Services, page 47-3
Enabling SCSI Flow Configuration Distribution, page 47-4
Configuring SCSI Flow Identifiers, page 47-5
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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