Fcip Profiles; Fcip Interfaces; Fcip High-Availability Solutions - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Cisco mds 9000 family fabric manager configuration guide, release 3.x (ol-8222-10, april 2008)
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About FCIP
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m

FCIP Profiles

The FCIP profile contains information about the local IP address and TCP parameters. The profile
defines the following information:
The FCIP profile's local IP address determines the Gigabit Ethernet port where the FCIP links terminate
(see
Figure 48-3

FCIP Interfaces

The FCIP interface is the local endpoint of the FCIP link and a VE port interface. All the FCIP and E
port parameters are configured in context to the FCIP interface.
The FCIP parameters consist of the following:

FCIP High-Availability Solutions

The following high-availability solutions are available for FCIP configurations:
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
48-4
The local connection points (IP address and TCP port number)
The behavior of the underlying TCP connections for all FCIP links that use this profile
Figure
48-3).
FCIP Profile and FCIP Links
FCIP
interfaces
The FCIP profile determines which Gigabit Ethernet port initiates the FCIP links and defines the
TCP connection behavior.
Peer information.
Number of TCP connections for the FCIP link.
E port parameters—trunking mode and trunk allowed VSAN list.
Fibre Channel PortChannels, page 48-5
FSPF, page 48-5
VRRP, page 48-6
Ethernet PortChannels, page 48-6
Switch 1
Gigabit
Ethernet
network
FCIP
profile
Chapter 48
Switch 2
FCIP link 1
IP
Switch 4
FCIP link 3
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Configuring FCIP

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