Displaying Compression Ratio; Forward Error Correction; Inband Management - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Forward Error Correction

Displaying compression ratio

16 Gbps capable FC platforms that support compression and encryption, also provide the
compression ratio. Under Port Admin tab, the FC Ports tab and the General tab of a port display
one of the following values for the Compression Ratio:
<<numeric value>>
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N/A

Forward Error Correction

Forward Error Correction (FEC) allows recovering of error bits in a 10Gbps or a 16Gbps data stream.
This feature is enabled by default on all ISLs and ICLs of 10Gbps and 16Gbps FC platforms.
Forward error correction is supported in Access Gateway mode.
To configure forward error correction for an FC port or ICL port, perform the following steps.
1. Select Port Admin tab from the Switch Explorer window.
2. Select View > Advanced.
3. Select a port from the FC Ports Explorer or ICL Ports Explorer.
4. Select Enable or Disable from the Forward Error Correction drop-down button.

Inband Management

Inband Management is designed to allow the management of the switch through GigE ports. This
allows a management station located on the WAN side of the FCIP platform to communicate with
the control processor for management tasks, such as launching Web Tools, SNMP polling, SNMP
traps, trouble shooting, and configuration. To provide this communication, new interfaces have
been added to the control processor that have an external IP address, allowing IP connectivity
through the port processor to the control processor.
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Either of the following compression status is displayed in the General tab of the port.
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Enabled (Active) - Compression is enabled on a port and the configuration is Active.
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Enabled (Inactive) - Compression is enabled on a port and the configuration is Inactive.
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Disabled - Compression is not enabled on a port.
Either of the following forward error correction status is displayed in the General tab of the FC
port or ICL port.
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Enabled (Active) - FEC is enabled on a port and the configuration is Active.
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Enabled (Inactive) - FEC is enabled on a port and the configuration is Inactive.
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Disabled - FEC is not enabled on a port.
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NA - FEC is not supported.
Compression is enabled for a port.
Compression is supported but not configured.
Compression is not supported.
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