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FCIP platforms and supported features

The following Fabric OS platforms that support FCIP:
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•
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There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the 4 Gbps Extension Blade cannot
support FCIP trunking or Adaptive Rate Limiting. As another example, the 8 Gbps platforms cannot
support third party WAN optimization hardware.
NOTE
The 8 Gbps Extrension blade is supported in 16 Gbps Backbone and Director Chassis, but the 4
Gbps Extension blade is not.
IPv6 addressing is not supported in conjunction with IPsec on all platforms in Fabric OS version
v7.0, but will be supported in a later
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Capabilities
FCIP trunking
Adaptive Rate Limiting
10 GbE ports
FC ports up to 8 Gbps
Compression
Open Systems Tape
Pipelining (OSTP)
• FCIP Fastwrite
• Tape Acceleration
FICON extension
IPSec for tunnel traffic
Diffserv priorities
VLAN tagging
VEX_Ports
Support for third party WAN
optimization hardware
IPv6 addresses for FCIP
tunnels
Support for jumbo frames
1.
2.
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The 8 Gbps extension switch.
The 8 Gbps Extension blade (8-slot Backbone Chassis, 4-slot Backbone Chassis).
The 4 Gbps Extension blade (8-slot Backbone Chassis, 4-slot Backbone Chassis, Director
Chassis).
FCIP capabilities
2
Support is planned for a later release.
IPv6 addressing is not supported in conjunction with IPsec in Fabric OS version v7.0, but
will be supported in a later version.
FCIP platforms and supported features
version.Table 70 summarizes FCIP capabilities per platform.
8 Gbps Extension 8 Gbps Extension
Switch blade
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
1 1
No No
Yes Yes
1 1
No No
MTU of 1500 is MTU of 1500 is
maximum maximum
4 Gbps Extension
blade
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
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