Fcip Platforms And Supported Features - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

FCIP platforms and supported features

There are five Fabric OS platforms that support FCIP:
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There are differences in platform capabilities. For example, the 4 Gbps Router, Extension switch,
and the 4 Gbps Router, Extension blade cannot support FCIP trunking, and some features, such as
support for IPSec and IPv6 addresses, are not currently available for the 8 Gbps 16-FC ports,
6-Gbps ports extension switch and 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports blade in
Fabric OS version 6.3.0, but are planned for a later version.
per platform.
TABLE 21
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 is planned for a later release.
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The 8 Gbps 16-FC ports, 6-Gbps ports extension switch.
The 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports blade (384-port Backbone Chassis,
192-port Backbone Chassis).
The 4 Gbps Extension Switch.
The 4 Gbps Router, Extension switch.
The 4 Gbps Router, Extension blade (384-port Backbone Chassis, 192-port Backbone Chassis,
Director Chassis).
FCIP capabilities
FCIP platforms and supported features
8 Gbps 16-FC 8 Gbps 12-FC
ports, 6-Gbps port, 10 GbE
ports extension ports, 2-10 GbE
ports
switch blade
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No* No*
Yes Yes
Table 21 summarizes FCIP capabilities
4 Gbps Router, 4 Gbps Router,
Extension Switch Extension
No No
No No
No No
No No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
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blade
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