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FX8-24 blade licensing options, VE_Ports and FCIP tunnels on the FX8-24 blade

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2 FX8-24 blade licensing options FX8-24 blade licensing options Some of the capabilities of the FX8-24 blade require slot-based feature licenses. These include the following: • 10GbE support. • Advanced FICON acceleration. • The IR license is required for FCR. The IR license is required to configure VEX_ports. • The Advanced Extension License is required for FCIP trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL). Please refer to Chapter 16 of the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for complete information about licensing requirements. VE_Ports and FCIP tunnels on the FX8-24 blade An FX8-24 blade can support 20 VE_Ports, and therefore 20 FCIP tunnels. Each FCIP tunnel is associated with a specific VE_Port. On FX8-24 blades, and on the 7800 switch, VE_Ports do not have to be associated with a particular GbE port. VE_Ports 12 through 21 may use GbE ports ge0 through ge9, or they may use XGE port 1. VE_Ports 22 through 31 can only be used by XGE port 0. The total bandwidth cannot exceed 20 Gbps. FCIP trunking capacity on the FX8-24 blade FCIP trunking provides load leveling and failover capabilities through the use of FCIP circuits. FCIP tunnels using GbE ports can have up to four FCIP circuits spread across any four GbE ports. FCIP tunnels using 10GbE ports can have up to ten FCIP circuits on one 10GbE port. A single circuit cannot exceed 1 Gbps capacity. To create an FCIP tunnel with a capacity of 10 Gbps over a 10GbE port, you must create an FCIP tunnel with ten FCIP circuits. FCIP trunking FCIP Trunking is a method for managing the use of WAN bandwidth and providing redundant paths over the WAN that can protect against transmission loss due to WAN failure. Trunking is enabled by creating logical circuits within an FCIP tunnel. A tunnel may have multiple circuits. Each circuit is a connection between a pair of IP addresses that are associated with source and destination endpoints of an FCIP tunnel, as shown in Figure 4. 10 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator's Guide 53-1001766-01

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Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide
53-1001766-01
FX8-24 blade licensing options
2
FX8-24 blade licensing options
Some of the capabilities of the FX8-24 blade require
slot-based
feature licenses. These include the
following:
•
10GbE support.
•
Advanced FICON acceleration.
•
The IR license is required for FCR. The IR license is required to configure VEX_ports.
•
The Advanced Extension License is required for FCIP trunking and Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL).
Please refer to Chapter 16 of the Brocade
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
for complete
information about licensing requirements.
VE_Ports and FCIP tunnels on the FX8-24 blade
An FX8-24 blade can support 20 VE_Ports, and therefore 20 FCIP tunnels. Each FCIP tunnel is
associated with a specific VE_Port. On FX8-24 blades, and on the 7800 switch, VE_Ports do not
have to be associated with a particular GbE port.
VE_Ports 12 through 21 may use GbE ports ge0 through ge9, or they may use XGE port 1. VE_Ports
22 through 31 can only be used by XGE port 0. The total bandwidth cannot exceed 20 Gbps.
FCIP trunking capacity on the FX8-24 blade
FCIP trunking provides load leveling and failover capabilities through the use of FCIP circuits. FCIP
tunnels using GbE ports can have up to four FCIP circuits spread across any four GbE ports. FCIP
tunnels using 10GbE ports can have up to ten FCIP circuits on one 10GbE port.
A single circuit cannot exceed 1 Gbps capacity. To create an FCIP tunnel with a capacity of 10 Gbps
over a 10GbE port, you must create an FCIP tunnel with ten FCIP circuits.
FCIP trunking
FCIP Trunking is a method for managing the use of WAN bandwidth and providing redundant paths
over the WAN that can protect against transmission loss due to WAN failure. Trunking is enabled by
creating logical circuits within an FCIP tunnel. A tunnel may have multiple circuits. Each circuit is a
connection between a pair of IP addresses that are associated with source and destination
endpoints of an FCIP tunnel, as shown in
Figure 4
.