HP StorageWorks 4/32 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.1.1b Release Notes (AA-RWEEG- - Page 12
GbE_ports, VE_Ports and VEX_Ports over GbE - storageworks 400
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If a port is configured as an EX_Port: • Frame-based trunking, which is typically enabled automatically or configured manually using the portCfgTrunkPort command, is not supported. • However, Dynamic Path Select (DPS), or exchange-based load-balancing, is supported on equal cost links whether they are E_Ports, EX_Ports, VE_Ports, or VEX_Ports. (Note that you can disable DPS using the aptPolicy command.) NOTE: You cannot connect the E_Port of a switch running Fabric OS 2.x to an EX_Port on an HP StorageWorks 400 MP Router or B-Series MP Router blade. GbE_ports Several new commands have been added to support GbE_Ports and several existing commands will not work with the GbE_Ports (see "Unsupported Commands"). Frame-based trunking is not supported over GbE_Ports, but DPS (exchange-based loadbalancing) is supported and is always on. GbE_Ports or tunnels are as long as the cost paths are the same. (Note that you can disable DPS using the aptPolicy command.) GbE_Port features include: • The GbE_Ports are set to 1-Gbit/sec speed and duplex settings cannot be changed. • Neither Fabric Watch nor Advanced Performance Monitoring is supported on GbE_Ports, nor are they supported on the virtual tunnel VE_Ports and VEX_Ports. • For each FC-IP tunnel, two TCP connections are established between the end points. The first, running at TCP port, 3225 carries all Fibre Channel Class F (control) traffic. The second, running on TCP port 3226, carries all Fibre Channel Class 2 and 3 (data) traffic. VE_Ports and VEX_Ports (over GbE) VE_Ports and VEX_Ports are virtual ports (that represent each FC-IP tunnel, up to eight per GbE_Port) over the physical GbE link. VE_Ports are essentially tunneled E_Ports over an IP network via FC-IP. VEX_Ports are routed VE_Ports, just as EX_Ports are routed E_Ports. VE_Ports and VEX_Ports have the same behavior and functionality. NOTE: At this time, you cannot connect both a VEX_Port and an EX_Port to the same edge fabric. 12