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Routing through an IP network When connecting fabrics through IP, 1606 Extension SAN Switches or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blades, MP Routers or Blades serve as FCIP gateways with Fibre Channel routing. Routers that communicate with the FCIP protocol must be installed in pairs (Figure 30 and Figure 31). HP supports FCIP configurations in which 1606 Extension SAN Switches or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blades, 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade serve as an FCIP gateway and a Fibre Channel switch. Servers and storage systems that support Continuous Access with FCIP can be directly connected to the Fibre Channel ports on the 1606 Extension SAN Switches or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blades (Figure 30), 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade (Figure 39). 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch Fabric 1 IP Fabric 2 FCIP with FC routing Figure 30 1606 Extension SAN Switches connecting fabrics through IP . MPR MPR Fabric 1 IP 26598a Fabric 2 FCIP with FC routing 25152b Figure 31 MP Routers connecting fabrics through IP . VSANs can be connected through IP using the FCIP functionality of the C-series Fibre Channel switches (see "C-series Fibre Channel switches" on page 135). Figure 32 shows IVR connecting VSANs through IP. VSAN 1 VSAN 2 . . VSAN n FC Switch (IVR) IP FCIP with IVR VSAN 1 VSAN 2 . . VSAN n FC Switch (IVR) Figure 32 IVR connecting VSANs through IP . 25111a SAN Design Reference Guide 73