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Virtual E_ports.
FCIP QoS.
Support for 200 ms RTT (on a limited number of GbE ports).
Adaptive Rate Limiting (licensable).
TCP performance graphing in Web Tools.
FCIP Tunnels.
-A maximum of 10 FCIP Tunnels for all GbE ports.
-Four tunnels maximum per GbE port.
-Two 10 GbE ports can support up to ten FCIP tunnels each.
-Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual Fibre Channel E_Port.
-Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link.
-The Link Cost is equal to the sum of all established/low metric (or currently active) circuits’
MAX rates in the tunnel.
-Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are configured as VE_Ports, and do not
merge if they are configured as VEX_Ports. If VE_Ports are used in a Fibre Channel Routing
Services backbone fabric configuration, then the backbone fabric merges, but the
EX_Port-attached edge fabrics do not merge. For more information refer to the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.
Up to three FC trunking groups. The three groups are defined as:
-Trunk group 0: FC ports 0,1
-Trunk group 1: FC ports 6,7
-Trunk group 2: FC ports 2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11