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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 19 FCIP Configuration
FCIP High Availability
Step 5 Set the RemoteIPAddress and RemoteTCPPort fields for the peer IP address you are configuring.
Step 6 Check the PassiveMode check box if you do not want this end of the link to initiate a TCP connection.
Step 7 Optionally set the NumTCPCon field to the number of TCP connections from this FCIP link.
Step 8 Check the Enable check box in the B Port section of the dialog box and optionally check the KeepAlive
check box if you want a response sent to an ELS Echo frame received from the FCIP peer.
Step 9 Optionally set the other fields in this dialog box and click Create to create this FCIP link.
Configuring E Ports
All configuration commands that apply to E ports, also apply to FCIP interfaces. The following features
are also available FCIP interfaces:
•VSANs—FCIP interfaces can be a member of any VSAN.
•Trunk mode and trunk allowed VSANs can be configure.d
•PortChannels.
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Multiple FCIP links can be bundled into a Fibre Channel PortChannel.
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FCIP links and Fibre Channel links cannot be combined in one PortChannel.
•FSPF.
•Fibre Channel domains (fcdomains).
•Zone merge—The zone database can be imported or exported from the adjacent switch.
FCIP High Availability
The following high availability solutions are available for FCIP configurations:
•Fibre Channel PortChannels, page 19-19
•FSPF, page 19-19
•VRRP, page 19-20
•Ethernet PortChannels, page 19-20
•Ethernet PortChannels and Fibre Channel PortChannels, page 19-21