Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Service Manual

53-1002474-0115 December 2011®Fabric OS FCIPAdministrator’s GuideSupporting Fabric OS v7.0.1

x Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01What’s new in this documentMajor new additions or deletions in this document support the following:

86 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Portshow command usage4Displaying performance statisticsDisplay a summary of performance statistic

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 8753-1002474-01Portshow command usage4Displaying FCIP tunnel performance (7800 switch and FX8-24 blade)The follow

88 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP tunnel issues4Displaying QoS prioritization for a circuitThe following example will display Q

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 8953-1002474-01FCIP tunnel issues42. Confirm IP configuration is correct on both tunnel endpoints using the follo

90 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP links43. Confirm that traffic shaping is configured to limit the bandwidth to available using

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 9153-1002474-01FTRACE concepts4• portTrace --show all• portTrace --statusFor issue specific to tunnel ports, run

92 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FTRACE concepts4For the FR4-18i blade, FTRACE must be manually configured and enabled using the ap

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 9353-1002474-01IndexNumerics10GbE lossless failover, 187800 switch, 6configuring a GbE port, 36configuring an IP

94 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FR4-18i blade, 55frontend bandwidth, 13FSPF link cost calculation when ARL is used, 21FTRACE, conf

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 9553-1002474-01WWAN, 80WAN analysis tools, 80XXISLenabling for VE ports, 35

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide xi53-1002474-01Document conventionsThis section describes text formatting conventions and important notice format

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xii Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Notes, cautions, and warningsThe following notices and statements are used in this manual. They a

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide xiii53-1002474-01Additional informationThis section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation

xiv Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01• Serial console and Telnet session logs• syslog message logs2. Switch Serial NumberThe switch se

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 153-1002474-01Chapter1FCIP OverviewIn this chapter•FCIP platforms and supported features. . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP platforms and supported features1Protocol acceleration• FCIP Fastwrite• Open Systems Tape Pipe

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 353-1002474-01FCIP concepts1FCIP conceptsFibre Channel over IP (FCIP) enables you to use existing IP wide area ne

4 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01IP WAN network considerations1

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 553-1002474-01Chapter2FCIP on the 7800 Switch and FX8-24 BladeIn this chapter•7800 switch hardware overview. . .

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6 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-017800 switch hardware overview27800 switch hardware overviewFigure 2 shows the FC ports and GbE port

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 753-1002474-017800 switch license options27800 switch license optionsSome of the capabilities of the Brocade 7800

8 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FX8-24 blade hardware overview2VE_Ports and FCIP tunnels on the 7800 switchA 7800 switch can suppor

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 953-1002474-01FX8-24 blade hardware overview2FIGURE 3 FX8-24 blade FC and GbE ports110GbE ports (Labeled xge0 and

10 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FX8-24 blade license options2Removing FX8-24 bladesATTENTIONIf you are permanently removing a blad

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1153-1002474-01FX8-24 blade license options2• 10 Gbps mode: VE_Ports 12 through 21 use xge1; VE_Ports 22 through

12 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FX8-24 blade license options2Bandwidth allocation and restrictionsYou cannot configure more than 1

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1353-1002474-01FX8-24 blade license options2Front-end bandwidthFront-end port bandwidth allocation is calculated

14 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FX8-24 blade license options2Configuring IP routes with crossportsYou can configure IP routes with

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1553-1002474-01FCIP trunking2Using traceroute with crossportsYou can trace a route to a crossport address, as in

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide iii53-1002474-01Document HistoryTitle Publication number Summary of changes DateFabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Gu

16 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP trunking2Design for redundancy and fault toleranceMultiple FCIP tunnels can be defined betwee

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1753-1002474-01FCIP trunking2• Tunnel and circuit requirements for 7800 extension switches: - You can define up t

18 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP trunking2FIGURE 5 Link loss and retransmission over peer lowest metric circuitNOTEModifying a

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 1953-1002474-01FCIP trunking2• Dual mode (10 Gbps and 1 Gbps) is not supported for 10GbE failover.• Failover does

20 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP trunking23. Create a tunnel with one circuit going over xge0.portcfg fciptunnel 8/22 create 1

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 2153-1002474-01Adaptive Rate Limiting2Adaptive Rate Limiting Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL) is performed on FCIP ci

22 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01QoS SID/DID priorities over an FCIP trunk2• QoS medium - The default value is 30 percent of the av

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 2353-1002474-01QoS SID/DID priorities over an FCIP trunk2FIGURE 7 TCP connections for handling QoS SID/DID-based

24 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01QoS, DSCP, and VLANs2QoS, DSCP, and VLANsQuality of Service (QoS) refers to policies for handling

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 2553-1002474-01QoS, DSCP, and VLANs2When both DSCP and L2CoS are usedIf an FCIP tunnel or circuit is VLAN tagged,

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26 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01QoS, DSCP, and VLANs2ExamplesThe following example shows the VLAN tag option on the fciptunnel cre

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 2753-1002474-01QoS, DSCP, and VLANs2To tag frames destined for a specific host address, you must create an entry

28 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Compression options2Compression optionsThe following compression options are available on both the

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 2953-1002474-01IPsec implementation over FCIP tunnels2Limitations using IPsec over FCIP tunnelsThe following limi

30 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Open Systems Tape Pipelining2Enabling IPsec and IKE policiesIPsec is enabled as an option of the p

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 3153-1002474-01Open Systems Tape Pipelining2FIGURE 8 Single tunnel, Fastwrite and OSTP enabledFIGURE 9 Multiple t

32 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Support for IPv6 addressing2In some cases, traffic isolation zoning TI or LS/LF configurations may

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 3353-1002474-01Configuration preparation2• The Neighbor Discovery ICMPv6 Solicitations and Advertisements are tra

34 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Configuration steps2• Determine source and destination IP addresses for circuit 0, and the minimum

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 3553-1002474-01Configuration steps2The following example configures a VEX_Port, enables admin, and specifies fabr

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide v53-1002474-01ContentsAbout This DocumentIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

36 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Configuration steps2NOTEBefore changing operating modes for a port, you must delete the port’s FCI

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 3753-1002474-01Configuration steps2FIGURE 10 Basic sample configurationThere are no addressing restrictions for I

38 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Configuration steps2FIGURE 11 Configuring an IP routeFor information on configuring IP routes usin

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 3953-1002474-01Configuration steps2The following command creates the 7800 end of the tunnel. VE_Port 16 is specif

40 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Configuration steps2.TABLE 7 Tunnel options Option Arguments Disruptive DescriptionCompression Sho

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 4153-1002474-01Configuration steps2Remote FC WWN Short Option: -nLong Option: --remote-wwn<remote-WWN>Yes T

42 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Configuration steps2.TABLE 8 Circuit options Option Argument Disruptive DescriptionCommitted rate

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 4353-1002474-01Configuration steps2Minimum retransmit timeShort option: -mLong option: --min-retrans-timeOperands

44 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Configuration steps2Keep-alive timeout optionConsider the following items when configuring the kee

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 4553-1002474-01Configuration steps2• ARL minimum and maximum rates are set per circuit. They must be the same on

vi Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Creating a multicircuit tunnel (example)2Creating a multicircuit tunnel (example)This section prov

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 4753-1002474-01Creating a multicircuit tunnel (example)2Site Bportcfg ipif ge0 create 192.168.0.64 255.255.255.0

48 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Creating a multicircuit tunnel (example)23. Add circuits using the portcfg fcipcircuit command. Th

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 4953-1002474-01Modifying an FCIP tunnel on a Brocade 7800 FX8-24 blade2 16 1 ge1 Up ---4--s 4m12s

50 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Deleting an IP interface on a Brocade 7800 FX8-24 blade2NOTEYou can modify all circuits, including

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 5153-1002474-01Deleting an FCIP circuit on a Brocade 7800 FX8-24 blade2CAUTIONThe fciptunnel delete command does

52 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Virtual Fabrics and the Brocade 7800 FX8-24 blade2Limitations of port sharingNote the following li

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 5353-1002474-01Chapter3FCIP on the FR4-18i BladeIn this chapter•FR4-18i blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FR4-18i blade3FR4-18i bladeFabric OS v 7.0 and later supports SAN extension between Brocade FR4-18

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 5553-1002474-01FCIP design considerations for the FR4-18i blade3FR4-18i blade portsEach Brocade FR4-18i blade pre

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide vii53-1002474-01Deleting an IP route on a Brocade 7800 FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . .50Deleting an FCIP tunnel

56 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP design considerations for the FR4-18i blade3Virtual port typesVirtual ports may be defined as

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 5753-1002474-01FCIP services license3Compression on FCIP tunnelsData compression can be enabled or disabled on FC

58 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01IPsec implementation over FCIP3L2CoS Quality of ServiceRefer to“VLANs and Layer 2 Quality of Servi

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 5953-1002474-01IPsec implementation over FCIP3Limitations using IPsec over FCIP tunnelsThe following limitations

60 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01IPsec implementation over FCIP33. IKE negotiates SA parameters, setting up matching SAs in the pee

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 6153-1002474-01IPsec implementation over FCIP3Creating an IKE and IPsec policyFor a complete description of the p

62 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Virtual Fabrics and FCIP32. Enter the following command.policy --delete type numberIn the syntax,

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 6353-1002474-01Options for enhancing tape I/O performance3Options for enhancing tape I/O performanceFCIP Fastwrit

64 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Options for enhancing tape I/O performance3FCIP Fastwrite and OSTP configurationsTo help understan

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 6553-1002474-01Options for enhancing tape I/O performance3Unsupported configurations for Fastwrite and OSTPConfig

viii Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Managing the VLAN tag table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Chapte

66 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01FCIP services configuration guidelines3FCIP services configuration guidelinesThere are multiple co

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 6753-1002474-01Setting persistently disabled ports3Setting persistently disabled portsPorts used on an FCIP tunne

68 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Creating IP interfaces and routes3NOTERefer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for full det

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 6953-1002474-01Creating an FCIP tunnel3Creating an FCIP tunnelAfter you have verified licensing and connectivity

70 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Enabling persistently disabled ports on the Brocade 7500 FR4-18i31. Connect to the switch and log

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 7153-1002474-01Managing FCIP tunnels31. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin r

72 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Managing the VLAN tag table3switch:admin> portcfg fciptunnel 8/ge0 delete 6switch:admin> por

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 7353-1002474-01Chapter4FCIP Management and TroubleshootingIn this chapter•Inband management. . . . . . . . . . .

74 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Inband management4IP routingThe inband management interfaces are separate from the existing IP int

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 7553-1002474-01Inband management47800 L1Configure the inband management interfaces.portcfg mgmtif ge0 create 192.

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide ix53-1002474-01About This DocumentIn this chapter•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

76 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Inband management47800 L11. Configure the inband management interfaces.portcfg mgmtif ge0 create 1

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 7753-1002474-01Inband management4FIGURE 21 Redundant connection to management station7800 L11. Configure the inba

78 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01Inband management42. Access the 7800 switches through the external inband management interfaces.te

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 7953-1002474-01Inband management4For this example, you must configure the following:• On the management station:-

80 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01WAN performance analysis tools4WAN performance analysis toolsWAN analysis tools are designed to te

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 8153-1002474-01WAN performance analysis tools4The previous display shows VE_Port 16 as up, but a switchshow comma

82 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01WAN performance analysis tools4The ipperf optionNOTEThe ipperf option is for FR4-18i blades. It do

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 8353-1002474-01WAN performance analysis tools4Ipperf performance statisticsTable 15 lists the end-to-end IP path

84 Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide53-1002474-01WAN performance analysis tools42. Configure the sender test endpoint using a similar CP CLI.The sy

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide 8553-1002474-01Portshow command usage4For details of command syntax and output examples, refer to the Fabric OS C