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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