FCIP - (Storage Series Part-8)

Fiber Channel Over IP (FCIP)
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- SCSI over FCP over TCP over IP

- Same protocol stack as fiber channel

- Initiator and Targets are still Native FC (or FCOE)

- Used for FC SAN Extension like SAN replication over DCI (Data Center Interconnect), 
   for example running FCIP over OTV will be - SCSI over FCP over TCP over IP over 
   Ethernet over MPLS over GRE over IP over Ethernet

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MDS FCIP Gateway Configuration
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- Configure normal FC to initiators & targets

- Configure IP Connectivity between MDSes

- Configure FCIP Tunnel

- FCIP tunnel now counts as a TE port

_ Normal FC Switching design now applies

- FCIP only supported on MDS

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FCIP Configuration Example
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!
feature fcip
!
fcip profile 10
 ip add 1.1.1.1
 exit
!
inteface fcip 12
 use-profile 10
 peer-info ipadd 1.1.1.2
 no shut
 exit
!


sh fcip summary

sh int fcip 12 brief

sh int fcip12 trunk vsan

sh fcip profile

HTH...
Deepak Arora
Evil CCIE