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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
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Configuring FCIP
Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP storage (IPS) services extend the reach of Fibre Channel SANs by using
open-standard, IP-based technology. The switch can connect separated SAN islands using Fibre Channel
over IP (FCIP).
Note FCIP is specific to the IPS module and is available in Cisco MDS 9200 Switches or Cisco MDS 9500
Directors.
The Cisco MDS 9216I switch and the 14/2 Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module also allow you
to use Fibre Channel, FCIP, and iSCSI features. The MPS-14/2 module is available for use in any switch
in the Cisco MDS 9200 Series or Cisco MDS 9500 Series.
Note For information on configuring Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, see Chapter 53, “Configuring IPv4 for
Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces.”
This chapter includes the following sections:
• About FCIP, page 48-1
• Configuring FCIP, page 48-7
• Using the FCIP Wizard, page 48-8
• Default Settings, page 48-38
About FCIP
The Fibre Channel over IP Protocol (FCIP) is a tunneling protocol that connects geographically
distributed Fibre Channel storage area networks (SAN islands) transparently over IP local area networks
(LANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), and wide area networks (WANs). See
Figure 48-1.
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