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Step 11. Configure an FCIP Route
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)—a licensed feature of the iSR6200—is a protocol used to transport Fibre Channel frames
over TCP/IP to provide SAN-over-WAN capabilities. FCIP is commonly used to interconnect (merge) SANs that are
separated by such a distance that a direct connection is cost-prohibitive or technically unfeasible.
For detailed information about configuring FCIP parameters, refer to the iSR6200 QLogic intelligent Storage Router (iSR)
Installation Guide, chapter 5.
The iSR6200 system FCIP implementation has the following attributes and capabilities:
■ Compatible with all Fibre Channel vendor fabrics (all Fibre Channel switches)
■ E_Port extension—Bridges same Fibre Channel vendor SANs (such as Fibre Channel switches)
■ F_Port extension—Does not merge fabrics
■ Supported configurations:
❑ Two same-vendor Fibre Channel SAN islands
❑ Direct connect from one N_Port to a remote SAN island
■ Support for 1GbE and 10GbE connections (a licensed feature):
❑ 100MBps on each 1Gb Ethernet or 8Gb Fibre Channel route
❑ 400MBps on each 10Gb Ethernet or 8Gb Fibre Channel route
■ Compression at 1.5Gbps
■ TCP/IP selective acknowledgement (SACK) of packets
■ Support for bandwidth throttling
■ Distances up to 250ms with TCP window size up to 16M
■ Trace route and ping support links up to two locations per blade, four locations per chassis (two blades)
■ FICON
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support
Step 12. Locate the Blade Serial Number for License Key Activation
The serial number of each blade is required for activating the router license key on the License Key Activation form. You
can locate the blade serial number (SN) with the following methods:
■ Use the QLogic utilities, either the CLI or SANsurfer Router Manager (GUI). (Recommended method; most
reliable)
■ View the serial number marked on the bottom of blade.
Serial Number Formats
It is very important that you enter the blade’s exact and entire serial number (case-sensitive). If any part of the serial
number is different or truncated, the generated license key will not work. The QLogic iSR6200 products have 10-digit
alphanumeric serial numbers, for example:
SN: 0951F00579
