Best Practice Configuration for Brocade 7500

This section provides example steps to complete a Brocade 7500 configuration. It does not include any
commands for configuration such as commands for the Fibre Channel ports, LSAN zones, and aliases.

The following settings must be specified for the Brocade 7500 Extension Switch.:

Compression disabled

FCIP Fastwrite enabled

FCIP bandwidth set to 900 Mbps

1 FCIP tunnel on one GigE Interface

Byte streaming mode enabled (required)

Note: If you are installing Steelhead appliances into an existing FCIP SAN extension configuration where
previously there were no WOC systems present, some of these settings may be different and will need
to be changed.

To configure FCIP tunnels on Brocade 7500

1. On the Brocade 7500, connect to the CLI.

2. Assign an IP address to a Gigabit Ethernet interface by entering the following command (the Brocade

7500 has Gigabit Ethernet interfaces ge0 and ge1):

portcfg ipif ge0 create 11.1.1.2 255.255.255.0 1500

Where the following is true:

Interface IP being applied to = ge0

IP address assigned to interface = 11.1.1.2 (to be changed as per actual)

Network Mask = 255.255.255.0 (to be changed as per actual)

MTU size = 1500

3. To verify the IP configuration on ge0, enter the following command:

portshow ipif ge0

4. Create a static route for FCIP tunnel if the peer IP address of the remote Brocade 7500 is on a
different subnet by entering the following command:

portcfg iproute ge0 create 12.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 11.1.1.1

Where the following is true:

Interface = ge0

Destination Network = 12.1.1.0 (to be changed as per actual)

Destination IP Mask = 255.255.255.0 (to be changed as per actual)

Next Hop IP = 11.1.1.1 (to be changed as per actual)

5. To verify the static route configured on ge0, enter the following command:

portshow iproute ge0

6. Enable virtual port for the GigE interface.

When a FCIP tunnel is defined, each FCIP tunnel is associated to a virtual port. Each GigE interface can
have up to 8 FCIP tunnels defined: tunnel ID 0-7. On GigE 0, tunnels 0 through 7 are tied to virtual ports
16 to 23. On GigE 1, tunnels 0 through 7 are tied to virtual ports 24 thru 31. Enable the associated virtual
port with the FCIP tunnel ID defined. To create tunnel 0 on physical port GigE 0, connect to the CLI and
enter the following command:

portcfgpersistentenable 16

Where the following is true:

Virtual ports 16-23 correspond to ge0 tunnels 0-7

Virtual ports 24-31 correspond to ge1 tunnels 0-7

7. Create the FCIP tunnel on ge0 by entering the following command:

portcfg fciptunnel ge0 create 0 11.1.1.4 11.1.1.2 900000 -f -bstr

Where the following is true:

Interface = ge0

Tunnel ID = 0

Destination IP = 11.1.1.4 (to be changed as per actual)

Source IP = 11.1.1.2 (to be changed as per actual)

Committed Rate (comm._rate) in kilobits = 900 Mbps

-f (enables FCIP Fastwrite)

-bstr (enables byte streaming mode)

By default compression is disabled and cannot be enabled when byte streaming mode is configured. To
modify a parameter on any FCIP tunnel that has been created, use the modify option of the portcfg
command. In the following example the committed rate on the fciptunnel is modified to 800 Mbps.

portcfg fciptunnel ge0 modify 0 11.1.1.4 800000