Brocade Communications Systems Network Advisor 12.3.0, User Manual

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Configuring FCIP tunnel advanced settings
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Configuring FCIP tunnel advanced settings
Compression, FCIP fast write and tape pipelining, IPsec and IKE policies, and FICON emulation
features are configured as advanced settings.
1. Click Advanced Settings on the Add FCIP Tunnel or Edit FCIP Tunnel dialog box.
The Advanced Settings dialog box is displayed. This dialog box has a Transmission tab, a
Security tab, and a FICON Emulation tab.
2. Click OK to close Advanced Settings when you have configured the features that you want to
implement.
3. Click OK to close the Add FCIP Tunnel dialog box.
Enabling Open Systems Tape Pipelining
Latency introduced by a long distance IP connection can negatively impact tape I/O performance.
Open Systems Tape Pipelining (OSTP) may be used to improve performance on SCSI write I/Os to
sequential devices (such as tape drives). When OSTP is used, the Extension Blades or Switches
emulate write commands and responses locally to reduce delays caused by latency. Both sides of
an FCIP tunnel must have matching configurations for these features to work. OSTP may be
configured by selecting Advanced Settings on the Add FCIP Tunnel dialog box. OSTP options are
available on the Transmission tab.
To enable OSTP, complete the following steps:
1. Select Advanced Settings on the Add FCIP Tunnel or Edit FCIP Tunnel dialog box to display the
Advanced Settings dialog box.
2. From the Transmission tab, select the Fast Write check box.
This enables the Tape Acceleration check box.
NOTE
For the Brocade 7840, the Tape Accelartion list contains Disabled, Write-only, and Read/Write
options.
3. Select the Tape Acceleration check box.
4. Click OK.
Enabling Tperf test mode
To enable Tperf test mode, complete the following steps:
1. Select Advanced Settings on the Add FCIP Tunnel or Edit FCIP Tunnel dialog box to display the
Advanced Settings dialog box.
2. From the Transmission tab, select the TPerf Test Mode check box.
3. Select the Tape Acceleration check box.
4. Click OK.
Tperf test mode should not be enabled during normal operations. It is only used for testing and
troubleshooting tunnels. Refer to the
Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide for information about
Tperf.