Configuring 10 Gbps VE ports on Brocade FC 7840 switches

When using the 10 Gbps VE ports (which use FCIP) for ISLs, you must create IP interfaces on each port, and configure FCIP tunnels and circuits in each tunnel.

This procedure must be performed on each switch fabric in the MetroCluster configuration.

The examples in this procedure assume that the two Brocade 7840 switches have the following IP addresses:

FC_switch_A_1 is local.
FC_switch_B_1 is remote.

Create IP interface (ipif) addresses for the 10 Gbps ports on both switches in the fabric: portcfg ipif FC_switch1_name first_port_name create FC_switch1_IP_address netmask netmask_number vlan 2 mtu auto
The following command creates ipif addresses on ports ge2.dp0 and ge3.dp0 of FC_switch_A_1:
portcfg ipif ge2.dp0 create 10.10.20.71 netmask 255.255.0.0 vlan 2 mtu auto portcfg ipif ge3.dp0 create 10.10.21.71 netmask 255.255.0.0 vlan 2 mtu auto
The following command creates ipif addresses on ports ge2.dp0 and ge3.dp0 of FC_switch_B_1:
portcfg ipif ge2.dp0 create 10.10.20.72 netmask 255.255.0.0 vlan 2 mtu auto portcfg ipif ge3.dp0 create 10.10.21.72 netmask 255.255.0.0 vlan 2 mtu auto

Verify that the ipif addresses were created successfully on both switches: portshow ipif all

The following command shows the ipif addresses on switch FC_switch_A_1:

FC_switch_A_1:root> portshow ipif all

 Port         IP Address                     / Pfx  MTU   VLAN  Flags
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ge2.dp0      10.10.20.71                    / 24   AUTO  2     U R M I 
 ge3.dp0      10.10.21.71                    / 20   AUTO  2     U R M I 
 ge10.dp1     10.10.71.10                    / 16   AUTO  2     U R M I 
 ge11.dp1     10.10.71.11                    / 16   AUTO  2     U R M 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flags: U=Up B=Broadcast D=Debug L=Loopback P=Point2Point R=Running I=InUse
       N=NoArp PR=Promisc M=Multicast S=StaticArp LU=LinkUp X=Crossport

The following command shows the ipif addresses on switch FC_switch_B_1:

FC_switch_B_1:root> portshow ipif all

 Port         IP Address                     / Pfx  MTU   VLAN  Flags
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ge2.dp0      10.10.20.72                    / 24   AUTO  2     U R M I 
 ge3.dp0      10.10.21.72                    / 20   AUTO  2     U R M I 
 ge10.dp1     10.10.72.10                    / 16   AUTO  2     U R M I 
 ge11.dp1     10.10.72.11                    / 16   AUTO  2     U R M 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flags: U=Up B=Broadcast D=Debug L=Loopback P=Point2Point R=Running I=InUse
       N=NoArp PR=Promisc M=Multicast S=StaticArp LU=LinkUp X=Crossport

Create the first of the two FCIP tunnels using the ports on dp0: portcfg fciptunnel
This command creates a tunnel with a single circuit.
The following command creates the tunnel on switch FC_switch_A_1:
portcfg fciptunnel 24 create -S 10.10.20.71 -D 10.10.20.72 -b 10000000 -B 10000000
The following command creates the tunnel on switch FC_switch_B_1:
portcfg fciptunnel 24 create -S 10.10.20.72 -D 10.10.20.71 -b 10000000 -B 10000000
Create the second of the two FCIP tunnels using the ports on dp1: portcfg fciptunnel
The following command creates the tunnel on switch FC_switch_A_1:
portcfg fciptunnel 35 create -S 10.10.71.10 -D 10.10.72.10 -b 10000000 -B 10000000
The following command creates the tunnel on switch FC_switch_B_1:
portcfg fciptunnel 35 create -S 10.10.72.10 -D 10.10.71.10 -b 10000000 -B 10000000

Verify that the FCIP tunnels were successfully created: portshow fciptunnel all

The following example shows that the tunnels were created and the circuits are up:

FC_switch_B_1:root>  

 Tunnel Circuit  OpStatus  Flags    Uptime  TxMBps  RxMBps ConnCnt CommRt Met/G
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 24    -         Up      ---------     2d8m    0.05    0.41   3      -       - 
 35    -         Up      ---------    5m41s    0.03    0.15   1      -       - 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Flags (tunnel): i=IPSec f=Fastwrite T=TapePipelining F=FICON r=ReservedBW
                 a=FastDeflate d=Deflate D=AggrDeflate P=Protocol
                 I=IP-Ext

Create an additional circuit for dp0 and dp1.

The following command creates a circuit on switch FC_switch_A_1 for dp0:

portcfg fcipcircuit 24 create 1 -S 10.10.21.71 -D 10.10.21.72  --min-comm-rate 5000000 --max-comm-rate 5000000

The following command creates a circuit on switch FC_switch_B_1 for dp0:

portcfg fcipcircuit 24 create 1 -S 10.10.21.72 -D 10.10.21.71  --min-comm-rate 5000000 --max-comm-rate 5000000

The following command creates a circuit on switch FC_switch_A_1 for dp1:

portcfg fcipcircuit 35 create 3 -S 10.10.71.11 -D 10.10.72.11  --min-comm-rate 5000000 --max-comm-rate 5000000

The following command creates a circuit on switch FC_switch_B_1 for dp1:

portcfg fcipcircuit 35 create 1 -S 10.10.72.11 -D 10.10.71.11  --min-comm-rate 5000000 --max-comm-rate 5000000

Verify that all circuits were successfully created: portshow fcipcircuit all

The following command shows the circuits and their status:

FC_switch_A_1:root> portshow fcipcircuit all

 Tunnel Circuit  OpStatus  Flags    Uptime  TxMBps  RxMBps ConnCnt CommRt Met/G
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 24    0 ge2     Up      ---va---4    2d12m    0.02    0.03   3 10000/10000 0/-
 24    1 ge3     Up      ---va---4    2d12m    0.02    0.04   3 10000/10000 0/-
 35    0 ge10    Up      ---va-p-4    9m23s    0.02    0.05   1 10000/10000 0/-
 35    1 ge11    Up      ---va-p-4      35s    0.01    0.02   1  5000/5000  0/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Flags (circuit): h=HA-Configured v=VLAN-Tagged p=PMTU i=IPSec 4=IPv4 6=IPv6
                 ARL a=Auto r=Reset s=StepDown t=TimedStepDown  S=SLA

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