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FCIP High Availability
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
FCIP High Availability
The following high availability solutions are available for FCIP configurations:
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Fibre Channel PortChannels
Figure 33-10
configuration, you need two IP addresses on each SAN island. This solution addresses link failures.
Figure 33-10 PortChannel Based Load Balancing
The following characteristics set Fibre Channel PortChannel solutions apart from other solutions:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide
33-30
Fibre Channel PortChannels, page 33-30
FSPF, page 33-31
VRRP, page 33-31
Ethernet PortChannels, page 33-32
provides an example of a PortChannel-based load balancing configuration. To perform this
FC fabric
Ethernet
switch
The entire bundle is one logical (E)ISL link.
All FCIP links in the PortChannel should be across the same two switches.
The Fibre Channel traffic is load balanced across the FCIP links in the PortChannel.
FCIP link
IP
network
FCIP link
PortChannel of
two FCIP links
Chapter 33
Configuring FCIP
Ethernet
switch
FC fabric
Ethernet
switch
OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
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