FCIP Configuration

To Build the FCIP profile and bind to Interface thus creating the L3 tunnel

 MDS-1(config)# Feature FCIP

 MDS-1(config)#FCIP profile 1
 MDS-1(config-profile)#ip address 192.168.100.1 (MDS-1 Gi1/1.100 interface)
 MDS-1(config-profile)# TCP Listener port
 MDS-1(config-profile)# qos config
 MDS-1(config-profile)# )# tcp max-bandwidth-mbps 500 min-available-bandwidth-mbps 250
round-trip-time-us 86

 MDS-1(config)#interface FCIP 1
 MDS-1(config-if)#use-profile 1
 MDS-1(config-if)# peer-info ip address 192.168.100.2 (MDS-2 Gi1/1.100 interface)
 MDS-1(config-if)#swi mode E
 MDS-1(config-if)#swi trunk mode on
 MDS-1(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vsan 100
 MDS-1(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vsan add 200
 MDS-1(config-if)#no shut

 MDS-1(config)# show int fcip 1 (Best show command for FCIP)

 (This configuration will need to be done on both MDS switches with IP and Peer info swapped to
complete the tunnel.

 MTU = 2300 Bytes (Cisco best practice when configuring FCIP)

 TCP = Port 3225

 In the lab if a question states that the link shouldn’t be interrupted incase a link failure (use
fiber-channel-port-channels as the solution on both MDS switches.

Things to know-

3 FCIP Tunnels per Gig connection on the MDS

1) MDS-1(config)# int fcip 1

MDS-1(config)# passive interface (this interface will never initiate a tunnel connection the
other side must initiate)

2) MDS-1(config)# int fcip 1

MDS-1(config)# qos ? (qos is done under the fcip interface and is done per stream)
MDS-1(config)#qos control 37 data 55
MDS-1(config)#show int fcip 1 (to verify)

3) MDS-1(config)# int fcip 1

MDS-1(config)# write-accelerator ( has to be done on both sides or tunnel is down)

4) MDS-1(config)# int fcip 1

MDS-1(config)# swithport trunk allowed vsan 1 (allowed vsans across the trunk)
MDS-1(config)# swithport trunk allowed vsan add 10
MDS-1(config)# swithport trunk allowed vsan add 20

5) MDS-1(config)# int fcip 1

MDS-1(config-if)# fspf cost 100 vsan 10

6) MDS-1(config-if)# int fcip 101-102 (Place 2 FCIP Tunnels in a FC port-channel

for high availability)
MDS-1(config-if)# channel-group 50

7) MDS-1(config)# int gi1/1.111 (VRRP) Solution

MDS-1(config-if)# vrrp 75
MDS-1(config-if-vrrp)# address 192.168.200.254
MDS-1(config-if-vrrp)# priority 110 (Master)
MDS-1(config-if-vrrp)# no shut

MDS-2(config)# int gi1/1.111

MDS-2(config-if)# vrrp 75
MDS-2(config-if-vrrp)# address 192.168.200.254
MDS-2(config-if-vrrp)# priority 90 (secondary)
MDS-2(config-if-vrrp)# no shut

To configure traffic shaping features on the fcip connection.

MDS-1# show fcip summary (to determine current rtt and configure it for optimal values)

MDS-1# ips measure-rtt 192.168.200.2 (to mds-2) interface gi1/1 (using mds-1 outbound int)
---This command displays the rtt in micro seconds (86) seconds…..

MDS-1(config)# fcip profile 1

MDS-1(config-profile)# tcp max-bandwidth-mbps 500 min-available-bandwidth-mbps 250
round-trip-time-us 86
MDS-1# show fcip summary (to verify)
MDS-1# show fcns database