Brocade 7800 Extension Switch Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 15)

Feature comparison - base 7800 and with the Upgrade License (Continued) TABLE 1
Feature Base 7800 with Upgrade License
Fast Write over FCIP tunnel Yes Yes
Open Systems Tape Pipelining over FCIP tunnel No Yes
FICON XRC emulation and Tape Pipelining over FCIP No Yes
FICON CUP No Yes
• Before the installation of the Upgrade License, ports beyond the basic four FC and two GbE are
shown as Disabled with the switchShow command.
• On the base 7800, the two SFP ports (ge0 and ge1) can be configured for use with either copper or
optical cables.
• FC frame compression is not the same as IP compression and is disabled by default. It can be
enabled using the portCfg command. For more information see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.
• FCIP tunnel bandwidth has a minimum rate of 1544 Kbps (T1 rate). Configuration requests of lower
rates will be rejected.
• FCIP Trunking is available which will "virtualize" two or more TCP connections (circuits) as part of a
single FCIP tunnel. Up to four circuits can be configured for a single FCIP tunnel. See the Fabric OS
Administrator's Guide for details on explicitly configuring circuits.
• Multiple FCIP tunnels can share the same GbE port. At the same time, VE_ and VEx_Ports are not
associated with a single physical GbE port.
Available licenses
The following features are available with the purchase of a specific license key for the Brocade 7800.
• Advanced Extension
• Integrated Routing (IR)
• Advanced Acceleration for FICON
• FICON CUP
• Extended Fabric
• Adaptive Networking
• Server Application Optimization
• ISL Trunking
• Fabric Watch
• Advanced Performance Monitoring
For information on these features, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.
3 Requires Advanced FICON Acceleration license
4 Requires FICON CUP license
Available licenses
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