HP MPX200 Multifunction Router - Manual (Page 130)

Critical FCIP Performance settings
The following four parameters are critical to ensure optimal performance of the MPX200. Configuring
the FCIP Route to match the actual link characteristics is the only way to ensure the best utilization
of the available bandwidth.
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Bandwidth per route: do not set the bandwidth setting above the guaranteed bandwidth of
the link for each FCIP route.
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TCP Window size/scaling factor: Use the recommended setting documented in this guide for
the actual bandwidth and RTT of the link.
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For recommendations on setting compression see “IP performance tuning” (page 121) .
NOTE: HP recommends that you accept the default settings for TCP Port and GE Port Speed. If
you need to change the port speed, select Full Duplex mode; Half Duplex mode is not supported.
The Ethernet switch port settings must be set to match the MPX GE port settings.
Configure the FCIP routes using the CLI
For each MPX200, configure the FCIP route information as follows:
MPX200 <1> (admin) #> fciproute add
A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow.
Enter a new value or simply press the ENTER key to accept the current value.
If you wish to terminate this process before reaching the end of the list
press 'q' or 'Q' and the ENTER key to do so.
WARNING:
The following command might cause a loss of connections to both GE ports.
Configuring FCIP Route:
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FCIP Interfaces FC & GE (0=Enable, 1=Disable) [Enabled ]
FC Port (1=FC1 2=FC2) [ ] 1
GE Port (1=FC1 2=GE2 3=10GE1 4=10GE2) [ ] 1
IP Address (IPv4 or IPv6; 0=IPv6 Link Local) [0.0.0.0 ] 66.66.1.94
Subnet Mask [0.0.0.0 ] 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP Address [0.0.0.0 ]
Remote IP Address [0.0.0.0 ] 66.66.1.124
MTU Size (0=Normal, 1=Jumbo, 2=Other) [Normal ]
TCP Window Size (0=32KB, 1=64KB, 2=128KB,
3=256KB, 4=512KB, 5=1MB,
6=2MB, 7=4MB, 8=8MB, 9=16MB) [4MB ] 5
TCP Port No. (Min=1024, Max=65535) [3225 ]
GE Port Speed (0=Auto, 1=100Mb, 2=1Gb) [Auto ]
Bandwidth, Mbit/sec (Min=1, Max=1000) [1000 ] 150
VLAN (0=Enable, 1=Disable) [Disabled ]
FCIP SW Compression(0=Enable,1=Disable,2=Auto)[Disabled ] 2
All attribute values for FCIP Route 1 will now be saved.
MPX200 <1> (admin) #>
NOTE: After an FCIP route is configured, the MPX200 CLI command show iSCSI output is
invalid for the GE port associated with the FCIP route. The command show fciproutes has
multiple lines of output, two of which are GE Link Statusand FCIP Link Status. AGE
Link Status
of UP indicates only that the GE port is connected to an Ethernet switch. FCIP
Link Status displays the status of the FCIP connection between the FC switches.
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