Creating FCIP Tunnels with Fabric Manager

To create and manage FCIP tunnels with Fabric Manager, you use the FCIP Wizard. First verify that the IPS module is inserted in the required Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches, and that the switches’ Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are connected and the connectivity verified. The steps in creating FCIP tunnels using the FCIP Wizard are:

To create FCIP tunnels using the FCIP Wizard, follow these steps:

  1. Open the FCIP Tunnels Wizard by clicking on its icon in the Fabric Manager toolbar.

    FCIP Tunnels Wizard

    FCIP Tunnels Wizard
  2. Select the endpoints.
  3. Choose the ports’ IP addresses.
  4. Select the link attributes.