Assigning FCIP Profiles

You can use Device Manager to configure FCIP tunnels between switches. First, you must create FCIP profiles, and then bind the interfaces to the profile. To bind an FCIP profile to an interface, use the IP address of the interface in the FCIP profile’s IP address configuration. Profile numbers range from 1 to 255. The interface associated with a profile can be either of the following:

To create and bind profiles on a Gigabit Ethernet interface, follow these steps.

  1. Be sure you are connected to a switch that contains an IPS module.
  2. Open Device Manager.
  3. Select FCIP from the IP menu.
  4. Click the Profiles tab if it is not already selected. The FCIP Profiles dialog is displayed. Any profiles already bound, are listed in the table along with their IP addresses.
  5. To add a new profile, click Create. The Create FCIP Profiles dialog is displayed.
  6. Enter the profile ID in the ID field.
  7. Select an IP address of the interface to which you want to bind the profile from the IP Address dropdown list.
  8. Enter all the optional information, if desired.
  9. When finished, click Create to add this profile to the table. Click Close to exit the Create FCIP profiles dialog without adding the profile.