FI port types

[Amr Hafez]

Hi All 

I need to Know the definition and the USAGE (when I use each port)  and the protocol used foreach of the FI port types

1- FC uplink port

2- FC storage port

3- FCoE uplink port

4- FCoE storage port

5- Appliance port

thanks in Advance

Amr

[Walter Dey · Accepted solution]

Hi Amr

1- FC uplink port

connects FI with native fibrechannel to a North bound FC switch (Brocade, MDS, N5k)

2- FC storage port

connects FI with native fibrechannel to a directly attached storage system

3- FCoE uplink port

connects FI with native FCoE to a North bound FCoE switch (N7k, N5k)

4- FCoE storage port

connects FI with native FCoE l to a directly attached storage system

5- Appliance port

connects FI with a direct attached IP storage system (iSCSI, NFS, CIFS)

There is actually another port type "unified", by first creating a Ethernet uplink, and then on the same port a FCoE uplink. This link will then transport FCoE and data IP traffic.

Walter.

[Amr Hafez]

Thanks Walter 

you are very helpful 

you clarify many things to me by those info

make me happy