topic Re: FAS2020 Using Fibre Channel ports for IP communication in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39270#M3605 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, that’s not possible. FC ports in FAS2020 cannot be connected to LAN switches.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:26:07 GMT aborzenkov 2011-10-31T14:26:07Z FAS2020 Using Fibre Channel ports for IP communication https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39257#M3602 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, </P><P></P><P>I would like to know if it is possible to use FC ports of FAS2020 for IP communcation as iSCSI, like an "extension" of the ethernet ports. Is that possible or FC ports only allows FCP communication and not IP?</P><P></P><P>We are currently using exinting ethernet ports for NAS and we don't want to make and investiment in a FC infraestructure, we will only like to have more ports to use SAN functions with iSCSI. We have several switches with SFP ports which will allow us to connect the fibre links to our Ethernet/IP infraestructure but we don't if the FC ports of the FAS2020 can use IP protocol.</P><P></P><P>That's my doubt and perhaps it don't even has much sense but I'll thank your help.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:42:20 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39257#M3602 informatica 2025-06-05T06:42:20Z FAS2020 Using Fibre Channel ports for IP communication https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39262#M3603 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hello, <P></P><P>I would like to know if it is possible to use FC ports of FAS2020 for IP communcation as iSCSI, like an "extension" of the ethernet ports. Is that possible or FC ports only allows FCP communication and not IP?</P></PRE><P>FC ports can't do IP.</P><P></P><P>Best regards,</P><P>Niek</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:09:05 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39262#M3603 vmsjaak13 2011-10-31T12:09:05Z Re: FAS2020 Using Fibre Channel ports for IP communication https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39270#M3605 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, that’s not possible. FC ports in FAS2020 cannot be connected to LAN switches.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:26:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/FAS2020-Using-Fibre-Channel-ports-for-IP-communication/m-p/39270#M3605 aborzenkov 2011-10-31T14:26:07Z