> # IPFC

> IPFC provides IP forwarding on in-band switch management over a Fibre Channel interface (rather than out-of-band using the Gigabit Ethernet mgmt 0 interface). You can be use IPFC to specify that IP frames can be transported over Fibre Channel using encapsulation techniques. IP frames are encapsulated into Fibre Channel frames so NMS information can cross the Fibre Channel network without using an overlay Ethernet network.

> Once the VSAN interface is created, you can specify the IP address for that VSAN. You can assign an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address.

> Note See the "Configuring IPv6 for Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces" for information about configuring IPv6 on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches.

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