Cisco MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switch

I have a question in regards to fibre channel over ip. this switch will allow for san traffic to flow over the wan link to a remote site, however my question would be, can this switch plug into an existing fibre channel switch (EMC Connectix) and route the traffic over the link or would the current switch need to be replaced with this device?

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