FW: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item

[Stephen Byan <Stephen.Byan@quantum.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Byan 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 8:40 AM
To: 'Bill Terrell'
Subject: RE: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item


It's all the FC stuff that lets iFCP work over an unreliable data transport
like UDP. It's redundant when running over TCP/IP.

Regards,
-Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Terrell [mailto:terrell@troikanetworks.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 6:10 PM
> To: 'Stephen Byan'
> Subject: RE: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item
> 
> 
> >The downside of this advantage is that native iFCP devices would be
> burdened
> >with greater complexity and cost. I therefor think iFCP 
> should not be an IP
> >Storage work item.
> >
> >Regards,
> >-Steve
> 
> How is a native iFCP endpoint (initiator or target) more 
> complex or costly
> than an iSCSI native endpoint? What are the specific 
> difficulties inherent
> to native iFCP devices versus native iSCSI devices?
> 
> Bill
>