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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Merge FCIP and iFCP?In a further attempt to get efforts refocused on the important work before us ... I believe that it is the rough consensus of the WG that IF work on iFCP is undertaken, THEN the iFCP and FCIP protocols (and their protocol specifications) should not be merged. Anyone who disagrees should send me email directly rather than posting to the list. Also, please note the "IF" in the above consensus call. OTOH, the issue of whether a common encapsulation is to be used is open. Note that a common encapsulation could consist almost entirely of using the reserved bits in the FCIP header as an (IANA-allocated) protocol number field and agreeing to use common encodings of the SOF and EOF frame delimiters. With my WG co-chair hat off, I have a technical comment to add. One of the arguments made against a common encapsulation has been to observe the wide variety of IP in IP tunnels that exist in IETF specs. In 20/20 hindsight, and based on having worked on aspects of tunneling protocols (e.g., RFC 2983) my opinion is that this is more of an argument in favor of a common encapsulation because there are too many sorts of IP in IP tunnels (i.e., if things could be done over again from a blank slate, there would be fewer). --David --------------------------------------------------- David L. Black, Senior Technologist EMC Corporation, 42 South St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 +1 (508) 435-1000 x75140 FAX: +1 (508) 497-8500 black_david@emc.com Mobile: +1 (978) 394-7754 ---------------------------------------------------
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