Re: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item

["Ken Hirata" <Ken.Hirata@Vixel.com>]

Just a nit, see embedded comment.  Ken

Joshua Tseng wrote:

> Furthermore, as Wayland pointed out earlier, a single large FC fabric
> stretched over multiple WAN links by FCIP is vulnerable to temporary
> disruptions in the IP network which may trigger reconfigurations in
> the FC fabric, such as reallocations of DOMAIN_ID's.

Reallocations of Domain IDs will not occur without administrative
intervention if the switches in the Fibre Channel Fabric comply with
the Methodologies for Interconnects (FC-MI) specification.

>  iFCP addresses
> this issue by assigning N_PORT ID's locally, eliminating the dependence
> on a central addressing authority and the need for any "Class F" traffic.
> The stability and scalability of a large storage network is thus improved.
>
> Josh

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