RE: FCIP/iFCP : Guarantee In-Order delivery for FC N/NL_ports

["Sriram Rupanagunta" <sriramr@aarohi-inc.com>]

> > Can this assurance be made even while using multiple TCP 
> > connections b/n 
> > edge switch/routers ? 
> 
> This question is N/A for FCIP, since only a single connection
> is specified between FCIP gateways.  In iFCP, a single TCP connection

Sometime back, FCIP folks mentioned that there is nothing in the
FCIP spec that limits the number of connections to one. My 
understanding is FCIP leaves this to implementations, whether
to use one connection or multiple. 

Can someone clarify this once for all on this list please ?

If there is no limit on the number of connections in FCIP, 
Santosh's question is valid. In that case, is it fair to 
say that FCIP does not guarentee orderly delivery ? 

- Sriram