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

["David Peterson" <dap@cisco.com>]

To make sure there are no misconceptions, this new proposal is targeted as a
TCP/IP based solution.
The field you have referred to is a reserved field that may be used for
other protocols (e.g. UDP).
Dave

> Orlando, Brocade had a proposal for a new FCIP encapsulation that seemed
to
> include such a sequence number (albeit for a UDP implementation). Now, I'm
> not saying this would be fun to implement, but the possibility exists.
>