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RE: FC encapsulation
I
would agree with that. Might even want to add Bob's explanation to an
informative annex, so that if this question comes up again, it will be answered
in the doc...
(Personal opinion here -- w/ chair hat
off.)
Elizabeth
Should we then add a
sentence to the 'FC Frame Encapsulation' draft (introduction?) to capture this
restricted scope (class 2 & 3)? This scope is somewhat implied in the SOF
table (close to the end) but not stated upfront. Like Colin, someone else may
be oversold by the title.
-franco
At 07:06 PM 10/19/2001,
Robert Snively wrote:
> > Is there a fundamental
reason why the FC encapsulation draft > does not include class
1? The Fibre Channel standards (as far > as I can tell) do not
exclude the possibility of allowing > class 1 connections through a
fabric, so regardless of the intent > of the FCIP, IFCP, and mFCP
encapsulations, I do not see why > this draft should exclude class
1.
Yes, there really is a fundamental problem. Class 1
switch behavior makes a full bandwidth lossless circuit
connection between one Fibre Channel node and another. If you push
exactly 1 Gbit into it, it SHALL push exactly 1 Gbit out, totally in
order and without loss and with low latency. It will also change
from one circuit connection to another rather dynamically under Fibre
Channel protocol control, with extremely low connection
latencies.
TCP/IP simply does not provide those capabilities, so we
never even considered including it. Class 6 is a clone of Class 1
in those respects. Class 4 has the same general properties,
but with clocked fractional bandwidth, so it has the same
problems.
This did not upset most Fibre Channel implementers because
all the key applications that could truly exploit those
additional capabilities provided by TCP/IP were all implemented in Class
2 and in Class 3. The few highly specialized legacy
applications that used Class 1 were perfectly happy with no IP
connectivity.
Hope that is some help,
Bob
Snively
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