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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] FCencap: List ALL SOF/EOF codesUpon further reflection, I think the right thing to do is to list all the SOF/EOF codes defined in FC-BB in the FC Encapsulation draft. FIRST There is nothing in the FC Encapsulation draft other than to omission of Class 1 SOF/EOF codes that prevents encapsulating FC Class 1 frames for TCP transport. Sure, a TCP ULP that is smarter than anything anybody has thought about will be required to do it. BUT there is (or should be) nothing the the FC Encapsulation draft that prevents such a protocol from being invented. AND the FC Encapsulation draft specifically says that you need the wisdom of some other protocol document in order to get any use out of the FC Encapsulation draft. Why force the mad man that devises a way to transport Class 1 over TCP/IP to revise the FC Encapsulation SOF/EOF tables? SECOND It is conceivable that a future version of iFCP (or maybe even FCIP) might want to support Class 4. Again, there is nothing in the FC Encapsulation draft that prevents this, except the omission of the SOF/EOF codes. FINALLY I believe that the elimination of all SOF/EOF codes other than Class 2, Class 3, AND CLASS F is a hold over from the early FCIP work, before the FC Encapsulation was split into a separate draft. I believe that decision was right for FCIP but wrong for an FC Encapsulation intended to be used by ALL FC protocols running over TCP/IP. Thanks for your consideration. Ralph...
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