RE:

[julian_satran@il.ibm.com]

Dear Mr. Cheng,

I assume this was directed to the list as I was not the only one in support
of merging and including FCIP functionality in iFCP.

Julo

"Y P Cheng" <ycheng@advansys.com> on 14/12/2000 03:50:55

Please respond to "Y P Cheng" <ycheng@advansys.com>

To:   Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL
cc:
Subject:  RE:




> Given that FCP devices where the main concern of this WG and that iFCP
> serves a wider purpose than FCIP and will enable not only
> tunneling but also
> migration of FCP devices to IP infrastructure my intention was to suggest
> that iFCP should attempt to incorporate those FCIP functions it does not
> care about today and those two groups should work towards one
> common draft
> that should cover not only tunneling but also device migration to IP
> networks.

The SAN community thanks you because it does not need two standards to
connect to the IP instructure.  Some companies of this community can always
choose to implement a subset of a standard with limited compliance.  Please
make sure there is only one standard.