RE: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item

[JP Raghavendra Rao <jp.raghavendra@india.sun.com>]

> I believe iFCP should be an IPS work item for the following 
> technical reasons:
> 
> 1)  iFCP allows leverage of existing FCP-based driver stacks and
> preservation of the $$$ and @#$!!% that have been invested in them
> by vendor companies and their customers.
> 

I think the argument for preserving software doesn't make strong case in the
face of a migration to a new mapping/tunneling protocol, new software and new
administration challenges in spite of the fact that all of this is likely to
mimic FC and contained in one or two edge routers - Today's FC network is
difficult to administer and any bridging technology to a different interconnect
is only going to compound it.

It would be nice if somebody comes up with a stronger case for connecting an
iSCSI host to a FC device - Is this attempted for the survival of FC or for
a speedier deployment of iSCSI ?

-JP