RE: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item

[Charles Monia <cmonia@NishanSystems.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Black_David@emc.com [mailto:Black_David@emc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:49 PM
> To: cmonia@nishansystems.com; ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject: RE: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item
> 
> 
> Charles,
> 
> Sorry to jump on this one, but I must be misinterpreting what 
> you wrote:
> 
> > Anyhow, the behavior on the FC side of the device is, of 
> course, governed
> by
> > the applicable FC standards (or their proprietary 
> equivalents). It's not
> > required for iFCP devices to interoperate with one another and hence
> doesn't
> > belong in the spec. 
> 
> I hope you meant something along the lines of:
> 
>   The FC interfaces on iFCP devices are governed by the appropriate FC
> standards
>   (which require no modifications for iFCP) and hence must 
> interoperate to
> the degree
>   required by those standards.  This may depend on 
> implementation choices,
> for example,
>   an E port on a iFCP device would not be expected to 
> communicate with an N
> port.
> 

Yes -- your interpretation is correct.

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Charles
Charles Monia
Senior Technology Consultant
Nishan Systems
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