RE: iFCP as an IP Storage Work Item

[Kevin Gibbons <kgibbons@NishanSystems.com>]

With respect to iFCP as an IP Storage work item:
	I believe there are enough technical contributions to IP storage for
iFCP to be considered as a work item.  My reasoning is based on the ability
of iFCP to support traffic management for individual storage entities.
According to the iFCP specification, individual iFCP entities behind a
gateway have separate addresses and registrations in the iSNS.  This allows
MPLS and other traffic management standards to be specified and used for
individual sessions between initiators and targets. This provides the
ability to control individual session storage traffic, ensuring storage data
can receive priority service.  Additionally, each connection between an
initiator and target has a separate connection built.  If problems occur,
the connection can be torn down without impact to other storage entities.
	Regards, Kevin

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Kevin Gibbons
Nishan Systems, Inc.
(408) 519-3756
kgibbons@NishanSystems.com
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