The posted IPS agenda

["Matt Wakeley" <matt_wakeley@agilent.com>]

http://www.ietf.org/ietf/00aug/ips-agenda.txt
IP Storage BOF (ips)

Wednesday, August 2 at 1530-1730
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CHAIRS: David Black <black_david@emc.com>
        Steven Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>

DESCRIPTION:

An IP Storage working group is being formed based on the IP Storage
BOF held in Adelaide because there is significant interest in using
IP-based networks to transport block storage traffic.  This group 
will pursue the pragmatic approach of encapsulating existing block 
storage protocols (SCSI and/or Fibre Channel) in an IP-based transport 
or transports.

The group will focus on the transport or transports and related issues
(e.g., security, naming, and discovery), as opposed to modifying the 
existing block storage protocols. The protocols to be encapsulated 
expect a reliable transport, in that failure to deliver data is 
considered to be a rare event for which time-consuming recovery is 
acceptable.  This has implications for both the choice of transport 
protocols and design of the encapsulation(s).

Use of an IP-based transport raises issues that do not occur in
existing storage transports.  At least the following must be addressed 
by this effort:
- Congestion control suitable for the shared traffic environment of
  the Internet.
- Security measures, including authentication and privacy, sufficient
  to defend against threats that can be expected on a public network.
- Storage naming and discovery mechanisms for block storage services
  on IP-based networks that support other services and protocols.
- Management, including appropriate MIB definition.

The WG will not require either modifications to common transport
protocols such as TCP and IP or the presence of options that are not
widely supported unless there is no other reasonable alternative,
although the WG may recommend use of such options for block storage
traffic.

AGENDA:

Agenda bashing - co-chairs

A Few Words From The Area Director - Allison Mankin

Charter presentation and discussion - co-chairs
        This will be the proposed charter if the IESG has not approved 
        it prior to the meeting.

Framework remarks and discussion - David Black
        Between SCSI, Fibre Channel, end systems and gateways, there are 
        multiple problems to be solved.
                
Internet-Draft presentations
        iSCSI requirements
        iSCSI
        Fibre Channel over IP (? tentative ?)
        MIB

Security remarks and discussion - Steve Bellovin

Further discussion and organization of items to be worked on - co-chairs.  

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