RE: FCP over IP item on the agenda

[Black_David@emc.com]

> Apologies to David Black if I misunderstood who had proposed the inclusion
> of FCP over IP in the agenda.

Nobody has made that proposal, AFAIK.  At the risk of splitting hairs, the
distinction comes down to one letter in an acronym -- FC*P* over IP has not
been proposed. The initial draft agenda contains an FC over IP item;
this involves encapsulation of FC-2 frames rather than FCP information
units; FCP is the mapping of SCSI to Fibre Channel including definition
of  FCP information units that are carried in FC-2 frames, but FC-2
frames can carry payloads other than FCP.

No more FCP discussion, at least for now, please ...

> Whatever decision is made regarding the agenda, I would hope that it
advances,
> rather than slows, the realization of iSCSI SAN standards and technology.

I agree ...

--David

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