Re: FCP over IP item on the agenda

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

I think FC over IP means "tunnel FC over IP from one FC fabric to another".
FCP is a subset of FC, so if FC over IP can mean tunnel FCP over IP.

-Matt

julian_satran@il.ibm.com wrote:

> David,
>
> I am even more confused. I  assumed that you want to talk about FCP over IP
> as FCP
> has something to do with storage - but FC over IP has not and is handled
> elewhere.
>
> And if this created confusion I appologize.
> FC over IP - what does have to do with our charter?
>
> Julo
>
> Black_David@emc.com on 20/07/2000 00:37:28
>
> Please respond to Black_David@emc.com
>
> To:   Julian Satran/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL, jtoigo@intnet.net
> cc:   ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject:  RE: FCP over IP item on the agenda
>
> > In fact I DO NOT WANT FCP to e discussed AT ALL during the limited time
> > we have.
>
> For the record:
> - I have not seen any proposal to discuss FCP or FCP over IP at the
>      ips meeting in Pittsburgh.
> - Jon William Toigo's statement that "EMC" "proposed" "a debate or
>      discussion of FCP over IP" is simply not true.  I believe that this
>      confusion stems from Julian's original misuse of "FCP", which
>      has now been repeated in a rather unfortunate fashion.
>      Misstatements like this have the potential to cause serious
>      problems.  Could everyone please be careful about this sort
>      of thing?
>
> > But the new WG chairmenn  David Black (EMC) and Steve Belovin (AT&T)
> > suggested we do on their draft agenda and that generated my answer.
> > I still think it is a very bad idea.
>
> I believe that this is about the following item on the drafty draft agenda:
>
>      Fibre Channel over IP (? tentative ?)
>
> Julian's request to remove it is noted.
>
> Thanks,
> --David
>
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