RE: iFCP - FCIP merge proposal

[Joshua Tseng <jtseng@NishanSystems.com>]

Venkat,

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> 
> But as far as I can tell, iFCP requires you to remove devices 
> that support
> E_Port, B_Port and FC-AL functionality and replace them with iFCP plus
> OSPF/BGP/RIP implementaions, which is quite a drastic step 
> for a deployed
> SAN to take on. Merging the two would appear to provide both 
> capabilities.
> 
iFCP does not require you to remove anything.  There are implementation
techniques to connect E_PORTS, Loop ports, and whatever ports you have
in FC to the iFCP transport.  Merging the two will provide you nothing
but a very complicated, confusing document describing two dissimilar
techniques.

Regards,

Josh

> Regards,
> 
> Venkat Rangan
> Rhapsody Networks Inc.
> http://www.rhapsodynetworks.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu [mailto:owner-ips@ece.cmu.edu]On Behalf Of
> Julian Satran
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:36 PM
> To: ips@ece.cmu.edu
> Subject: iFCP - FCIP merge proposal
> 
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> At yesterdays IPS WG meeting and had no chance to clarify my proposal
> regarding a merger of FCIP and iFCP into a single effort.
> 
> iFCP attempt to provide an IP interconnect for FCP devices. 
> It has also the
> capabilty to interconnect FC islands.
> 
> FCIP has the narrower scope of connecting only FC islands - 
> admittedly even
> FC devices other then FCP.
> 
> Given that FCP devices where the main concern of this WG and that iFCP
> serves a wider purpose than FCIP and will enable not only 
> tunneling but also
> migration of FCP devices to IP infrastructure my intention 
> was to suggest
> that iFCP should attempt to incorporate those FCIP functions 
> it does not
> care about today and those two groups should work towards one 
> common draft
> that should cover not only tunneling but also device migration to IP
> networks.
> 
> Julo
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