Re: FCIP: Comment 120

[Ralph Weber <ralphoweber@compuserve.com>]

Mallikarjun,

> Further, I think the term "connection interface point" needs to be 
> consistently used in the draft.   The last para on page 10 defines 
> that the "connection interface point" is the *FCIP_DE* that's part 
> of FCIP_LEP.  The second-to-last para on the same page further says 
> that FCIP_LEP is on the "line" joining FCIP Entity  with the FC Entity 
> - IOW, belongs to neither.

My search of the draft finds exactly one use of the phrase "connection
interface point" and that usage is in the sentence under discussion in
section 6.4 on page 12.

Looking at page 10 all I see are terms like "endpoint" and "end of
the FCIP Link". I guess there is an assumption that "endpoint" is
somehow synonymous with "connection interface point". That is not
true. The phrase "connection interface point" was chosen for the
text in page 12 because what is being discussed on page 12 is not
exactly the same thing as an "endpoint".

Consider the revised sentence again:

  "The FCIP Entity is the connection interface point for the IP Network 
  and is the sole owner of at least one TCP port/IP Address combination
  used to form TCP Connections. The TCP port may be the FCIP well
  known  port at a given IP Address."

Viewed in context, "connection interface point" is synonymous with
"the place to which TCP connect requests are directed". It is not
and is not intended to be synonymous with the endpoint of a TCP
Connection once that TCP connection is formed.

Thanks.

.Ralph